Rainy Night

TexanOfTheNorth

It's a rainy evening here in Southern Ontario but, that doesn't mean no egging.

I've got some ABT's ready to go on the egg; stuffed with hot Italian sausage and Monterey Jack cheese followed by some 60-day dry aged NY Strips that I plan to do Cowboy/Comando/Kamikaze/Caveman style.

SGH

Standing by for the finale brother of the North.  

Scottborasjr

Sounds good to me. I just realized I'm hardly cooking anything tonight. Pizzas for the kids and brats for the adults... It may be more about alcohol consumption for me this evening. I'll be living vicariously through your cook though.

bgebrent

Wow!  Those steaks are gonna rock!  ABTs too of course. Anxiously awaiting that!!

TexanOfTheNorth

Scottborasjr said:

Sounds good to me. I just realized I'm hardly cooking anything tonight. Pizzas for the kids and brats for the adults... It may be more about alcohol consumption for me this evening. I'll be living vicariously through your cook though.

You can live vicariously through my adult beverage consumption too if that  helps! Not much to get out and do today witb this rain so, I've been at it most of the afternoon!  

TexanOfTheNorth

Well, the ABT's turned out great. Did them raised direct with dome temp around 350* for about 30 minutes; turning a couple of times. The steaks had great flavor and were very tender but, probably a little too thick for cowboy style cooking. One was 2 1/4" and the other was 2". Made it difficult to get the center up to 130 (where Mrs. TOTN likes her's). Did them about 8 minutes per side and, as you can see, they developed a solid crust and were still pretty rare in the middle; which I actually prefer. Would definitely have helped to set them out on the counter about an hour sooner as well.

leeman13

"Cowboy style cooking".... is that cooking directly on the coals? Is that what that picture is?? Never heard of that before. Tell me more about it?  

pgprescott

That looks great to me. Love the extra thick cuts myself. Nice post. 

TexanOfTheNorth

leeman13 said:

"Cowboy style cooking".... is that cooking directly on the coals? Is that what that picture is?? Never heard of that before. Tell me more about it?  

Yes, cooking directly on the coals. It's more a novelty to me; something different to do. As I noted above, my steaks were probably a bit too thick and I did not let them get completely up to room temp before I cooked them. The method does produce a great "crust" if that's what you like.

If you try it, make sure you have a good glove and/or a long set of tongs; it's pretty hot down there on the coals!

TexanOfTheNorth

pgprescott said:

That looks great to me. Love the extra thick cuts myself. Nice post. 

Thanks! I dry age and cut them myself.

Fred19Flintstone

That looks so delicious!  Just like the 80's country song by Eddie Rabbit says, I Love A Rainy Night!

ChucktownEggHead

Looks awesome! I need to incorporate an umbrella like that into my table. I did just add a beer opener. 

TexanOfTheNorth

ChucktownEggHead said:

Looks awesome! I need to incorporate an umbrella like that into my table. I did just add a beer opener. 

Here's a better look at the umbrella. Mrs. TOTN made it for me,

Dawnl

Awesome cook!  Nice looking umbrella!  Raining here too, just finished egging.

swordsmn

@TexanOfTheNorth glad to see you posting again.

you and several others were very encouraging to me when I got into this.
Now the smart a$$ son in law (SASIL) @GuitarEC has an egg and has gone from noob to quite the pulled pork king in a few months.

Glad to have Ya back!

TexanOfTheNorth

Thanks @swordsmn, I appreciate your kind words! Glad to hear that you're playing it forward (assuming your SASIL got his egg because of you). 

Mickey

You go girl.....

SGH

Great looking grub brother of the north.  Cool looking umbrella as well. I'm still waiting on some more lobsters though