For grilling/smoking -- charcoal or propane? - Page 3

**Fire Me Boy!** · 06-10-2005, 08:17 AM

OK... I know everybody's got their preferences... so vote. I'm making it a private poll, so nobody will know how you voted, so be honest. Some people CLAIM charcoal but are closet propane users.

**cdcox** · 06-10-2005, 10:16 AM

I've taken to doing good steaks (fillet mignon) on the stove in a cast iron skillet. Since cooking steak is mostly about searing you don't lose anythig by not using the grill. The benefit of the pan is that all the drippings from the meat are captured in the cooking fat. I typically make a pan sauce out of the drippings. I would never touch a steak with A-1 but a freshly made pan sauce is a whole different story.

**Baby Lee** · 06-10-2005, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

I would never touch a steak with A-1 but a freshly made man sauce is a whole different story.

**cdcox** · 06-10-2005, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

No, that is not what the seedy cocks is for.

HC_Chief · 06-10-2005, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

I've taken to doing good steaks (fillet mignon) on the stove in a cast iron skillet. Since cooking steak is mostly about searing you don't lose anythig by not using the grill. The benefit of the pan is that all the drippings from the meat are captured in the cooking fat. I typically make a pan sauce out of the drippings. I would never touch a steak with A-1 but a freshly made pan sauce is a whole different story.

I grilled steaks once and my sil put ketchup on it. Another time my wife made her spectacular roast (unbelievable how good that roast is)... sil put ketchup on it. Each time I told her to get the &$^% out!

htismaqe · 06-10-2005, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

I've taken to doing good steaks (fillet mignon) on the stove in a cast iron skillet. Since cooking steak is mostly about searing you don't lose anythig by not using the grill. The benefit of the pan is that all the drippings from the meat are captured in the cooking fat. I typically make a pan sauce out of the drippings. I would never touch a steak with A-1 but a freshly made pan sauce is a whole different story.

I'm not fond of beef fat as a flavoring agent for steaks, so I do steaks on the grill.

For bacon cheesburgers though, I fry up some thick bacon and then fry the hamburgers in the bacon fat. Pretty good.

htismaqe · 06-10-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief

I grilled steaks once and my sil put ketchup on it. Another time my wife made her spectacular roast (unbelievable how good that roast is)... sil put ketchup on it. Each time I told her to get the &$^% out!

See, I'm raising my 3yo right. Everybody around her (except me) eats ketchup on just about everything it seems.

So my 3yo eats BBQ sauce instead of ketchup. I take her to McDonald's and she gets chicken nuggets, just so she has some Q sauce to dip her fries in.

HC_Chief · 06-10-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

I'm not fond of beef fat as a flavoring agent for steaks, so I do steaks on the grill.

For bacon cheesburgers though, I fry up some thick bacon and then fry the hamburgers in the bacon fat. Pretty good.

I've recently been adding Lee & Perrins to the ground beef before grilling... it's excellent!

KCTitus · 06-10-2005, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

I would never touch a steak with A-1...

A friend of mine's wife puts ketchup on her steaks...I cannot eat in the same room with her, it sickens me.

htismaqe · 06-10-2005, 10:24 AM

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I've reccently meen adding Lee & Perrins to the ground beef before grilling... it's excellent!

Dude, I love Worcestershire sauce on burgers and beef roasts. I've been using it in my BBQ sauce recipe.

HC_Chief · 06-10-2005, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by KCTitus

A friend of mine's wife puts ketchup on her steaks...I cannot eat in the same room with her, it sickens me.

Frigging blasphemy! If the steak is tough/poor quality, okay... but not a high quality, well seared cut!!

Those people don't deserve to eat a good steak.

HC_Chief · 06-10-2005, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Dude, I love Worcestershire sauce on burgers and beef roasts. I've been using it in my BBQ sauce recipe.

It adds a nice distinct flavor to the burger.

My wife's roast is insanely good... the sauce it simmers in (crockpot slow-cook for 6+ hrs) has garlic, Lee & Perrins and Soy.

It's actually a Dr Phil recipe.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 06-10-2005, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Frigging blasphemy! If the steak is tough/poor quality, okay... but not a high quality, well seared cut!!

Those people don't deserve to eat a good steak.

My SiL likes her steaks burned to a crisp... seriously. If it's not REALLY well-done, she won't eat it. Consequently, whenever we have steaks and she's invited, we all get ribeyes... she gets chuck. Burned steak is burned steak. I'm not about to turn a good ribeye into a meteorite.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 06-10-2005, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Frigging blasphemy! If the steak is tough/poor quality, okay... but not a high quality, well seared cut!!

Those people don't deserve to eat a good steak.

Hell, I put ketchup on cheap steaks sometime, but if it's anything better than a chuck steak, it's garlic salt, pepper, and a dollop of herb butter.

HC_Chief · 06-10-2005, 10:37 AM

If you ever want to try a premade rub/marinade, give Daddy Henkel's a try... it is GOOD.

**Rain Man** · 06-10-2005, 10:37 AM

Back before I was married, I had a cheating fiance (not the wife, another fiance, one who cheated). One time, she told me that a friend of hers was coming to town, and we should take him out to dinner. We took him to one of those Stuart Anderson places and all had steaks. I asked for some A-1 sauce, and this friend of hers was just an ass about it. He kept saying sarcastically, "Is that steak good with that steak sauce on it?" and "How's that A-1 sauce working for you?" and other stuff.

At the time, I just ignored him because I was trying to be polite to my cheating fiance, but now I wish I had broken the A-1 bottle on the table and cut him with it.

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06-10-2005, 08:17 AM
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Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $2828491 VARSITY	Back before I was married, I had a cheating fiance (not the wife, another fiance, one who cheated). One time, she told me that a friend of hers was coming to town, and we should take him out to dinner. We took him to one of those Stuart Anderson places and all had steaks. I asked for some A-1 sauce, and this friend of hers was just an ass about it. He kept saying sarcastically, "Is that steak good with that steak sauce on it?" and "How's that A-1 sauce working for you?" and other stuff. At the time, I just ignored him because I was trying to be polite to my cheating fiance, but now I wish I had broken the A-1 bottle on the table and cut him with it. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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