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Great Expectations · 05-10-2015, 08:55 PM

I've made around 10 main courses in my machine over the past month or so that I've owned it. I finally found/made something phenomenal with it. I bought a couple of prime top sirloin steaks and they were perfect. I've made chicken breast several times and it was good, pork was very good along with flank and strip steaks, but this was awesome.

I bought better than normal salt and put twice as much on along with setting my pepper mill to the coarsest possible setting. I think over seasoning helped more than anything, but I also put it at 134 instead of 132 and cooked it for 2 1/2 hours. I've noticed that some of the dry rub comes off in the liquid/fat that materializes during the cook. Putting a lot more on was a good move. I'd also been trying to finish with butter in a cast iron skillet at the smoke point, tonight i used olive oil and a higher temp to finish.

Anyway it all came together and $20 worth of meat tasted like $150.

05-10-2015, 08:55 PM	#11
Great Expectations MVP Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Joplin, MO Casino cash: $10892338	I've made around 10 main courses in my machine over the past month or so that I've owned it. I finally found/made something phenomenal with it. I bought a couple of prime top sirloin steaks and they were perfect. I've made chicken breast several times and it was good, pork was very good along with flank and strip steaks, but this was awesome. I bought better than normal salt and put twice as much on along with setting my pepper mill to the coarsest possible setting. I think over seasoning helped more than anything, but I also put it at 134 instead of 132 and cooked it for 2 1/2 hours. I've noticed that some of the dry rub comes off in the liquid/fat that materializes during the cook. Putting a lot more on was a good move. I'd also been trying to finish with butter in a cast iron skillet at the smoke point, tonight i used olive oil and a higher temp to finish. Anyway it all came together and $20 worth of meat tasted like $150. __________________
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