Steak and Ribs

Had some fillets in the fridge and texted one of my good friends (was a groomsman in my wedding) last night to see if they wanted to come over tonight for dinner tonight. He said yes, it worked for them. I had 8 fillets and there was 10 total with the offspring that have appeared in the past 15 years. So I got a rack of St. Louis spares out of the freezer to supplement.

This morning I cleaned out the charcoal grills on the deck and also cleaned out the deck box. Those were jobs well overdue.


Rubbed the ribs with Head Country and put them on the XL around 250*-ish.


About 4 hours or so later it was time to fire up the Hasty Bake, unwrap the ribs that had been wrapped for about 45 minutes, and put the potatoes on.


While the coals were getting ready on the HB, it was time to get the fillets ready. These were labeled as Choice at Costco.



A bit of @Mickey coffee rub and a nice sear.


After the sear was set, over to the opposite side and lowered the firebox.


Really crapping focus on that one, not sure what happened...

And temp after pulling on most of them.


Except for mine, mine was more like 125*.

I added some of this sauce to the ribs for about 15 minutes or so.

And then they joined the steaks on the cutting board.


And then we ate.


And drank


I forget who I was talking to a few weeks back about our weddings and how no one still knows those that were in their wedding party. I'm blessed to still know and actually like and hang out with the guys that stood beside me when I got married. Really enjoyed being about to spend time with him and his family tonight.