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THROWDOWN VOTES ARE IN!!!!
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Throwdown Geek
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First, congratulations to EVERYONE who participated in Forum Throwdown #3!!! The submissions were all fantastic!!! It never ceases to amaze me that there are SO many talented people within the Forum! Once again, congratulations to ALL! Everything looked delicious!!
After several hours of forum voting.....The Results Are In!!!!! Results were amazingly tight, with the winner being decided by ONE VOTE! Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote!
THE WINNER!!!!! BITSLAMMER!!!
Here's my entry - Bitslammer
Peach Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Thyme Polenta and Peach Pepper Sauce
Photo Info:
throwdown3_1 - The Raws
throwdown3_2 - Cooking Thyme Polenta on the Mini - Never again unless we have a power outage
throwdown3_3 - Baking the Polenta on the Mini - Not nearly as bad as cooking it.
throwdown3_4 - Tenderloin Stuffed with Peaches, Apple, Onion, Herbed Goat Cheese and of course some thyme and rosemary.
throwdown3_5 - Finishing up on the Medium Egg, Sauce is pureed peaches, maple syrup, butter and a couple red jalapenos for a kick. I let it rduce on the egg to a syrup like consistency. Went direct at the end with the pork and polenta to crisp up the bacon and get some charring on the polenta.
throwdown3_6 Plated with a little thyme garnish.
So there you have it. Wish we could let people have a virtual taste because I'd really like to see what others thought. I really liked this and I think I see a lot more polenta in the near future. Wasn't 1/2 as tough as I thought and could really be taken to all sorts of directions.
AND A VERY CLOSE SECOND, JB!
Thyme-rubbed Pork Tenderloin and Manchego Cheese sauce wrapped in Cornmeal Crepes topped with Grilled Peach Barbecue Sauce
Rubbed tenderloin with evoo, s&p and fresh thyme, grilled direct @ 375F. Crepes were made with yellow cornmeal and flour, done on Egg in nonstick pan. Peach sauce used fresh peaches and common bbq sauce ingredients, mashed peaches after cooking. Cheese sauce started with roux, added chicken stock, half-n-half and then cheese until melted, used some fresh thyme in this as well.
AND A VERY CLOSE THIRD, THIRDEYE!
Submitted by thirdeye......... For Throwdown #3, I made a Country Pork Stew with Cornmeal Dumplings and for dessert, Baked Apples with a Honey Butter Sauce. I got double coverage with the fruit, and used a cornmeal dusting on the meat as well as cornmeal dumplings. A sauce was made for the baked apples and fresh thyme went into the stew.
Here is the summary of each dish. The tenderloin was cubed, seasoned and dredged in cornmeal, then flour, and sauteed in a Dutch oven on the large Egg. Sauteed onion, garlic and squash, some water and broth, potatoes, carrots and tomatoes rounded out the base for the stew. A bundle of fresh thyme, tarragon and parsley were added about halfway through the cook. While the stew was resting, I made a cornmeal dough for the dumplings, and spooned them into a CI skillet on the Small Egg, allowing them to bake for about 5 minutes. They would then be transferred to the Dutch oven to steam atop the stew before plating.
The apples were cored and filled with raisins and seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg, then baked in the large Egg. A cup of sauce was cooked alongside the apples. The sauce contained cinnamon, apple juice and water. When it reduced by 1/2, honey, butter and more apple juice was added and reduced by 1/2 again, then spooned over the apples when served.
The ingredients are shown in one picture and various pictures show stages of the cook on both Eggs. Since only one shot shows both the stew and the apple, that one will have to be my entry photo. It is the last one in the string.
Wayne
Congratulations again to everyone! Exceptional efforts and results from EVERYONE!
After several hours of forum voting.....The Results Are In!!!!! Results were amazingly tight, with the winner being decided by ONE VOTE! Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote!
THE WINNER!!!!! BITSLAMMER!!!
