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I just read a thread about these and i understand the cleaning and rusting
aspects, but what about the cooking qualitites and the taste of the meat, do the different types of bars/grills/grates make any difference in these two areas? Lee |
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"Stormmee" > wrote in message ... >I just read a thread about these and i understand the cleaning and rusting >aspects, but what about the cooking qualitites and the taste of the meat, >do the different types of bars/grills/grates make any difference in these >two areas? Lee > Sort of. A well heated heavy cast iron grate will sear a steak better than a thin wire one. One some foods it makes little difference. My preference is porcelain coated cast iron followed by a hefty stainless steel. |
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"Stormmee" > wrote in message ... >I just read a thread about these and i understand the cleaning and rusting >aspects, but what about the cooking qualitites and the taste of the meat, >do the different types of bars/grills/grates make any difference in these >two areas? Lee > The best is enough heat to char or sear the meat without any grate! If you're using charcoal, the steel grates on the Weber are just fine, as the meat is being seared directly by the infrared heat from the charcoal. However, if you're grilling on a gas grill the sear comes from the heated grate. The heat output from a gas grill flame isn't hot enough to sear. The sear comes from the heated grate. The best grate for a gas grill is porcelein coated cast iron grates. These should be positioned always, with the flat side up toward grilled meat. Stainless steel grates are a very poor heat conductor and should never be used for any application. The grate shouldn't do anything to the taste of the meat. Ed |
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thanks, Lee
"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message ... > > "Stormmee" > wrote in message > ... >>I just read a thread about these and i understand the cleaning and rusting >>aspects, but what about the cooking qualitites and the taste of the meat, >>do the different types of bars/grills/grates make any difference in these >>two areas? Lee >> > > Sort of. A well heated heavy cast iron grate will sear a steak better than > a thin wire one. One some foods it makes little difference. My > preference is porcelain coated cast iron followed by a hefty stainless > steel. > |
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thanks, Lee
"Theron" > wrote in message ... > > "Stormmee" > wrote in message > ... >>I just read a thread about these and i understand the cleaning and rusting >>aspects, but what about the cooking qualitites and the taste of the meat, >>do the different types of bars/grills/grates make any difference in these >>two areas? Lee >> > The best is enough heat to char or sear the meat without any grate! If > you're using charcoal, the steel grates on the Weber are just fine, as the > meat is being seared directly by the infrared heat from the charcoal. > However, if you're grilling on a gas grill the sear comes from the heated > grate. The heat output from a gas grill flame isn't hot enough to sear. > The sear comes from the heated grate. The best grate for a gas grill is > porcelein coated cast iron grates. These should be positioned always, with > the flat side up toward grilled meat. Stainless steel grates are a very > poor heat conductor and should never be used for any application. The > grate shouldn't do anything to the taste of the meat. > > Ed > > > |
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Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a
piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces and rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already made. Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the beginning days when everything was a challenge. "Stormmee" > wrote in message ... > thanks, Lee > "Theron" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "Stormmee" > wrote in message >> ... >>>I just read a thread about these and i understand the cleaning and >>>rusting >>>aspects, but what about the cooking qualitites and the taste of the meat, >>>do the different types of bars/grills/grates make any difference in these >>>two areas? Lee >>> >> The best is enough heat to char or sear the meat without any grate! If >> you're using charcoal, the steel grates on the Weber are just fine, as >> the >> meat is being seared directly by the infrared heat from the charcoal. >> However, if you're grilling on a gas grill the sear comes from the heated >> grate. The heat output from a gas grill flame isn't hot enough to sear. >> The sear comes from the heated grate. The best grate for a gas grill is >> porcelein coated cast iron grates. These should be positioned always, >> with >> the flat side up toward grilled meat. Stainless steel grates are a very >> poor heat conductor and should never be used for any application. The >> grate shouldn't do anything to the taste of the meat. >> >> Ed >> >> >> > > > |
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote:
>Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces and >rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >made. > >Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the beginning >days when everything was a challenge. Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) Desideria |
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Since I have been creating so many different smells, with the rubs and
sauces and such, have met three new neighbor dogs, the four legged kind. I understand that when I go out they go and sit by the old abandoned post office, from 80 years ago, next door and wait until I take the food off the grill then, here they come! "Desideria" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: > >>Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >>piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces and >>rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >>made. >> >>Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >>beginning >>days when everything was a challenge. > > Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) > > > > Desideria |
