Cold-smoking Steaks - Thoughts?

RLove

We tried cooking a steak with sou vide and it was perfectly moist and tender, but I miss the smoke flavor I get from cooking in the Egg. I was thinking that I could route the smoke from the egg through metal dryer hose into a styrofoam cooler with ice in it and the ribeyes above on a grate - pump the smoke through to the cooler. This would keep the meat chilled, get some smoke, and then I could vacuum seal them and do the sou vide process. Any flaws in my thinking - suggestions?

lkapigian

Welcome, with SV you are " pasturizung " the meat, I would not cold smoke anything without cure.You can,sear then sous vide or sous vide then sear ( the latter works better for me ) to get your smoke flavor....sous vide alone wold not be that appealing 

YukonRon

SV then sear. @lkapigian Exactly.

poster

Liquid smoke.. im not ashamed to use it

theyolksonyou

Man, that’s a lot of work for a steak.  Just perfect your reverse sear game.  

Or SV and sear, but IMO that doesn’t get much smoke. 

RLove

Yes, I sear after sou vide definitely, the meat isn't appetizing coming out of the sou vide to be sure, but wanted a way to get the smoke flavor. I was just thinking that I kept the meat just as cold as in the refrigerator for a couple hours of smoke penetration, I'd be okay - but it sounds like maybe liquid smoke may be the only way (with time constraints) without putting the meat on the grill. Thanks for the input.

lkapigian

You could in theory be safe and do that..one thing when cold smoking a pelliclw is helpful for the smoke to stick, if the meat is very cold and water condenses on the surface the smoke will make an " acrid" taste...if you can keep it dry them bring it to a safe temp you'd be fine....give it a try and post your results 

Mattman3969

I use my Smoking Gun when I’m not goin to be using the egg. I’ll hit it with the gun then SV then cast iron for searing 

Theophan

I know, I know, you all are going to yell at me, but seriously:  What you're saying is that a carefully done reverse sear tastes better than SV-ing it.

I AGREE with you!  

Listen to your own wisdom!  Forget the Rube Goldberg claptrap and reverse sear it!

theyolksonyou

Theophan said:

I know, I know, you all are going to yell at me, but seriously:  What you're saying is that a carefully done reverse sear tastes better than SV-ing it.

I AGREE with you!  

Listen to your own wisdom!  Forget the Rube Goldberg claptrap and reverse sear it!

Actually, what we’re saying is it sounds like the OP would prefer that, not that any of us would.  But, you already knew that. 

milesvdustin

I prefer SV then sear. Having a perfectly cooked center and the right exterior is nice. And it's really hard for me to F it up. 

jtcBoynton

RLove said:

We tried cooking a steak with sou vide and it was perfectly moist and tender, but I miss the smoke flavor I get from cooking in the Egg. I was thinking that I could route the smoke from the egg through metal dryer hose into a styrofoam cooler with ice in it and the ribeyes above on a grate - pump the smoke through to the cooler. This would keep the meat chilled, get some smoke, and then I could vacuum seal them and do the sou vide process. Any flaws in my thinking - suggestions?

Remember that smoke is water soluble and much of the smoke flavor you add will end up in the liquid in the sv bag and not on the steak.