Here's my entry - Bitslammer
Peach Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Thyme Polenta and Peach Pepper Sauce
Photo Info:
throwdown3_1 - The Raws
throwdown3_2 - Cooking Thyme Polenta on the Mini - Never again unless we have a power outage
throwdown3_3 - Baking the Polenta on the Mini - Not nearly as bad as cooking it.
throwdown3_4 - Tenderloin Stuffed with Peaches, Apple, Onion, Herbed Goat Cheese and of course some thyme and rosemary.
throwdown3_5 - Finishing up on the Medium Egg, Sauce is pureed peaches, maple syrup, butter and a couple red jalapenos for a kick. I let it rduce on the egg to a syrup like consistency. Went direct at the end with the pork and polenta to crisp up the bacon and get some charring on the polenta.
throwdown3_6 Plated with a little thyme garnish.
So there you have it. Wish we could let people have a virtual taste because I'd really like to see what others thought. I really liked this and I think I see a lot more polenta in the near future. Wasn't 1/2 as tough as I thought and could really be taken to all sorts of directions.
AND A VERY CLOSE SECOND, JB!
Thyme-rubbed Pork Tenderloin and Manchego Cheese sauce wrapped in Cornmeal Crepes topped with Grilled Peach Barbecue Sauce
Rubbed tenderloin with evoo, s&p and fresh thyme, grilled direct @ 375F. Crepes were made with yellow cornmeal and flour, done on Egg in nonstick pan. Peach sauce used fresh peaches and common bbq sauce ingredients, mashed peaches after cooking. Cheese sauce started with roux, added chicken stock, half-n-half and then cheese until melted, used some fresh thyme in this as well.
AND A VERY CLOSE THIRD, THIRDEYE!
Submitted by thirdeye......... For Throwdown #3, I made a Country Pork Stew with Cornmeal Dumplings and for dessert, Baked Apples with a Honey Butter Sauce. I got double coverage with the fruit, and used a cornmeal dusting on the meat as well as cornmeal dumplings. A sauce was made for the baked apples and fresh thyme went into the stew.
Here is the summary of each dish. The tenderloin was cubed, seasoned and dredged in cornmeal, then flour, and sauteed in a Dutch oven on the large Egg. Sauteed onion, garlic and squash, some water and broth, potatoes, carrots and tomatoes rounded out the base for the stew. A bundle of fresh thyme, tarragon and parsley were added about halfway through the cook. While the stew was resting, I made a cornmeal dough for the dumplings, and spooned them into a CI skillet on the Small Egg, allowing them to bake for about 5 minutes. They would then be transferred to the Dutch oven to steam atop the stew before plating.
The apples were cored and filled with raisins and seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg, then baked in the large Egg. A cup of sauce was cooked alongside the apples. The sauce contained cinnamon, apple juice and water. When it reduced by 1/2, honey, butter and more apple juice was added and reduced by 1/2 again, then spooned over the apples when served.
The ingredients are shown in one picture and various pictures show stages of the cook on both Eggs. Since only one shot shows both the stew and the apple, that one will have to be my entry photo. It is the last one in the string.
Wayne
Congratulations again to everyone! Exceptional efforts and results from EVERYONE!
Comments
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Congratulations!!! A job well done!!Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
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Congratulations Guys!! And congrats to EVERYONE that participated!! Job well done, everyone!!
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Congrats to Bitslammer, JB & thirdeye. So who were the other cooks responsible for all the other great entries. Please add your handle with your pic. I really had a tough time choosing between all the great dishes.
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To ALL Participants, I encourage you to reveal yourself and your hard work!! The voting was SO close! Please post so others can see!? Thanks!!
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congrats!!!!!
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CONGRATS! and thanks to all!I'm glad I had to leave during the middle of my cook now!
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I'm 10
The goods
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka001.jpg
Deep fried thyme
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka006.jpg
Stuffing for the loin, Craisins, fresh ginger, thyme, orange zest and parmigiana reggiano
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka004.jpg
The goods for the sauce
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka007.jpg
Loins getting some color, with s/p, thyme and stuffed.