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LOL, lee, thinking you have stories to tell
"Desideria" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: > >>Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >>piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces and >>rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >>made. >> >>Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >>beginning >>days when everything was a challenge. > > Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) > > > > Desideria |
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given what iv'e seen the four legged kind are the less mangey in your
'hood, Lee "Granby" > wrote in message ... > Since I have been creating so many different smells, with the rubs and > sauces and such, have met three new neighbor dogs, the four legged kind. > I understand that when I go out they go and sit by the old abandoned post > office, from 80 years ago, next door and wait until I take the food off > the grill then, here they come! > > > "Desideria" > wrote in message > ... >> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: >> >>>Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >>>piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces and >>>rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >>>made. >>> >>>Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >>>beginning >>>days when everything was a challenge. >> >> Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) >> >> >> >> Desideria > > |
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On 18-Aug-2009, Desideria > wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: > > >Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a > > > >piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces > >and > >rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already > >made. > > > >Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the > >beginning > >days when everything was a challenge. > > Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) > > > > Desideria I had a gas fired vertical (bullet) smoker for many years without ever using it to smoke anything. I only grilled with it and it wasn't particularly good for that. I came across alt.food.barbecue somehow in 2003, bought my offset smoker and the fun began. By the end of '04 I was so frustrated with the thing I was ready to pay someone to haul it off. I didn't though and things gradually got better. I spent a pleasant day today mostly on the couch because I didn't feel particularly well. But my smoker plodded merrily along with two pork butts and to racks of spares aboard. I had to add some fuel at the three hour point and then about every two hours after that. I open the chimney damper all the way when I start the pit and set the firebox damper about one inch open. That's the way they stay until I shut down the pit. The butts acted normally today. They took the typical (for my pit) 7 hours and stayed with in a degree or two with each other the whole time. (I put the temp probes in after the four hour point and look for about 195°F to call them done. The ribs were slow today. I'm used to getting them done in the same pit with the butts at about four hours. Not today. They took a good hour longer then the butts. Go figure. It's done when it's done. Yes, I remember the early frustration. I made some creosote and actually had to throw some portions out once or twice. Today, I watched TV and never once worried that the meat wouldn't cook to my specifications. I'm not even finishing the meat in a holding box. It'll cool on the counter and eat just fine when I get ready for it. Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. -- Brick (Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.) Thomas Jefferson |
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Brick wrote:
> Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans > and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some > pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. I'm drooling, Brick. I wish I lived down the block so I could mooch of of ya for dinner. :-) -- Dave What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan |
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sounds wonderful.
"Brick" > wrote in message ster.com... > > On 18-Aug-2009, Desideria > wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: >> >> >Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >> > >> >piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces >> >and >> >rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >> >made. >> > >> >Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >> >beginning >> >days when everything was a challenge. >> >> Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) >> >> >> >> Desideria > > I had a gas fired vertical (bullet) smoker for many years without ever > using > it to smoke anything. I only grilled with it and it wasn't particularly > good for > that. I came across alt.food.barbecue somehow in 2003, bought my offset > smoker and the fun began. By the end of '04 I was so frustrated with the > thing I was ready to pay someone to haul it off. I didn't though and > things > gradually got better. > > I spent a pleasant day today mostly on the couch because I didn't feel > particularly well. But my smoker plodded merrily along with two pork > butts and to racks of spares aboard. I had to add some fuel at the three > hour point and then about every two hours after that. I open the chimney > damper all the way when I start the pit and set the firebox damper about > one inch open. That's the way they stay until I shut down the pit. > > The butts acted normally today. They took