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Going Commando

HendersonTRKing
HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
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Well, if The Paper of Record says it's good to cook directly on the coals, it must be good to cook directly on the coals. 

Like the Forum doesn't already know this!  Personally, I've yet to try it.  The slideshow pix look awesome -- especially the money shots toward the end.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/dining/steak-on-charcoal-cooking.html?hpw&rref=food&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0
It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    The title had me :fearful: but, yet I still opened it. Wow! The Times reported on this...I'm out. :lol:  
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
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    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • blasting
    blasting Posts: 6,262

    @NPHuskerFL  - holy hell, I agree.  My day doesn't make sense anymore.
    Phoenix 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I went commando once or twice, but had better luck placing a small CI grid directly on the coals.


    I like their idea of using the Joe for commando. Easier than reaching down into an egg. I want to try it with a normal wood fire in my fire pit though. Could even throw my pizza steel on the coals for a flat top effect. Not commando, but should be entertaining. :)

    Great pics in the slideshow! Love their "rustic" patio!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    Commando? I've always heard it referred to as Caveman. Silly New Yorkers.

    Rowlett, Texas

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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,605
    LOL^^^^^^
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    On a sorta related note, I have Francis Mallmann's book, Seven Fires - Grilling the Argentine Way, and love some of the things he does there. There is a great deal of grilling over an open fire, though I don't recall seeing any cooks directly on the coals. If you're interested, some pics HERE.

    For example...

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    Carolina Q said:
    I went commando once or twice, but had better luck placing a small CI grid directly on the coals.


    I like their idea of using the Joe for commando. Easier than reaching down into an egg. I want to try it with a normal wood fire in my fire pit though. Could even throw my pizza steel on the coals for a flat top effect. Not commando, but should be entertaining. :)

    Great pics in the slideshow! Love their "rustic" patio!
    I like your idea of adding the CI grid and not directly on the coals.  Heck my kid complains about the grill marks already, there is no way he would eat this or SWMBO.  I will stick to the old ways, hot & fast or reverse sear if I have the time.
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    Ladeback69 said:
    Carolina Q said:
    I went commando once or twice, but had better luck placing a small CI grid directly on the coals.


    I like their idea of using the Joe for commando. Easier than reaching down into an egg. I want to try it with a normal wood fire in my fire pit though. Could even throw my pizza steel on the coals for a flat top effect. Not commando, but should be entertaining. :)

    Great pics in the slideshow! Love their "rustic" patio!
    I like your idea of adding the CI grid and not directly on the coals.  Heck my kid complains about the grill marks already, there is no way he would eat this or SWMBO.  I will stick to the old ways, hot & fast or reverse sear if I have the time.
    That's the great thing about caveman style... no grill marks to complain about and (unless they see you do it) they'll never know!  ;)
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Use a CI os CS griddle. No grill marks or leopard spotting like you get with Caveman or on a grid. Just straight-across, seared goodness.
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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    Firs, Obamacare gets upheld (again).  Then, no more bans on gay marriage. Now, the NYT endorses caveman cooking.  

    We may just have to accept the fact that we're headed for a disaster of biblical proportions . . .

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0
    It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    Here we go.....
    GWN
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    If anyone is interested in Francis Mallmann's open fire cooking methods, I just found this video of a PBS show called The Mind of a Chef. Exec Producer, Bourdain. The host, Chef Ed Lee, travels to a remote island in Argentina to cook with Mallmann. Jamon and eggs, salt encrusted trout, whole chickens, whole lamb on a rack planted next to a fire. A well produced show and, wow, what a beautiful place!! I could live there!

    Hope you enjoy!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-tleeK9GPs

    (After about 20 minutes, the credits roll and it starts over. I skimmed thru that part, but saw nothing new.)

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    Drink in hand, ready for the firewirks

    Rowlett, Texas

    Griffin's Grub or you can find me on Facebook

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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    Chum in the water on a Friday afternoon.  Here fishy, fishy, fishy . . .
    It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Carolina Q said:
    ... Seven Fires - Grilling the Argentine Way, and love some of the things he does there.
    That's a good book. I've never done the right on the coals thing (intentionally anyway :) ) but a steak cooked over an open fire and a bowl of chimichurri are two of my favorite things.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    NPHuskerFL said:
    The title had me :fearful: 
    The title led me in another direction as well. I was ready to share that I haven't wore underwear in over 35 years but the post suddenly turned to cooking. Oh well, maybe next time. 

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  • Durangler
    Durangler Posts: 1,122
    edited June 2015
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    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
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    Durangler Posts: 1,122
    edited June 2015

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    XL BGE, 22" Weber Red Head, Fiesta Gasser .... Peoria,AZ
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Awesome video Michael @Carolina Q very primal. That's what it's all about. Poetry in fire. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
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    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    NPHuskerFL said:
    Awesome video Michael @Carolina Q very primal. That's what it's all about. Poetry in fire. 
    I liked it. I like the idea of creating something special from something as simple as a fire and a piece of steel!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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