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Centex gets mad at the Picanha

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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    Looks outstanding Cen Tex!! 1 quick question. The wide skewers keep the meet from spinning I assume. Could I cook at raised direct about 400 and be ok? I need to get a set of those skewers tho

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    edited May 2013
    Village Idiot said:
    I'm afraid of Cen-Tex.  But, Cen-Tex with two ninja swords ?  No way, man.

    I read that Chuck Norris sleeps in "Cen-Tex" Pajamas.

    If you can see Centex, Centex can see you. If you cannot see Centex, you are seconds from death :))
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    edited May 2013
    Mattman3969 said:
    Looks outstanding Cen Tex!! 1 quick question. The wide skewers keep the meet from spinning I assume. Could I cook at raised direct about 400 and be ok? I need to get a set of those skewers tho

    skewers are all for show. Cook them like you would any steak. It was fun to do it this way though but there is no need to do it other than to post badass pictures of yourself getting all mad at some meat on swords :))
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  • Austin Egghead
    Austin Egghead Posts: 3,966
    By the time we unpacked and drove over to Central Markup the Pickens made Slim look fat.
    Did get the skewers. The red snapper was whispering our name (nothing wrong with seafood three days in a row). Will use the skewers doing the lawn rangers chicken bacon wrap.
    Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

    If you can see Centex, Centex can see you. If you cannot see Centex, you are seconds from death :))
    A police officer pulled Cen-Tex over for a traffic violation.  Cen-Tex let him off with a just a warning.
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    Just west of Austintatious


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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    edited May 2013
    Cen-tex never laughed in the face of death, he finds nothing amusing about his own reflection.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
    Ghosts and monsters sit around the campfire telling Cen-Tex stories.
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    Dripping Springs, Texas.
    Just west of Austintatious


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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    centex's tears cure all disease and famine.....too bad he has never cried.
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  • SmoothSmoke
    SmoothSmoke Posts: 141
    Looking good. 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Broccoli eats itself out of fear that Centex may come...

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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    Cen-Tex has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
    Cen-Tex never dials the wrong number. You answer the wrong phone.
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    Dripping Springs, Texas.
    Just west of Austintatious


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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    @EddieK76: These are available on Amazon: Steven Raichlen stainless steel skewers 5/8" wide
    image

    There are 1" wide one too. If you have a Middle Eastern grocery store near you they may have wide skewers as well. 

    The ones available from Central Market in Texas recently are Tramontina Churrasco brand, and don't seem to be usually available in the US. They are not absolutely necessary... unless you want to look like a bada$$ ala Centex. I like them because a) I have a thing for skewers b) I have a thing for  skewers with handles

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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    Cen-Tex once urinated in semi truck's gas tank as a joke...that truck is now known as Optimus Prime.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • lakewade
    lakewade Posts: 386
    That looks outstanding CenTex and Girl_on_Grill!



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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    lakewade said:
    That looks outstanding CenTex and Girl_on_Grill!



    they were really good. Just copied Caliking's and added chimi. go get yourself some swords!
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,226

    It turns out there is a reason that they make the skewers that big.  Apparently, when one cooks picanha on smaller skewers, the fat drips from the picanha and the picanha catches fire, as does the wooden handle on the skewer... 

    Clearly, I'm no Centex.  I'm not even smart enough to put the wooden handle outside the grill...

    It tasted great though.  Ended up a perfect rare in the thicker portions and medium in the thinner portions with mostly medium-rare.  Sorry there are no pics, I was busy playing fireman.

     

     

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • micheggin
    micheggin Posts: 39
    could you please post your Pao De Queijo recipe?  the picanha looks awesome.  re: brasilian style churrasco cooking take a look at this website http://www.epicoa.com/
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    micheggin said:
    could you please post your Pao De Queijo recipe?  the picanha looks awesome.  re: brasilian style churrasco cooking take a look at this website http://www.epicoa.com/
    @Girl_on_grill posted it above but here it is again:


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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    micheggin said:
    could you please post your Pao De Queijo recipe?  the picanha looks awesome.  re: brasilian style churrasco cooking take a look at this website http://www.epicoa.com/
    That's a pretty cool rig. I would get one for Al Pastor alone. 

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    caliking said:
    @EddieK76: These are available on Amazon: Steven Raichlen stainless steel skewers 5/8" wide
    image

    There are 1" wide one too. If you have a Middle Eastern grocery store near you they may have wide skewers as well. 

    The ones available from Central Market in Texas recently are Tramontina Churrasco brand, and don't seem to be usually available in the US. They are not absolutely necessary... unless you want to look like a bada$$ ala Centex. I like them because a) I have a thing for skewers b) I have a thing for  skewers with handles
    I happened to stop in an Afghan market earlier today. Every size and shape you could imagine for cheap. Didn't have a tape measure with me but I will tomorrow

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
    Hey Centex,

    Where did you get the azedo and doce for the cheese puffs?
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    Just west of Austintatious


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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Village Idiot said:
    Hey Centex,

    Where did you get the azedo and doce for the cheese puffs?
    no clue. That all came from TFJ. Pretty sure we bought everything at Central Markup but I can't guarantee she didn't sub anything.


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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    edited May 2013
    @girl_on_grill you aren't the girl from the Food Network Star show are you?

    @eddiek76 I bought those skewers @caliking posted and sent them back.  Think you would do better buying something beefier or making them yourself.

    Anderson, SC
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    @r270ba : thanks for setting me straight. I had forgotten that you had field tested them. 

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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    Ha...don't know about the 'setting you straight' part but yea I really didn't like them.  You seem to know what the hell you are doing :).
    Anderson, SC
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    edited May 2013
    r270ba said:
    @girl_on_grill you aren't the girl from the Food Network Star show are you?

    @eddiek76 I bought those skewers @caliking posted and sent them back.  Think you would do better buying something beefier or making them yourself.

    I can answer question #1- Unless she is holding out some serious cash on me, she in not on the food network :))

    she didn't even realize that name was out there and then she saw that she is even using the same avatar on her website. 
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    The Cen-Tex Smoker  so then I deduce she is your SWMBO!  I didn't know the Girl on Grill had a website.  Could you post.  She was probably my least favorite personality on Food Network Star but I did like some of the things she cooked!
    Anderson, SC
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    r270ba said:

    The Cen-Tex Smoker  so then I deduce she is your SWMBO!  I didn't know the Girl on Grill had a website.  Could you post.  She was probably my least favorite personality on Food Network Star but I did like some of the things she cooked!

    To her ongoing horror, You would be correct.

    I don't know the website. Someone in here mentioned it so TFJ went looking for it and said it was using her avatar on the home page. She was really bummed. Thought she had an original name AND avatar. Nope.

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  • milesbrown4
    milesbrown4 Posts: 314
    This is the next big thing......pincaha?  I don't think I can get that in VA....need to do some research.  The Queen will like this!
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