Thread: Grilling

Originally Posted by King87

Many people of culinary talent enjoy fast food, including McDonald's, sir.

You are a ruffian!

Doesn't make their food any better but it does cast doubt on their "culinary talent".

Unless said talent is eating garbage.

Originally Posted by Davii

Doesn't make their food any better but it does cast doubt on their "culinary talent".

Unless said talent is eating garbage.

You're not nice to me anymore, and it makes me sad.

Goodbye, Davii.

Originally Posted by King87

You're not nice to me anymore, and it makes me sad.

Goodbye, Davii.

I'm extremely nice to you. I'm telling you I want you to live longer!

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

If you want to sear a steak, AND have the ability to do a 20+ hour low and slow smoke, then a Big Green Egg is the way to go!

Sear your steak at 700+.

I've never used a Traeger, but I think that's the biggest con on the "grilling" side. Not enough heat generation to really sear stuff, but great at smoking.

I've been thrilled with my Kamado Joe. There's a BBQ place that sells every type of wood imaginable in actual logs near me and I cut them up into sticks for the Kamado along with lump charcoal. Not really a fan of the small chunks/pellets in a cooker like this.

Having the freedom to add more wood easily in a purpose-designed smoker would be nice - but I've done 15-hour brisket multiple times with fantastic results.

Kamado's doing some innovative things with their vents and accessories. Can't go wrong with an Egg or a Kamado Joe IMO - and aside from dealing with replacing an occasional metal element here and there unsure why it wouldn't last a lifetime.

Originally Posted by Davii

The 22 series Traeger is on sale at exchanges right now under 400$.

That's what I have now. I also don't have access to the Exchanges anymore.

Originally Posted by SR

That's what I have now. I also don't have access to the Exchanges anymore.

That's what I bought as well. You have access online!

Originally Posted by Davii

That's what I bought as well. You have access online!

I do?

Originally Posted by SR

I do?

https://dod.defense.gov/News/Article...g-to-veterans/

Originally Posted by SR

I do?

Yes. Go verify your service on MyNavyExchange.com and you can shop the exchange online all you want

Originally Posted by Davii

Yes. Go verify your service on MyNavyExchange.com and you can shop the exchange online all you want

I'd have to do it through AAFES no? Or would I be able to use Navy Exchange also?

Originally Posted by Nomad

https://dod.defense.gov/News/Article...g-to-veterans/

Well shoot. Thanks Nomad. You're more useful than Davii.

Originally Posted by SR

Well shoot. Thanks Nomad. You're more useful than Davii.

Duh.

I'm going to do some wagyu beef back ribs this weekend. Looking forward to that!

The ribs came out ok. It was really windy here yesterday and a storm rolled through about half way through the eight hour smoke, so my grill was not holding a consistent temperature to save it's life. Also had the "Traeger-ism" happen where the hot rod isn't burning and the auger keeps feeding pellets. The temperature was sitting at 116 at one point, so I had to pull the meat off and vacuum out all of the pellets and saw dust then restart everything. That happened to me a few weeks back when I was cooking baby backs as well. It really pisses me off. The Pit Boss pellet smokers don't seem to have that issue.

Originally Posted by SR

The ribs came out ok. It was really windy here yesterday and a storm rolled through about half way through the eight hour smoke, so my grill was not holding a consistent temperature to save it's life. Also had the "Traeger-ism" happen where the hot rod isn't burning and the auger keeps feeding pellets. The temperature was sitting at 116 at one point, so I had to pull the meat off and vacuum out all of the pellets and saw dust then restart everything. That happened to me a few weeks back when I was cooking baby backs as well. It really pisses me off. The Pit Boss pellet smokers don't seem to have that issue.

I haven't seen this yet.