Best Method to Cook Corn on the Cobb?

Mattman3969

SV with butter and salt and chopped cilantro  @184 for 40mins.  Mark on grill if you want but not necessary.    Thank me later

Webass

NonaScott said:

Soak corn in water thirty minutes with husk on. Put on grill and turn 1/4 turn every 6 minutes for a total of 24 minutes. Remove and cut of 1/2 inch of cf corn at bottom and squeezeeze corn out from the top. Comes out clean as a whistle. I'm doing as we speak.

This works great!  If you're pressed for time you can do 3-5 ears in the microwave for 3 minutes and it comes out clean. 

xfire_ATX

Shuck it, get as much of the strings off.
Break in half, put 3 halves in piece of foil
Small dab of butter, S&P, Ms Dash
Put on Egg for 45 min or so.

2nd Method pre egg
Get pot of water boiling
Add about 2 Tbs of Butter
Shuck it, get as much of the strings off.
Break in half
Drop in until done

Gulfcoastguy

How do you check if there are worms in it?

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

How do you check if there are worms in it?

have not found a worm in a long time, its not like the old days which makes you wonder if its even safe to eat

Gulfcoastguy

Yep if it has been poisoned enough that worms won’t touch it ............

GATraveller

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

Yep if it has been poisoned enough that worms won’t touch it ............

even the small local farms here with the farm stands, no worms, i dont even check it at the farm where that used to be frowned upon

Legume

Sometimes grill, sometimes boil.  

If grilling, I just put them on as is and cook to get some charred kernels, I’ve never timed it.

If boiling, use a big pot of water, hard boil and just drop a couple of ears in at a time so you don’t kill the boil.  3 minutes only and they come out real snappy.

Either way, grate some lime zest and a healthy amount of jalapeño or serrano into softened butter and brush that on.

fishlessman

GATraveller said:

its odd to see an ear without 16 rows

GATraveller

fishlessman said:

GATraveller said:

its odd to see an ear without 16 rows

LOL. Genetically modified corn dog. 

td66snrf

I used to cook it in the husk but then you have to deal with hot husks and silk and if you're dealing with  multiple ears it can literally be a hot mess. Soak shuck and throw them on the grill. 

Wpilon

I used to use all the methods y'all have described. Nowadays I just throw it in the microwave husk, silk, and all 4 minutes for the first ear, 2 minutes per additional ear (4 ears = 4+2+2+2=10 minutes).

When the microwave dings, cut the big end off with a serrated knife and squeeze the little end. The ear pops out ready to eat.

To butter it, I thickly butter a slice of white bread and wrap it around the ear and twist.

Cornholio

Put me in the in the soak in the husk then grill camp. Cut the wider end off and squeeze it out. If I have corn that’s already been pulled out of the husk I’ll season and grill then finish in foil with butter.

Salt Lick rub is good on corn, or just S&P plus some red pepper for spice. 

Kayak

I’ve settled on just boiling it. The taste of char is great, but I don’t like the stick-to-your-teethiness of it. And if you’re going to load it up with Mexican street corn addons, your turning a healthy food into another fatty component of a probably already fatty meal. 

lwrehm

For me, a quick dip in boiling water is the best way, just long enough to heat it thru. 

Carolina Q

Boil water, add shucked corn, cover, turn off heat. Wait 10 minutes. Or longer. Though the microwave method sounds promising.