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Holy Grail Pastrami

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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,081

    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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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,165
    Flipping Bravo!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    Great work, @The Cen-Tex Smoker.  I better keep @20stonespice away from this, or she'll leave me for you. 

    I did a much more half assed version with a flat a few months back (following Meathead, for the most part, but taking every shortcut because I had no business even thinking about it that weekend), and it turned out great. I can only imagine how awesome that tastes. 

    Huzzah!
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,943
    I distinctly recall the noticeable absence of both @The Cen-Tex Smoker and said fabulous pastrami in Houston last weekend... and again this weekend. 

    You could have at least sent the pastrami!!!

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    caliking said:
    I distinctly recall the noticeable absence of both @The Cen-Tex Smoker and said fabulous pastrami in Houston last weekend... and again this weekend. 

    You could have at least sent the pastrami!!!
    you just love me for my meat. Have fun this weekend. I'll be in the pool with an SRF brisky rolling smoke.
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    Threw some of this on a charcuterie board yesterday for a crowd of about 10. It really held up well in the freezer. It was still really good and was a huge hit with everyone. Nice to see it was what I thought it was.

    Guess I need to start on round 2. I have one little strip of burnt ends left. Those will be gone shortly. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    The last bits...


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  • CPARKTX
    CPARKTX Posts: 2,095
    Wow, amazing issues will. Very great cook. Are you referring to Pieous pizza down south?
    LBGE & SBGE.  Central Texas.  
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    CPARKTX said:
    Wow, amazing issues will. Very great cook. Are you referring to Pieous pizza down south?
    I am. It's very similar 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,943
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    caliking said:
    I distinctly recall the noticeable absence of both @The Cen-Tex Smoker and said fabulous pastrami in Houston last weekend... and again this weekend. 

    You could have at least sent the pastrami!!!
    you just love me for my meat. Have fun this weekend. I'll be in the pool with an SRF brisky rolling smoke.
    Ya knowz it! It's the reason I gave up chasing the brisket grail. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    On the shoulders of giants...


    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    Did you smoke it first?
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    It's funny, just when you think the form is nothing but politics and **** jokes this gem comes around. Nice work my friend! Nice work!!! :clap:
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Did you smoke it first?
    Overnight with the AMazN smoker (in the egg - BGE content). 

    I now have a bread project, a saurkraut project and a Russian dressing project on tap. I'm going to have to use store bought kraut tomorrow, but should have our own funky stuff next weekend. 
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,267
    No Swiss cheese project?   Pfffft.
    Love you bro!
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    20stone said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Did you smoke it first?
    Overnight with the AMazN smoker (in the egg - BGE content). 

    I now have a bread project, a saurkraut project and a Russian dressing project on tap. I'm going to have to use store bought kraut tomorrow, but should have our own funky stuff next weekend. 
    Mine is going on the egg right now. I had to reread all of this to figure out what I did last time. 
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    Legume said:
    No Swiss cheese project?   Pfffft.
    Dude, I was at Allied Kenco getting a fermenting jar for the kraut (and more sausage stuff), and I came across their cheese making section.....sooooooo tempted.
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    I am a moron. Went to Central market to get the spices for the rub this morning. Get home and fresh grind all the spices together and rubbed the brisket. Got the egg settled in around 225 with some oak, put them on settled in to watch a little football and figure out what I'm going to do with the day . I had a nagging feeling that something was off. I went back through and read it all again then it hit me...I had forgotten to mix all the fresh ground spices with the salt and sugar to finish the rub! sh!t. I had a ton of spices left so I weighed them out and it was almost exactly half of what I made. So I ran out there, Pulled the briskets off the egg rinsed them off, added the salt and sugar to the spices and used almost exactly the amount of rub I had left. Lucky! Maybe a tablespoon left over. 

    Anyhow, all is well now ad they are back in the egg getting some oak smoke until they darken up. Then in the bath for 30 hours.


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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,267
    20stone said:
    Legume said:
    No Swiss cheese project?   Pfffft.
    Dude, I was at Allied Kenco getting a fermenting jar for the kraut (and more sausage stuff), and I came across their cheese making section.....sooooooo tempted.
    excellent, next round then.  TBH, I've heard you really need control of the milk source to do it right...
    Love you bro!
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    Legume said:
    20stone said:
    Legume said:
    No Swiss cheese project?   Pfffft.
    Dude, I was at Allied Kenco getting a fermenting jar for the kraut (and more sausage stuff), and I came across their cheese making section.....sooooooo tempted.
    excellent, next round then.  TBH, I've heard you really need control of the milk source to do it right...
    Stop. Please. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Legume said:
    20stone said:
    Legume said:
    No Swiss cheese project?   Pfffft.
    Dude, I was at Allied Kenco getting a fermenting jar for the kraut (and more sausage stuff), and I came across their cheese making section.....sooooooo tempted.
    excellent, next round then.  TBH, I've heard you really need control of the milk source to do it right...
    Stop. Please. 
    Right?!

    It's like I don't have a hard enough time without the encouragement. 
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    20stone said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Legume said:
    20stone said:
    Legume said:
    No Swiss cheese project?   Pfffft.
    Dude, I was at Allied Kenco getting a fermenting jar for the kraut (and more sausage stuff), and I came across their cheese making section.....sooooooo tempted.
    excellent, next round then.  TBH, I've heard you really need control of the milk source to do it right...
    Stop. Please. 
    Right?!

    It's like I don't have a hard enough time without the encouragement. 
    And you are rarely stroll these paths alone. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,081
    I only opened my computer because I had a feeling I just became part owner of a specialty breed milk cow...

    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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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,136
    Foghorn said:
    I only opened my computer because I had a feeling I just became part owner of a specialty breed milk cow...
    And don't forget, it will need a place to live
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,081
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Foghorn said:
    I only opened my computer because I had a feeling I just became part owner of a specialty breed milk cow...
    And don't forget, it will need a place to live
    I thought you recently identified a place near you.

    (note: while on this thread and others it may seem like I'm pushing these over-the-top hair-brained 20stone driven projects, it should be noted that to best interpret my comments you need to think of them as being voiced by the sad, depressed robot from "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy")

    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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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,267
    You know, I'm just trying to think of others here.  It's for the good of the forum, good for the community.

    btw, plenty of properties for sale in central Texas with caves
    Love you bro!
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,081
    Legume said:
    You know, I'm just trying to think of others here.  It's for the good of the forum, good for the community.

    btw, plenty of properties for sale in central Texas with caves
    If you were really thinking of others, you'd join forces with the rest of us who martyr ourselves (or at least our paychecks) for @20stone's amusement and the good of the forum.  

    To date, the only thing we've decided NOT to buy as a group is land.

    So, if you buy the property with a cave, I'll chip in for 1/7 (we'd be up one partner) of the cow and ongoing associated expenses.


    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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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,267
    Very tempting @Foghorn (not really), but delaying retirement to 75 just doesn't have enough appeal for me. So far I've been able to avoid turning moderately expensive pursuits in to wallet crushing ones.  That's why you guys are so important, your dedication to this serves as both an incredible inspirational tale...and a dire warning.
    Love you bro!
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