About that new masthead picture

RRP

excuse me if this has already been tossed aound - but how was that fearured ribeye steak cooked? It looks pretty dried out, but not overlooked! With that color I wondered if it  was just  photoshopped by someone not accustomed with what a grilled steak even looks like!

PigBeanUs

It was seared in the cast iron behind it

RRP

PigBeanUs said:

It was seared in the cast iron behind it

All the edges as well? Must have been a pretty talented flipper!

PigBeanUs

Yes. Searing edges is pretty much a standard move 

caliking

I’m kinda with Ron on this one. That steak has looked stiff as a hockey puck from day 1. 

nolaegghead

almost stiff like.....there was a bone in it or something.   Seriously, tho, it looks like a typical blackened steak.  That's where you put a rub on the steak with a bunch of organic matter in it (like herbs) and it burns on the pan and looks dry.  Just doesn't add up that blackening would have traveled all the way from Paul Prudhomm(i)e's home to Atlanta.  Improbable.  Yep, photoshopped.

Langner91

With all the gorgeous food pictures the users here post, I am always disappointed to see a photoshopped photo up there.  Rotate them often, there are always great pictures to choose from!

fishlessman

better than that anemic rubber chicken they had a while back

PigBeanUs

The steak is cold. 

They amp saturation in photoshop

it’s staged and crappily done, agreed. But there’s no mystery. Food in advertising rarely looks like what food *really* looks like. 

I’m sure it makes sense to food stylists and ad-men. 

Remember the shot with the absolutely clean BGE interior, a fake flame, and the grill-mark covered steak?  

Botch

Now look what you've done!  

fishlessman

three guys drinking apple juice.....too light to be beer

nolaegghead

Ron pulled some strings 

EastTNBGE

fishlessman said:

three guys drinking apple juice.....too light to be beer

One looks like he might be having moonshine or H2O.  Probably  water since his buddies are drinking juice.

Langner91

There is a lot to unpack in that picture.  I will start with, why is the guy in the pink t-shirt flexing?  Is his glass of water THAT heavy?

GrateEggspectations

I just figured it was a meeting of Urophagists Anonymous. 

Legume

Langner91 said:

There is a lot to unpack in that picture.  I will start with, why is the guy in the pink t-shirt flexing?  Is his glass of water THAT heavy?

Because he’s the short one.

JohnInCarolina

Couple more guys and they could make a circle.

HeavyG

Somebody teach @fishlessman how to count.

saluki2007

Langner91 said:

There is a lot to unpack in that picture.  I will start with, why is the guy in the pink t-shirt flexing?  Is his glass of water THAT heavy?

HeavyG

Legume said:

Langner91 said:

There is a lot to unpack in that picture.  I will start with, why is the guy in the pink t-shirt flexing?  Is his glass of water THAT heavy?

Because he’s the short one.

Bet he does his crossword puzzles in ink.

dbCooper

Maybe the steak was crafted on a 3D printer?   🙂

nolaegghead

dbCooper said:

Maybe the steak was crafted on a 3D printer?   🙂

They do print rather dry, like pigbeanus's mom.

SGH

Fellows I’m missing something here. What in the heck is the masthead picture?

JohnInCarolina

SGH said:

Fellows I’m missing something here. What in the heck is the masthead picture?

Photo at the very top of the forum home page.  You have to be on the full site. It doesn’t show up on the mobile version.

SGH

JohnInCarolina said:

Photo at the very top of the forum home page.  You have to be on the full site. It doesn’t show up on the mobile version.

Mucho gracious amigo 👍

fishlessman

HeavyG said:

Somebody teach @fishlessman how to count.

i still see just three guys drinking apple juice, the other guy is drinking something else

PigBeanUs

oh my.

dbCooper

Why do "those" never post sideways?

butt_juice

Just a bunch of white collar suburbians drinking and trying to act like they're friends having a good time. One looks to be drinking water (the fitness fanatic), one looks to be having an evening mimosa (he probably gets pegged by his wife), the other two look to be drinking sh!tty beer (probably Michelob Ultra). 

buzd504

butt_juice said:

Just a bunch of white collar suburbians drinking and trying to act like they're friends having a good time. One looks to be drinking water (the fitness fanatic), one looks to be having an evening mimosa (he probably gets pegged by his wife), the other two look to be drinking sh!tty beer (probably Michelob Ultra). 

It's probably cider.