the typical (for my pit) 7 hours > and stayed with in a degree or two with each other the whole time. (I put > the temp probes in after the four hour point and look for about 195°F to > call them done. The ribs were slow today. I'm used to getting them done > in the same pit with the butts at about four hours. Not today. They took > a good hour longer then the butts. Go figure. It's done when it's done. > > Yes, I remember the early frustration. I made some creosote and actually > had to throw some portions out once or twice. Today, I watched TV and > never once worried that the meat wouldn't cook to my specifications. I'm > not even finishing the meat in a holding box. It'll cool on the counter > and > > eat just fine when I get ready for it. > > Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans > and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some > pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. > > -- > Brick (Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government > those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, > perverted > it into tyranny.) > Thomas Jefferson |
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Granby wrote:
> sounds wonderful. > > > "Brick" > wrote in message > ster.com... >> On 18-Aug-2009, Desideria > wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: >>> >>>> Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >>>> >>>> piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces >>>> and >>>> rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >>>> made. >>>> >>>> Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >>>> beginning >>>> days when everything was a challenge. >>> Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>> Desideria >> I had a gas fired vertical (bullet) smoker for many years without ever >> using >> it to smoke anything. I only grilled with it and it wasn't particularly >> good for >> that. I came across alt.food.barbecue somehow in 2003, bought my offset >> smoker and the fun began. By the end of '04 I was so frustrated with the >> thing I was ready to pay someone to haul it off. I didn't though and >> things >> gradually got better. >> >> I spent a pleasant day today mostly on the couch because I didn't feel >> particularly well. But my smoker plodded merrily along with two pork >> butts and to racks of spares aboard. I had to add some fuel at the three >> hour point and then about every two hours after that. I open the chimney >> damper all the way when I start the pit and set the firebox damper about >> one inch open. That's the way they stay until I shut down the pit. >> >> The butts acted normally today. They took the typical (for my pit) 7 hours >> and stayed with in a degree or two with each other the whole time. (I put >> the temp probes in after the four hour point and look for about 195°F to >> call them done. The ribs were slow today. I'm used to getting them done >> in the same pit with the butts at about four hours. Not today. They took >> a good hour longer then the butts. Go figure. It's done when it's done. >> >> Yes, I remember the early frustration. I made some creosote and actually >> had to throw some portions out once or twice. Today, I watched TV and >> never once worried that the meat wouldn't cook to my specifications. I'm >> not even finishing the meat in a holding box. It'll cool on the counter >> and >> >> eat just fine when I get ready for it. >> >> Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans >> and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some >> pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. >> >> -- >> Brick (Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government >> those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, >> perverted >> it into tyranny.) >> Thomas Jefferson > > Granby - I will say I like your nice personality. But I also (along with others) find your top posting not just disconcerting, but annoying. I will not KF you like some, since you are a nice person, but I thought I'd weigh in with the top posting dislike. Bob |
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On 19-Aug-2009, "Dave Bugg" > wrote: > Brick wrote: > > > Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans > > and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some > > pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. > > I'm drooling, Brick. I wish I lived down the block so I could mooch of of > ya > for dinner. :-) > > -- > Dave Gimme a call if you get a load thru Tampa and I'll make you up a "Care" package that you can eat on the fly. I doubt it's better then yours, but we're not losing any weight and I haven't poisoned anybody yet. (Just had some freshly made peach ice cream made with fresh peaches poached briefly with brown sugar.) -- Brick (Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.) Thomas Jefferson |
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Brick wrote:
> On 19-Aug-2009, "Dave Bugg" > wrote: > >> Brick wrote: >> >>> Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ >>> beans and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll >>> have some pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch >>> those. >> >> I'm drooling, Brick. I wish I lived down the block so I could mooch >> of of ya >> for dinner. :-) >> >> -- >> Dave > > Gimme a call if you get a load thru Tampa and I'll make you up a > "Care" package that you can eat on the fly. I doubt it's better then > yours, but we're not losing any weight and I haven't poisoned anybody > yet. (Just had some freshly made peach ice cream made with fresh > peaches > poached briefly with brown sugar.) I bet it's just as good. If I get down that way and have the time I'll gives ya a call. :-) You're killing me, Brick.... fresh-made peach ice-cream, omg. -- Dave What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan |
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I said once if the top posting was that big a problem I would go elsewhere.
