Favorite dead animal on the Bar-BQ

[Doc Tinker]

I like cooking over an open fire. Steve, remember the venison we cooked at our campout in Angola last summer?



When I can't have a fire, my preference is charcoal, but I'll cook over the LP grill several times a week in the winter, even if it drops to zero.



Steak, Italian Sausage, Fish, PORK, PORK and more PORK, is what I like. You can keep the chicken, thank you very much



Doc

 

[Bad340fish]

EMDDIESEL aren't you glad you saw him cooking it?? Imagine if he just handed you some and asked how it tasted?? You ate it, it was good and then he told you what it was lol. Exactly where does he get his Guinea pigs anyways?? I would think if you were a regular at the pet shop they would suspect something lol.



Clark

 

[Jumbo Jet]

Anything on the grill......

I did a Hawaiian Luau for my fellow team members - grilled Pork Loin and Chicken Breasts.



For the Vegeteraraians there was a recipe to substitute TOFU for the Pork Loin. I just about threw up thinking about it.

 

[EMDDIESEL]

I was afraid to ask where he got it. Let me tell you, i dont think i will ever forget the site of a bloated, headless, hairless, 4 legged rodent with grill marks lying upside down on a paper plate. The fact i used to have them as pets does not help

 

[Glen]

I agree that elk loins over a cherry fire are great. But my absolute favorite it a fresh-caught steelhead--no more than a few hours dead--over an alder fire.

 

[Champane Flight]

Fresh...

Fresh oysters,a good ribeye,shrimp kabobs,T-bones,and on and on... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .....

 

[Jeff H]

MMMM Buffalo

 

[socal_rattler]

My favorite BBQ

Give me a tri-tip slow cooked with Firehouse 3 Alarm BBQ sauce any time!

 

[rich m]

Lechon! --any of you that know any Filipinos can relate. They're usually somewhat reserved, but when it's party time, the whole attitude is "Fiesta? Bring it on!"



Picture this:



Whole hog, big bamboo spit, 2 guys who alternate between "turn" duty and firetending (and water-brushing the hide to prevent burning) This phase takes about 4-5 hours, and these 2 guys are the ones who killed/cleaned the hog earlier this morning (not much refrigeration, so he's as fresh as can be) Long day for those 2 cooks



Invite the whole Barangay! (a government division approximately the size of a city block)... If you do it here in the US the equivalent is: "Invite the whole block!" Being a largely rural culture, this will naturally include lots of cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, wives, girlfriends (sometimes the same uncle brings both ) and everybody uses the Lechon's final "resting place" as the central point for a giant "potluck"



Best served with "Mang Tomas" (Brother Thomas) all-purpose sauce, and lots of sub-dishes from all the neighbors, like:



diced onions& tomatoes in vinegar

rice

lots of little bitty lemons called calamansi (squeeze'm on the meat and fish)

Mangoes (not those big, obnoxious ones that we import from Mexico and Central America) the little round Indian Mango that seems to be only available there

Papayas

Pineapples

Coconuts

Squid and/or octopus, grilled (they're ugly as sin, but mmm- mm good)

soy sauce

any 12-15 other vegetables available

a barracuda that was in the coals under the pig-fire for an hour

cases upon cases of Royal orange soda (now owned by the Coca Cola people) and more cases upon cases of SanMiguel beer.



Drag the Karaoke machine out, fire it up, and groove on all the guests singing Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Englebert H. , C. Dion (they universally outsing her, even on her own material, and with an accent!) and other people in that "big-band-y" sounding classification



When the rain starts, (and it will, this time of year) keep the Karaoke dry, and we'll all sit in a big group discussing (and solving, BTW) all the world's problems. When the electricity goes off, (and it will, during the rain) someone will say "Wala ng corriente" (literally "no current") and then the previous discussion will resume..... now I'm homesick for a place that I've only visited

 

[Doc Tinker]

Pit Cooking

Anyone participate in "pit cooking"?



