Accessory- Cast iron griddle

SmokeyPitt · March 22

I picked up one of these the other day:

http://www.amazon.com/Bayou-Classic-7414-Reversible-Griddle/dp/B00062WTQ0

I thought it might be a nice way to do some fajitas or something similar, and a way to get grill marks. I tried them out with some steaks using a reverse sear. I put the grill pan on the egg under a raised grid. The grill pan acted as the indirect heat barrier, and it started to heat up. A strip and a porterhouse cooked indirect with plenty of oak smoke at 275ish until they were about 125 IT. Removed the steaks and the raised grid and kicked the egg up to about 600 and threw them back on about for about 90 seconds per side.

Grill marks...mission accomplished! This worked quite well for a reverse sear and the nice part is I didn't have to mess with removing the hot plate setter.

Chubbs · March 22

Beautiful pics. Nice grill marks, nice temperature of meat. Well done.

MrCookingNurse · March 22

That meat looks amazing
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Charlie tuna · March 22

SOLD! I have to have one of these!! Really came out nice and a perfect size for the egg, while the reverse side can be used to blacken... Thanks for the info!

caliking · March 22

Those are some purty lookin steaks. Strong work!

six_egg · March 22

Nice looking steaks. Looks like Griddle worked good.

Griffin · March 22

Nice marks on that meat! =D>

tjv · March 22

I've used that griddle for years. Couple things I've found with it are:

- if you use it a lot at high temps, you're more than likely gonna have to pick which side you want, as each time it's used you burn off the underside's protective seasoning. Trying to keep both sides adequately seasoned was/is outside my wheelhouse.....

- you can gauge how hot the CI is by its color. The lighter the gray it is, the hotter it is.

- on the CI, you can use water droplets to help on CI temp. if the droplets bounce, the CI is hotter than if the water droplets evaporate.

- again, depending on CI temp, you can drop a small piece of smoking wood directly on the CI to get smoke going. better than dropping it on the lump as it smolders better on the CI.

- if you are going to rock with high temp CI on the flat side, trim the heavy fat from the steaks, all the fat does is melt, burn and impart an off taste.

- I prefer the flat smooth side as I rather have an even sear across the entire steak....

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Eggcelsior · March 22

+1 on tjv's post. The even sear across the entire surface is why I still like pan searing sometimes.

Mama Roneck · March 22

Of course, you could accomplish the same thing with mangrates. Just sayin'

Eggcelsior · March 22

Mama Roneck said:

Of course, you could accomplish the same thing with mangrates. Just sayin'

Mangrates would do this AND clean up the dishes.

Solson005 · March 22

Steaks look great!

That looks just like the one I use in my large, mine is a Outdoor Gourmet I found it at Academy on sale. The best thing I use it for is homemade tortillas. So much better than the ones at the store.

SmokeyPitt · March 22

Thanks all...it was some tasty beef!

@tjv and @Eggcelsior - thanks for the tips. I will definitely try a flat-sear sometime.

Focker · March 22

Warped a rectangular griddle similar. You can get it too hot. I like to do a raised direct 500-600. The key is a long preheat, similar to a ceramic pizza stone, an hour or so. The CI gets plenty hot for a good sear, and you save the seasoning on the bottom of your vessel. Have torched the bottom of a few CI pieces this way. Like tjv and Eggcelsior, I prefer the flat griddle. More contact = more Maillard.

Fred19Flintstone · March 22

Focker said:
Warped a triangular griddle similar. You can get it too hot. I like to do a raised direct 500-600. The key is a long preheat, similar to a ceramic pizza stone, an hour or so. The CI gets plenty hot for a good sear, and you save the seasoning on the bottom of your vessel. Have torched the bottom of a few CI pieces this way. Like tjv and Eggcelsior, I prefer the flat griddle. More contact = more Maillard.

Mangrates never warp!

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