I don't mean that in a mean way, it is just what it is. I appreciate your being honest. "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message ... > Granby wrote: >> sounds wonderful. >> >> >> "Brick" > wrote in message >> ster.com... >>> On 18-Aug-2009, Desideria > wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking >>>>> a >>>>> >>>>> piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces >>>>> and >>>>> rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some >>>>> already >>>>> made. >>>>> >>>>> Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >>>>> beginning >>>>> days when everything was a challenge. >>>> Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Desideria >>> I had a gas fired vertical (bullet) smoker for many years without ever >>> using >>> it to smoke anything. I only grilled with it and it wasn't particularly >>> good for >>> that. I came across alt.food.barbecue somehow in 2003, bought my offset >>> smoker and the fun began. By the end of '04 I was so frustrated with the >>> thing I was ready to pay someone to haul it off. I didn't though and >>> things >>> gradually got better. >>> >>> I spent a pleasant day today mostly on the couch because I didn't feel >>> particularly well. But my smoker plodded merrily along with two pork >>> butts and to racks of spares aboard. I had to add some fuel at the >>> three >>> hour point and then about every two hours after that. I open the chimney >>> damper all the way when I start the pit and set the firebox damper about >>> one inch open. That's the way they stay until I shut down the pit. >>> >>> The butts acted normally today. They took the typical (for my pit) 7 >>> hours >>> and stayed with in a degree or two with each other the whole time. (I >>> put >>> the temp probes in after the four hour point and look for about 195°F to >>> call them done. The ribs were slow today. I'm used to getting them done >>> in the same pit with the butts at about four hours. Not today. They took >>> a good hour longer then the butts. Go figure. It's done when it's done. >>> >>> Yes, I remember the early frustration. I made some creosote and actually >>> had to throw some portions out once or twice. Today, I watched TV and >>> never once worried that the meat wouldn't cook to my specifications. I'm >>> not even finishing the meat in a holding box. It'll cool on the counter >>> and >>> >>> eat just fine when I get ready for it. >>> >>> Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans >>> and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some >>> pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. >>> >>> -- >>> Brick (Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of >>> government >>> those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, >>> perverted >>> it into tyranny.) >>> Thomas Jefferson >> >> > > Granby - I will say I like your nice personality. But I also (along with > others) find your top posting not just disconcerting, but annoying. > > I will not KF you like some, since you are a nice person, but I thought > I'd weigh in with the top posting dislike. > > Bob |
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that gives me hope, Lee \
"Brick" > wrote in message ster.com... > > On 18-Aug-2009, Desideria > wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:41 -0500, "Granby" > wrote: >> >> >Lee, I have all but stopped using my gas grill. Right now I am taking a >> > >> >piece of meat and dividing it into thirds are trying different sauces >> >and >> >rubs. Made a few from ideas here on the groups and bought some already >> >made. >> > >> >Since most of these people know so much, I doubt they remember the >> >beginning >> >days when everything was a challenge. >> >> Oh, yeah. We do... ;-) >> >> >> >> Desideria > > I had a gas fired vertical (bullet) smoker for many years without ever > using > it to smoke anything. I only grilled with it and it wasn't particularly > good for > that. I came across alt.food.barbecue somehow in 2003, bought my offset > smoker and the fun began. By the end of '04 I was so frustrated with the > thing I was ready to pay someone to haul it off. I didn't though and > things > gradually got better. > > I spent a pleasant day today mostly on the couch because I didn't feel > particularly well. But my smoker plodded merrily along with two pork > butts and to racks of spares aboard. I had to add some fuel at the three > hour point and then about every two hours after that. I open the chimney > damper all the way when I start the pit and set the firebox damper about > one inch open. That's the way they stay until I shut down the pit. > > The butts acted normally today. They took the typical (for my pit) 7 hours > and stayed with in a degree or two with each other the whole time. (I put > the temp probes in after the four hour point and look for about 195°F to > call them done. The ribs were slow today. I'm used to getting them done > in the same pit with the butts at about four hours. Not today. They took > a good hour longer then the butts. Go figure. It's done when it's done. > > Yes, I remember the early frustration. I made some creosote and actually > had to throw some portions out once or twice. Today, I watched TV and > never once worried that the meat wouldn't cook to my specifications. I'm > not even finishing the meat in a holding box. It'll cool on the counter > and > > eat just fine when I get ready for it. > > Supper tonight will be freshly smoked pork ribs with my own BBQ beans > and some Winn Dixie deli potato salad and cole slaw. I'll have some > pickled jalapenos on the side, but Nathalie won't touch those. > > -- > Brick (Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government > those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, > perverted > it into tyranny.) > Thomas Jefferson |
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