What's for dinner tonight? Dinner ideas?

[JamesB]

Well I am about to smoke my first pastrami, here it is all probed up…
200T SS with Costco blend maple / hickory / cherry…
so after brining for 8 days, then drying over night, loading the rub and letting it sit overnight..; here it go’s…

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Follow the bouncing ball.. Jul 5 pastrami
https://share.fireboard.io/9F3129
after 9 hrs 50 min wrapped at 164…
pit up to 295 T
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@John S. That is really a nice tight wrap job.

 

[JamesB]

Rolling it on the grill for searing will take some finesse. I backed out when I flipped to the top side. The weave started to open and I was worried it would fall apart. Got a bit of a sear on the bacon though.View attachment 6346View attachment 6347View attachment 6348

I really like the look of that sear. Looks delicious!

 

[DarienJim]

Smoked some Jalepanos Poppers again on the Timberline 1300. Modified my usual filling formula of cream cheese and mozzarella and added also some crab claw meat. Maybe had too much crab meat (winged the portions) but I think most people thought they were good but preferred no crab meat. Here are before and after pictures.

 

[Slimpicker]

you either like to bite into a seafood appetizer, or you don't.
That's what I've learned

 

[CMTiger]

Rolling it on the grill for searing will take some finesse. I backed out when I flipped to the top side. The weave started to open and I was worried it would fall apart. Got a bit of a sear on the bacon though.View attachment 6346View attachment 6347View attachment 6348

Looks fantastic.

 

[JamesB]

Bacon weave meatloaf!

 

[CMTiger]

Digging all of the sudden bacon weave photos

 

[JamesB]

Just about done, gonna sear it like jake did.

 

[JamesB]

Got that sear as fast as I could roll it. GrillGrates were HOT.

 

[JamesB]

First time IV done a bacon weave on anything. Gotta say, it added great flavor to the meatloaf.
Who said you can’t yeah an old dog new tricks.

 

[MidwestSmoker]

I love all the bacon weave wrapping, but I do have a question. Is the searing really necessary? I am not a fan of burnt bacon bits.

 

[JamesB]

I love all the bacon weave wrapping, but I do have a question. Is the searing really necessary? I am not a fan of burnt bacon bits.

Wife likes bacon well done. I like it done like it was before I seared it, but I can eat it either way. Sooo, I seared it to crisp it up..

 

[Timmy]

Brisket Tacos.

I ate 9 tacos ,boy are they good!

 

[KraZ440]

With all this talk about searing a bacon weave, I got to wondering if a torch would work for the final crisping instead of trying to roll it around on a gasser.

 

[JamesB]

With all this talk about searing a bacon weave, I got to wondering if a torch would work for the final crisping instead of trying to roll it around on a gasser.

Maybe, but the back side of GrillGrates works pretty darn good. Took about 15 seconds.