What did you ruin?
What did you ruin?
I royally destroyed some pumpkin last night.
I'd just seared some steak on the Akorn, it was up to about 380c and after I thought I'd use the heat and roast a big tray of pumpkin.
After about 25 minutes it was looking good, needed a bit more colour so I thought I'd leave it in for another 10-15 to finish off.
Inside the house I went, bottle of red open, chatting to friends and family having a lovely old time.
1.5 hours pass, I went to the toilet and got a waft of something burning, nothing clicked, half way through said toilet break I remembered the pumpkin, I went outside and the underside of my alfresco area has about a foot layer of fowl smelling smoke, the pumpkin was absolutely knackered, I cut it open and there wasn't a single bit of pumpkin left, it had fully carbonised!
I'd just seared some steak on the Akorn, it was up to about 380c and after I thought I'd use the heat and roast a big tray of pumpkin.
After about 25 minutes it was looking good, needed a bit more colour so I thought I'd leave it in for another 10-15 to finish off.
Inside the house I went, bottle of red open, chatting to friends and family having a lovely old time.
1.5 hours pass, I went to the toilet and got a waft of something burning, nothing clicked, half way through said toilet break I remembered the pumpkin, I went outside and the underside of my alfresco area has about a foot layer of fowl smelling smoke, the pumpkin was absolutely knackered, I cut it open and there wasn't a single bit of pumpkin left, it had fully carbonised!
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Re: What did you ruin?
You could sell a new line of pumpkin charcoal, kinda like coconut charcoal -
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no photo but I ruined ribs last night.
Got home later then expected, lit the kamado and put them on.
Didn't click that not only had I forgotten the heat deflector, I had all the coals in a nice pile in the middle. After 6 hours of essentially grilling them, they were not exactly edible...
Got home later then expected, lit the kamado and put them on.
Didn't click that not only had I forgotten the heat deflector, I had all the coals in a nice pile in the middle. After 6 hours of essentially grilling them, they were not exactly edible...
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Re: What did you ruin?
Less air Antaussieant32 wrote:no photo but I ruined ribs last night.
Got home later then expected, lit the kamado and put them on.
Didn't click that not only had I forgotten the heat deflector, I had all the coals in a nice pile in the middle. After 6 hours of essentially grilling them, they were not exactly edible...
The heat in these things is controlled be how much air you give it, not the charcoal.
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Yes I know that, the temp was at 225f pretty much the whole time.
A good analogy..
Put a cake in an oven at 180C it will bake nicely. Put it under a 180C grill its going to burn.
Temperature and temperature control was not the issue, essentially cooking method was
A good analogy..
Put a cake in an oven at 180C it will bake nicely. Put it under a 180C grill its going to burn.
Temperature and temperature control was not the issue, essentially cooking method was
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Not quite Ant, the distance from the fire dictates the heat, I've done plenty of Kamado cooks without the deflector, low and slow, and hotter, not a problem, in fact I like to cook like that. There must be something else going on? ....maybe sugary rub burning?...maybe your temp gauge is not correct?aussieant32 wrote:Yes I know that, the temp was at 225f pretty much the whole time.
A good analogy..
Put a cake in an oven at 180C it will bake nicely. Put it under a 180C grill its going to burn.
Temperature and temperature control was not the issue, essentially cooking method was
Chris
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Re: What did you ruin?
One of my favourites in the kamado without a deflector is fish. I put the grill extender on so the fish is up in the dome, theres a low fire going underneath, the pit temp is around 150c and the fish is done in 15-20 mins. It's lightly grilled that way. Add some applewood chunks in there as well and it's a grand feast.
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Hmmm
So if I have a piece of meat sitting directly above the coals it will cook the same as if I had them to the side cooking indirectly? The top of the ribs were ok the bottom was charcoal. To me that's too much heat coming from underneath.
To answer the question it's the ribs rub I have always used. Used it last week on the weber for 6 hours, ribs were perfect.
I don't think it's the temp gauge, I had my probe in as well and they read fine. Plus the other things I have cooked on it have been fine
So if I have a piece of meat sitting directly above the coals it will cook the same as if I had them to the side cooking indirectly? The top of the ribs were ok the bottom was charcoal. To me that's too much heat coming from underneath.
