You have decided to invite friends or family
family for dinner on a beautiful Saturday summer evening. People will be able to arrive
early, enjoy the pool, talk loudly, get drunk and leave the children
eat way too many popsicles . At the end of this memorable day, especially because your patio
will be stained by all that sweet, colorful ice cream that has melted, you will have to
feed this happy band of hungry people. Then you get the idea to make a very large piece of meat
to feed everyone at once.
This same piece of meat which will be cooked for a very long time and which is eaten at the same time
cooking temperature for everyone. No management of:
• I eat it bleeding!
• I eat it blue!
• I like it well cooked, slightly burnt and tasteless… why isn’t your meat in the fridge? What!?! You let your meat cool down, but there, the bacteria, have you thought about it? Go wash your hands…
My sincere apologies, I will no longer let my mother play a role in my
blog posts… Excuse me one more second.
- It is
super good quality organic steaks, you have to let them rest... Bacteria
will burn in the embers directly, my hands are clean I washed them
two seconds ago.
Good!
So you think inviting lots of people and doing some cooking
long is a good idea. It might not be.
To succeed in long cooking, often smoked, you have to cook it in a way that
is stable. So unless you have a pellet smoker handy
hand, you will have to spend more time at your BBQ than you will spend with
your guests.
If you're like me and don't like it when a stranger on the internet contacts you
tell me what to do, I'll give you my tips to make your cooking enjoyable
and to spend time with your guests in the pool doing the most
whirlwind that the earth has ever known.
A BBQ can be moved :
Whether you own a Kettle, a Kamado, a
Off-Set or even a propane BBQ, you will need to constantly keep an eye on
BBQ temperature. Be strategic. You know your activities
yard. Place your BBQ so that it is visible no matter what activity you are doing.
do.
If you have kids over or that friend who always drinks too much,
think safety. Place chairs around the BBQ to prevent someone from falling on it
and does not burn itself.
Unity is strength:
I don't know about you, but my guests always ask me what they
can do to help me. It's time to seize the opportunity and let
the leader in you take flight. Assign the task of monitoring the BBQ to
people they trust. They will have felt very useful and that is
Still nicer than being asked to do the dishes.
A hungry guest is not good:
The charm of BBQ is that it is often very
It's hard to predict when it will be ready. As they say so well in
French:
Don't cook the time,
cook the temp ! Do not cook according to the time of
cooking, cook according to the internal temperature of the meat.
Also, Murphy's Law being what it is, whatever happens when
it must not happen.
The solution for guests who start complaining that they are hungry, that they
thought they would eat at 6 o'clock, that they need food because the mixture
of sun and sangria begins to hit hard, it is to prepare some
snacks. If there is room in your smoker or BBQ, throw a few
sausages on the grill to have small bites that will satisfy the most
crying with happiness.
Go Go BBQ Gadget:
Gadgets to simplify your experience
cooking there are a ton of them. I will quickly present to you my favorites for
three different types of budget:
Low Budget: The DOT from Thermoworks. It is a probe that can be planted in
the piece of meat. The dial is outside the BBQ. Simple, effective, of impeccable quality. It is also possible to put a probe for the ambient temperature.
I use it to easily see the internal temperature of my BBQ.
For just over $50.00, this is definitely a must-have.
Mid Budget: The iGrill II. Again, a probe thermometer that allows
to accommodate up to 4 different probes. Its advantage: it is possible to connect the
iGrill has an app on your phone and receives notifications on
the temperatures of the meat or the ambient temperature of its BBQ. Approximately
$130.00 but you will have to add a few dollars to have a room temperature probe.
Big Budget: The Flame Boss. This device allows you to control the temperature of
its BBQ automatically. A small fan is placed on the air inlet of your
BBQ and the probe keeps an eye on the temperature for you. You just have to choose the
temperature you want to keep while cooking with the application that
connects to the device. The small fan takes care of sending air or cutting off the air in order to
keep a constant temperature. An investment of around 300.00
$ that is worth every penny spent.
So if you decide not to listen to me and still receive in low'n' slow , I hope at least that my little tips and tricks will help you enjoy your day with your guests…
No mom, she's fine cooked the brisket , the pink is not because it's bloody, it's a smoke ring ... It's a chemical reaction because smoke… No I haven’t started smoking again… The smoke that smoked the meat makes it pink, but well-cooked pink not undercooked pink… It’s not the same pink… At worst I have soda crackers and margarine for you.
I promise I won't invite my mother to my parties anymore. tickets.