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Starter Taste in Meat

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John
John Posts: 62
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I cooked 3 2" thick ribeyes on my egg tonight. I let the fire burn for about 30 minutes before I put the steaks on, started the fire with 3 of the green egg fire starters. Two of the steaks tasted like starter, that chemical taste that starter smells like. What caused this? How can I prevent it from happening again???
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  • Sigmore
    Sigmore Posts: 621
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    John, At what temp did you put the steaks on? I personally never use more than one starter cube no matter what I cook. Sounds like one or two of them hadn't finished burning yet. Wait till the smoke clears.

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  • Jopa
    Jopa Posts: 155
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    John,
    Get a mapp torch
    Even better a BBQ Guru golf club
    check it at BBQ Guru .com
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  • EddieMac
    EddieMac Posts: 423
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    Three starter cubes sound like about one and maybe two too many.....To do a hot-n-fast cook I will take 2 cubes and break them in half....I will use just 3 of the pieces....and place them in a triangle pattern in three different places in the fire box and go from there....and have had no problems whatsoever....[p]Starting the fire with a Mapp Torch is also another alternative that's also kind of fun as most of us really, really, did I mention really(?)...like fire![p]Best of luck....[p]Ed McLean....eddiemac
    Ft. Pierce, FL

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