Fellow Eggheads Unite for Epic Cook!

Bham_egger · January 6

What a weekend! Missingtoof (fellow egghead forum member) and his family came on over to Birmingham for the BBVA Compass Bowl between Ole Miss and Pitt. In celebration (mostly him, ROLL TIDE) of the Ole Miss whoopin they put on Pitt, we decided to go CRAZY on the egg. Picked up some chicken wings for the kids, and some ribeyes for the big people. The ladies got 3 whimpy 1" thick steaks, and missingtoof and I picked out a 2 bone, 4lb rib roast that would be cut into two, 2" thick, bone in ribeyes! Also, I had 3lbs of Royal Red shrimp that came from Bon Secour, AL straight off the shrimp boat and those went on the egg as well. After a 1 hour ish indirect of the chicken wings, we threw the shrimp on indirect at 250. If y'all havent had Royal Reds, these shrimp are sweeter than any lobster or snow crab you could ever eat, and they were excellent on the egg. Then, while the wives whipped up some creamy beans and shrooms, some asparagus cassarole, and a few baked potatoes, we fired the egg on up to 800 plus. Got a nice sear going on the steaks, and then shut it down with a couple chunks of mesquite. Everything turned out spectacular, especially the steaks, which melted in your mouth! Nothing compares to how this grill can do a big a.. steak! Great weekend with great friends. Can't wait to do it again!

Skiddymarker · January 6

The best kinda cook, not just great food, but great food enjoyed with great friends. Doesn't get much better...

Richard Fl · January 7

Great way to spend time with friends and BGE's. Wondering if the red shrimp are related to the Key West pink shrimp we get here in Melbooourring that come from the Keys??
Perhaps yours are just sunburned after the long trip from Key West??

Austin Egghead · January 7

Best kinda of weekend, good food and good friends. As usual everything looks wonderful.

MissingToof · January 7

The Royal Reds (shrimp) were GREAT! The shrimp is found deeper in the water than normal shrimp, and because of that the price is usually higher, but taste totally different from the "normal" shrimp. Also, bham_egger did his first sear on his Egg with those steaks.... They were great! Here's an article about the shrimp: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/deep-water-discovery-virtually-unknown-few-years-ago-stonington-red-catching.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

henapple · January 7

Royal red shrimp is amazing...so much better.

LongboardR · January 7

Wow Royal Reds! Those are amazing. We don't get them down in Tampa area. Deep water shrimp. Nice! We usually Gulf Pinks and Browns...

SmokinDAWG82 · January 7

Love the Royal Reds, my brother has a cabin on the Bon Secure River, we go down there a lot.

NecessaryIndulg · January 7

Wow ~ Great looking food! :-bd
I'm a huge fan of RR, too.

Bham_egger · January 19

SmokinDAWG82 said:

Love the Royal Reds, my brother has a cabin on the Bon Secure River, we go down there a lot.

These we from Aquilla Seafood, which is next door to Billy's Seafood. I love Bon Secour. Now if I just had some fresh Redfish!

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