Here's an interesting link http://www.barbecuen.com/ask.htm



Doc

 

[KBlanchard]

I prefer Louisiana jumbo shrimp, wrapped in bacon, cooked in butter, on foil, over a hot pit. Makes me hungry just typing it in.

 

[BigDaddy]

"pit cooking"?

Doc,



Neat site, thanks.



I don't know if this is "pit cooking" but, we make a grill with some stacked cinder blocks, throw on a grate, build a fire, and use the hot coals for cookin.



We call that a Barbecue down home

 

[Doc Tinker]

BigDad,



I built one of those cinder block fire pits a couple of years ago for the school district's (my employer) year end employee picnic. I used expanded metal for the cooking grid and coal bed. Everyone got a kick out of it.



I've made charcoal grills out of beer barrels and 55 gallon drums in addition to the blocks. My favorite grill is my 24" round grate over a died down campfire though. I like poking at the logs My wife and I cook all our camp meals on that grate. Many of them are foil dinners. I'm thinking of getting a dutch oven to do some all day cooking on a slow fire.



The "pit" that I'm thinking of, is a fire built in a hole, them buried along with the food you're cooking. I think the method is used for Hawaiian Luaus, Maine beach seafood fests and some southern pig roasts.



Doc





Has anyone cooked unhusked corn in a trash can, over a bonfire? Metal can, stupid!

 

[tgbol]

Tri-tip slow cooked over mesquite charcaol with oak wood chips from Jack Daniels barrels. Jack Daniels also has a great sauce recipe. 2 shots in the sauce put the meat on the fire when the bottle is gone the meat is done.

 

[Champane Flight]

Pit?

We are having a pit BBQ tomorrow. They build a big bon-fire,then let it burn for a afternoon adding wood as needed. That night they bring in a backhoe and dig the pit. Load all the meat hog,venison,beef,elk,and anything else that wanders by at the time,into a large metal compartment(custom made with meat racks). We then put a foot or so of coals in the pit. Then lower the box into the pit. Bury the whole works in the rest of the coals and put dirt on top. Wait for 12 hours and dig her up. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Now thats a pit!

 

[Forrest]

Teryaki Hot Dogs

I laughed too, but you'd be surprised! Choose you're favorite marinate, slit the hot dogs down the length on 4 sides & soak those babies overnight.



We use a marinate that is 1 cup soy sauce, 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, garlic & ginger root. We change the sugar qty down & even substitute brown sugar. Great for chicken.

 

[KOUNTERSC]

I'll take a pork loin stuffed with boudin, and barbecued over a slow fire for about 4 hours. (Stubb's sauce)



Did know a guy that did the cinder block thing. He used an old hospital bed for the grill. Just turn the handles to get the right distance from the fire. Same guy had an old retired port-a-john for a smoke house. He piped the smoke into the tank, and hung the meat on wire clothes hangers. Never ate anything he cooked - never will.

 

[ET]

creme can cooking

Doc, my folks do a thing in Nebraska that they call "creme can cooking". they stand the corn on end in the bottom of a 30 gallon creme can, add vegies and meat (usualy beef roast) and then pour in several beers. dad says cook with cheap beer and drink the good stuff. but they dig a pit and get the coals go'n and place the can on the coals and burry it with the top out. not sure how long they cook it but its an all day even.

 

[rich m]

NEW GRILL/SMOKER!!!!

HEY,HEY HEY----

Wife and I stimulated the economy a bit today. Went to WallyWorld (they still sell bullets, by the way) and got some backyard/patio stuff (Mrs. rich m can be quite the aggressive shopper)... . TO INCLUDE A BRINKMANN SMOKE-N'GRILL--



got the 2-chamber design, small firebox and large smoke chamber. ----and a chimney! bring on the ribs, and ham, and turkey, and ---hold on aminnit, and lemme go see if i can snag a picture---- #ad




$150 at WalMart---(btw, they still sell bullets)