- Aug 27, 2008
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No cold smoke/sear tonight as I didn't even have time for that trick...oh well...just a really quick after work grilling session for the family, after coordinating via cellular from work with my wife for the rest of dinner, and to get these beauties thawed out in time.
They got put into my outdoor kitchen fridge lastnight, straight from the grocer, as we were out of room inside. The fridge thermo reading was 15* lastnight, so I had the kids lay the packs flat accross the bottom of my 102 quart cooler outside at noon today...ambient temps peaked at 38* today and it thawed them out perfectly by 5:30 when I got home.
Just starting to heat up over coals...seasoned with Canadian Steak Seasoning:
Almost ready...man, I'M HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!:
Medium, a bit too done for me, but still tender and juicy, served with Twice-Baked Idahoes and sautee'd mushrooms:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that's the ticket! I feel much, much better now.....
I won't be able to do outdoor cooler thaws for very much longer though...winter is almost here...had about 1/2" of white stuff overnight again. I could have stored/thawed them in my new 4.5 cu ft fridge...that is, if it wasn't nearly stuffed with my days-off smokin' meats...corned beef packer brisket, 22.5# turkey, 12# chix sausage and 3.75# round tip curing for jerky...hmm did I forget anything? Oh, about 3/4 case of ice cold soda!
Catch ya on Tue/Wed for some SERIOUS smokin' fun!
Thanks all!
Eric
They got put into my outdoor kitchen fridge lastnight, straight from the grocer, as we were out of room inside. The fridge thermo reading was 15* lastnight, so I had the kids lay the packs flat accross the bottom of my 102 quart cooler outside at noon today...ambient temps peaked at 38* today and it thawed them out perfectly by 5:30 when I got home.
Just starting to heat up over coals...seasoned with Canadian Steak Seasoning:
Almost ready...man, I'M HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!:
Medium, a bit too done for me, but still tender and juicy, served with Twice-Baked Idahoes and sautee'd mushrooms:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, that's the ticket! I feel much, much better now.....
I won't be able to do outdoor cooler thaws for very much longer though...winter is almost here...had about 1/2" of white stuff overnight again. I could have stored/thawed them in my new 4.5 cu ft fridge...that is, if it wasn't nearly stuffed with my days-off smokin' meats...corned beef packer brisket, 22.5# turkey, 12# chix sausage and 3.75# round tip curing for jerky...hmm did I forget anything? Oh, about 3/4 case of ice cold soda!
Catch ya on Tue/Wed for some SERIOUS smokin' fun!
Thanks all!
Eric