To answer the question it's the ribs rub I have always used. Used it last week on the weber for 6 hours, ribs were perfect.
I don't think it's the temp gauge, I had my probe in as well and they read fine. Plus the other things I have cooked on it have been fine
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Re: What did you ruin?
ant - you had direct heat - deflector will give you indirect heat - 2 different ways of cooking with differing results. BTW - i don't have a kamado
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I know that. That is what I am saying went wrong..
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Re: What did you ruin?
I agree with you Ant. Direct heat was the problem. They would have been great if you'd taken them off earlier though. The other thing I'd be worried about with this is the no fat catching. If the meat is fatty and the fire is low the fat will drip all the way down into the ash catcher, which would be a PITA to clean later.aussieant32 wrote:So if I have a piece of meat sitting directly above the coals it will cook the same as if I had them to the side cooking indirectly? The top of the ribs were ok the bottom was charcoal. To me that's too much heat coming from underneath.
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Re: What did you ruin?
I normally put it on my deflector, for some reason it didn't work from inside my cupboard.... :p
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i blame the cupboard
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4 Briskets in a row now, not sure what I'm doing wrong. using a pro q, 2Kgs of cape grim flat
1.slight injection with stock,Worcester and soy sauce
2.dry rub consisting of raw sugar, salt, pepper , thyme
3. heat charcoal in chimney until white hot
4. hot water in tub
5. probes in meat and in bbq (redi chek)
6.maintaining q temp at 225-250f/monitoring internal/ some I'd wrap @ 160f (had good results in the past doing this)
7.even at 160f when I check its hard to stick the probe in
8 keep cooking until 203f / some have stalled and couldn't get it up there..I have also tried to learn when to take it off the barbeque
The frustrating part is the Jan - March I was nailing brisket every time, using this method, it was moist, tasted great, now I'm ruining every time and it comes out tough. Anyone else had a bad run like that?
I've got another one in there today and I'm pretty sure it's going to be dog food also.
The last 4 I've attempted seems to get up to 160f pretty quick in about 2 hours, compared to the ones I did that were successful that took a lot longer.
In fact the whole cooks seem to be going super quick, like in 4-5 hours it reaches the target internal temp. I'm checking the meat physically also, praying that
the toothpick goes in like butter, trying to 'feel' if its ready following advice but I'm just missing something.
Any advice is welcome, I know I probably shouldn't be injecting as a rookie but I've had good results doing the exact same thing in the past so not sure why all of a sudden
I'm sucking at it. On the bright side its only Brisket that I'm stuffing up, ribs, pork, chicken ..no worries.
1.slight injection with stock,Worcester and soy sauce
2.dry rub consisting of raw sugar, salt, pepper , thyme
3. heat charcoal in chimney until white hot
4. hot water in tub
5. probes in meat and in bbq (redi chek)
6.maintaining q temp at 225-250f/monitoring internal/ some I'd wrap @ 160f (had good results in the past doing this)
7.even at 160f when I check its hard to stick the probe in
8 keep cooking until 203f / some have stalled and couldn't get it up there..I have also tried to learn when to take it off the barbeque
The frustrating part is the Jan - March I was nailing brisket every time, using this method, it was moist, tasted great, now I'm ruining every time and it comes out tough. Anyone else had a bad run like that?
I've got another one in there today and I'm pretty sure it's going to be dog food also.
The last 4 I've attempted seems to get up to 160f pretty quick in about 2 hours, compared to the ones I did that were successful that took a lot longer.
In fact the whole cooks seem to be going super quick, like in 4-5 hours it reaches the target internal temp. I'm checking the meat physically also, praying that
the toothpick goes in like butter, trying to 'feel' if its ready following advice but I'm just missing something.
Any advice is welcome, I know I probably shouldn't be injecting as a rookie but I've had good results doing the exact same thing in the past so not sure why all of a sudden
I'm sucking at it. On the bright side its only Brisket that I'm stuffing up, ribs, pork, chicken ..no worries.