Venison Tenderloin

Pepper Monkey BBQ

Neighbor gave us some great cuts of venison. Smoked a tenderloin, served with potatoes, baby broccoli and a mushroom sauce.


A fantastic cut of venison tenderloin.


Rubbed with salt, pepper, coffee and herbs then smoked over cherry wood for about 30 minutes on very low heat.


Finished on blazing hot cast iron.


Potatoes ready to be wrapped in foil and on the egg for about 45 minutes.


Sliced after resting, shown with my home made damascus and mother of pearl knife.


Plated with mushroom sauce added to the venison.

Fidel

Looks absolutely terrific - but that's a loin (aka backstrap) and not a tenderloin.

Perfectly cooked. Well done.

cookn biker

Great meal!! Perfectly cooked.

ranger ray

wow! that's superb.... the knife too!.... do you have a forge? rr

ranger ray

most folks have no idea where the" true tenderloins " are located.... especially on a deer.... when i get 'em.... i eat them raw.... right in the woods.... while they are still hot... and wash em down with some beer and brandy.... rr...( i know most of you will think i'm crazy).... no different from high quality sushi....

Mr. & Mrs Potatohead

Nice loin cook.....
You are VERY lucky to have this Neighbor!!!!

gdenby

All of the food is reee_ally interesting. Fine venison, mmmm. Little tiny bite size 'taters, how'd you get those? I've only had a pile like that when sorting thru my harvest.

But then, your own knife. O.K. Next we'll be having questions "I saw a cool knife yesterday on the board. Any one have a recipe for that?"

So, in fact, what is your recipe for a nice knife?

Frank from Houma

Outstanding

Pepper Monkey BBQ

The potatoes are great. We have started getting these potatoes at Trader Joe' and they come in a bag and are called "Tiny potatoes." ... The cook up in foil in a little over 1/2 hr on the egg.

The knife is my latest experiment out in the shop. I've actually made three of them thus far. I found a source for very high quality damascus blades which hold an edge amazingly well. I have been messing around with different handle material but so far the white and black 'mother of pearl' really stands out. Soon they'll be for sale on www.mattesoncreations.com. Right now they are in the 'testing' phase but we've been using ours for about six months and they are by far our favorite knives.

JM

deepsouth

cooked perfectly!

MemphisQue

Great looking tenderloin. Looks like you cooked it just right

Cruezn

There is nothing better than venison backstraps. Nice cook.

MemphisQue

Absolutely...I have one left. I may fire up the egg this weekend and cook my last one.