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Filet Mignon just ok
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Marvelous
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I am getting ready for a dinner party next week and I thought I should do a practice run. I started the fire did not fill up to the line but I got to 600 anyway within 40 minutes. steaks were center cut filet mignon 2 inhes thick and I used the tex method after flipping the second side i saw my char marks were not bold rested the steak put it back about 12 minutes did 2 min each side at 450 got to 130. Did I make the mistake not filling up to the fire line. also 30 minutes AFTER THE COOK MY COALS were glowing. I intend to do another practice run tomorrow. Another thing the steak was not real hot inside I would appreciate help thanks Marvelous
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You will get the hang of it...you can also try the less popular cast iron skillet or grate mentioned in the TRex write-up. I have excellent results with it too, especially with a fillet.
Have a Happy July 4thHappy Trails~thirdeye~Barbecue is not rocket surgery -
The amount or heighth of your coals is not a function of temperature. It only determines how long your fire will last. You'll see folks posting about filling up with lump, just below the fire ring top edge. That's when they're going to cook a low and s-l-o-w...like 18 hours.
In my humble opinion. 600* is plenty hot for searing beef. I usually do it at 650*. I don't have one, but a cast iron grate really produces great looking char-marks.
Keep cookin'. You'll do great at your party. -
Personally, I did not get grate grill marks until I got my CI (Cast Iron).
When TRexing on the porcelain, I kept having to increase my amount of time for a sear.
When I used my CI, I threw my steaks on and the EGG started blowing out tons of smoke. I had to close the door to the house. Amazing difference.
Greg -
I love filet on the egg but like others, I found I couldn't get nice sear marks until I used cast iron. I haven't gotten the Egg cast iron yet but use this case iron piece that I got at Lowes for about $12 (it fits across a large egg perfectly)
and got sears like this
I do mine at 500-600 so your temp didn't sound like the problem. I do mine 2 minutes, flip, 2 minutes flip, and then about 1 minute more on each side. That usually gets mine to 120 to 125 internal then I let it rest.Knoxville, TN
Nibble Me This -
Here is a filet with decent grill marks and no CI.
Try throwing a few Jack Daniels chips in.
Mike -
I would try the hottub method. Pre cook your steaks to 120deg in a sealed zip top bag. By placing them in a pot of hot water for at least an hour. Change water as necessary to maintain 120. When you have them in for a half hour then fire up the egg. Crank that sucker up to 600+ deg and then sear them until the outside looks the way you want it. Should take about 5-10 minutes and then rest and serve.
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I forgot to mention i am using CI
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thirdeye wrote:You will get the hang of it...you can also try the less popular cast iron skillet or grate mentioned in the TRex write-up. I have excellent results with it too, especially with a fillet.
Have a Happy July 4th
I hope that isn't a Teflon griddle you are cooking on?
steaks looked great! -
Yeah, like I really dig those fumes that come off the Teflon.... :evil:
Seriously, it's cast iron but has that new factory seasoning. The flip side has the raised ribs.
Happy Trails~thirdeye~Barbecue is not rocket surgery -
Thank you where can I get this skillit and how would I use tyhis with my place setter or do I need another attachement thanks
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D@mn, when I get my EGG and therefore, my CI up to 600, the steaks start smoking/sizzling as soon as they hit the grid.
The smoke/sizzle creates the good sear for me.
Are you sure that something is not defective?
Do you have pics??
Greg -
I might not have gotten my CI grid hot enough steak was great but good sear on one side the other was very sittle sear trhanks. I tested my egg after I could get 700 on the maining coals if I wanted to
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Hmm...when I did these steaks, the dome was reading 600° but if you look at the CI grate I borrowed from my SBGE and put in the spider, it's probably a lot hotter than 600° down there:
Granted, these are not filets, but this pic shows some filets being cooked on a porcelain grate with nice marks:
I only ever shoot for 600° dome to do a nice sear, because anything higher than that does a number on my seasonings, especially with the CI grates. Perhaps you can go with a thinner cut if you want yours done a bit more inside...2" is a nice cut, though! -
The griddle is made by Lodge and appears that the model is LSRG3. It's 10-1/2" square.
The suppport it's sitting on is called a "spider" and can be found http://www.eggaccessories.com/Happy Trails~thirdeye~Barbecue is not rocket surgery
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