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka008.jpg
Peaches pureed, seasoned with fried thyme and d.p. p.h. Thinned with mandarin vodka for my sauce
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka011.jpg
Stirring in texture of peaches and homegrown roasted jalaps
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka015.jpg
My side salad with fried thyme
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka010.jpg
Corn cakes with orange zest, fried thyme and gr. onions
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka024.jpg
The finale
http://s586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/red_baron128/?action=view¤t=vodka020.jpg
Fun cook and the flavors were awesome together. a lot of first's. 1st cast grid use, 1st deep frying, 1st loin. Thanks Michelle and IT peeps for putting this on. T'was fun!!Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
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Wow, I'm humbled to get 2nd place, so many great dishes. Congrats bitslammer, nice job! I voted for #5, who was that? It was close for me, I also liked 10 & 15. I can't bring myself to vote for myself.
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JB...Nicely done! Very creative! Lots of great submissions this week, that's for sure! But again, congratulations! Wonderful job! :laugh:
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Thanks LC. You did a great job organizing the throwdown, I had a lot of fun. Congrats to all who gave it a shot.
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I know it looks kinda uncertain in the plated pic, but
if you saw all the pics, you would want to order some up:
Never did that before!! Thanks to the throwdown gods for making me come up with something I would have never made!
FaithHappily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
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Morning All:
Congrats to Bitslammer! Great looking dish and I'm sure it tasted as good as it looked. All of the entries took a lot of work and came out looking very tasty.
EggHatter and I had fun putting this together and look forward to the next one.
Here are a couple of better pictures of the finished dish...the complete pie from above...
and a close up of a slice...
We really like the dish and have already thought of a couple changes for when we next prepare it. One will be using a bottle of Guiness instead of regular beer for some added flavor and also double the amount of sauce made to have some on the side.
Will post the full procedure tomorrow.Have a GREAT day!
Jay
Brandon, FL
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You did a great job, Faith! I wanted a piece! Bet you didn't even save me any..... Honestly, nicely done!
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Congrats! All three of you were in my top five. This was a really tough vote - every entry looked good! I hope all the other entries will post details of their cooks.
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Faith your final picture was just fantastic!! Really I mean that.Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
Jay...Loved the pie! Glad you were able to put out a couple more pics of it! Having to only post one pic was difficult for the behind the scenes folks! Nicely done Jay! Super creative.
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Well then you all have click away, apparently.. :laugh:Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
I thought I taught you better than that :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I was lazy tonight and linked from my mail. Waiting on the shed guy to finish and want to be in bed. You done good, don't worry. That's my excuse and stickin' to it Pat :laugh:Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
Great job Faith, I know I wanted some of that :ohmy:
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I have a blast doing this stuff - departure from honey dos
There were so many nice cooks, it was difficult to choose - great immagination in EggNation
Cubano Mojo Pork Tenderloin
Ingredients
Mojo Marinade - reduced by half on the Small and T-Loins marinated overnight
Seared the T-loins at 600 dome to seal in the juices
Roasted at 400 dome and seared/grilled a red pepper and avocado opn raised grid
Grilled some mini bananas fruit down for five minutes
Skin down for 10 minutes
Meanwhile started the arepas on the mini
Finished the arepas on the small
Plated - Balinese sauce under the mini bananas, mojo sauce on the T-Loin, EVOO on the grilled avocado, red pepper and Moz cheese
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WOW!Aweome cook,I gotta try it!Looks DELISH!
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Jay, I think yours was the one Wendy liked the most. Looking forward to the full post and congrats to you and Kathy both.
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Frank...That was a great plate! The tenderloin looked perfectly cooked! I love a good Mojo marindade! Nicely done!!
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Wow Frank Ok you and Beli better get together because I'm on the way now :woohoo: :woohoo: :ohmy:
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Molly...You did a fantastic job! :laugh: Glad you had a bunch of "firsts"...and you did such a great job! Very creative, Molly! Keep on Eggin'!! And nicely done!
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I do believe great minds think alike. Mine was marinated in a mojo also. I loved your final pic!! Great job.Molly
Colorado Springs
"Loney Queen"
"Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
This is fun. Congrats to all who participated.
Oriental stuffed squid.
Ready to steam in the wok.
Cooked: 25 minutes 325F:
Appiteezers or main dish w/mango soy BBQ sauce:
Maybe soon the LOONEY will be an ingredient. HEHE! -
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: The dish looked great Molly
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I better run to Sam's for more beer
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