Just love the grill

[smokin' hawkeye rev]

This place looks great and I look forward to some new ideas and old solutions. I am from Iowa having been a chef for many years and still have a thorough joy of cooking, especially over coal, wood and grates, though I now am in United Methodist ministry. My first foray into, at first grilling, and later smoking, was serving "tailgaters" at Iowa Hawkeye football games. The menu: Iowa chops and half chickens.

My original training was in Southern French and Northern Italian cooking, but the grill and smoker continues to be the tool that brings fire to my cooking ideas. I just finished a mini-cookbook for my churches focused on grilling and smoking and it teaches me how little I know and how much there is to learn. Thanks for sharing this great site.

 

[meowey]

Welcome Rev.

That's quite a culinary background that you bring to us. I hope you will share some recipes with us.

Meowey

 

[cajunsmoker]

Welcom aboard Rev,

I'm sure we will learn plenty from you with your background. Can you give us a little taste of what your original style was. "My original training was in Southern French and Northern Italian cooking" sounds tempting :P

 

[joed617]

Hey Rev, Welcome aboard .. I'm a man of the cloth also .. I work at a carwash <kidding> :) Enjoy yourself and keep smiling.

Joe

 

[vulcan75001]

Rev
Welcome to the fold..services are held day and night... the door is always open...you have found a great site...lots of friendly,helpful people here..ready to give you a hand...

Again Welcome

Later
Richard

 

[smokin' hawkeye rev]

A few tips on cooking temps I could offer:

GRILL TEMPS FOR MEATS, VEGGIES AND FRUITS

Hot
Skirt Steak, Fish filets/steaks

Medium Hot/direct

Medium Hot/Indirect
Tenderloin Roast, large shrimp

Medium/direct
Asparagus, Sweet Peppers, Corn, Eggplant, Fennel, Mushrooms, Onions, Rib Eye, T-bone, Porterhouse, Tenderloin, Top Sirloin, Flank Steak, Top Round, Chicken Kabobs, Turkey Tenderloins, Turkey patties, Turkey kabobs, smaller whole fish, fish kabobs, scallops and small shrimp, all fruit.

Medium/Indirect
Potatoes, Tri-Tip Steak, Brisket, Small Chicken, Roaster Chicken, Bone-in Breast, Legs and Quarters, Big Chicken Thighs, Drums and Wings, Whole Turkey, Bone-in or boneless Turkey Breast, Turkey Drums or Thighs, Fish above 2#,

Medium Low/Direct
Small Chicken Thighs, Drums and Wings

Hope that helps someone.

In a little bit, I will post a few recipes from my French-Italian training.

To Joe, I sure with I had you here. My car's needing a bath :lol:

Vulcan, any group of folks talking bout the grill is a great group :D

 

[monty]

Welcome aboard, Rev!
Cuccina Italiano Norde and Cuisine Francaise Sud! WOW! I will be watching for your posts and learning from your obvious experience in flavor! Of course, except for competition, presentation does suffer a bit in this line!

Delighted you found us!

Cheers!

 

[smokin' hawkeye rev]

srmonty, Good to meat you as well. When I get off the grill tonight, I will post a recipe from Provence that benefits from grilling and smoking. Or how about a smoked jalepeno corn bread recipe?

 

[monty]

Well, Reverend Smith, this is how I see it.

The whole family here is going to benefit from anything you post. And you will benefit from all of our posts. So, no matter where you start, and no matter where you finish we all gain. Nobody is going anywhere all too fast and this is a great place to hang out.

So don't rush, take your time and you decide what you want to treat us with.

Thanks again for coming on board!
Cheers!

 

[Dutch]

Welcome to SMF, Rev. Glad to have you with us. Feel free to post your Smoked Jalapeno Cornbread Recipe in the Bread Forum in the "Recipes Only" Section.

We appreciate anything that comes off the grill or out of the smoker. tulsajeff (the Boss) will hopefully be adding a Grilling Section to the board shortly.

Check out the Catering and Large Gathering forum, I'm sure that you'll be able to share your expertise in that area.

Looking forward to your posts!

Enjoy!!

 

[smokemack]

Welcome Rev. Glad you found us. Not only do we all LOVE to smoke, many of us also enjoy the thrill of the grill as you do. Enjoy the site, learn some new tricks, and have a great holiday weekend!!

 

[ultramag]

Welcome to SMF Rev. Smoked Jalapeno Cornbread sounds great. I'm off to see if that found it's way into the recipe forum.

 

[icemn62]

Welcome Rev,

The cooler's full of cold ones in different variety, so go grab one. The last time I checked there were both alcoholic and non alcoholic types. Looking forward to that Smoked Cornbread dish. 1st smoked meatloaf, next will be Smokin' Rev's Cordon Bleu...

Have fun, and keep us in the know about your cooks, a lot of us grill as well as smoke.

 

[oz]

Hey Rev,
Welcome to the forum, you won't be sorry you made that left turn into here! I thought with your background you might like to read the attached. I found this somewhere in cyberspace and have really enjoyed having it on hand. It is some great work and I hope you, and anyone else, can get some good use out of it as I have.
Keep smokin',
Oz

 

[oz]

:oops: Seem to be having a problem attaching. I'll try again...Oz

 

[tim smith]

Guys-
Just a little information for you. Smokin' Hawkeye Rev is my brother. We live a few hours apart and I directed him to this site. We both enjoy grilling, smoking, fishing, and baseball.

 

[up in smoke]

Thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s cool! The more the merrier! Letâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s fire those smokers up! :D

 

[smokin' hawkeye]

Good day to you Rev. Glad to have yet another Hawkeye here among us! Maybe this fall we can get together and enjoy each other's BBQ in IA City. Where do you usually tailgate? What part of the great state of Iowa are you from?

Happy smoking!