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Aaron does Steak
One of Bezos' minions just dropped by and one of the items was a copy of Aaron Franklin's new book "Franklin Steak".
Just giving it a quick flip thru I see that it has a nice full page pix of a BGE and a section discussing kamados. Sorry folks, he's not a fan of kamados for cooking steak - "Kamado-style cookers are excellent devices for cooking many thing. Unfortunately, steak is not one of them."
So time to quit trying and to just buy another grill I guess.
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Myself, and several others who have had steak of my Eggs would disagree ... Now I need to take this book off my wish list ... You saved me $$ - Thanks!
Dave
Cambridge, Ontario - CanadaLarge (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018) -
There will always be a technique specific device that cooks better than an all purpose cooker. The beauty of the kamado is that it does a lot of things pretty well. Not everyone wants a deck or garage full of various grilling equipment.
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Are they the perfect steak cooking apparatus, no. But nothing beats a thick cut, reverse seared steak, finished caveman style.
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Green needs to step up their game. That Big KJ with the dome lift assist blows the XL away. I saw one today. Pretty dang nice. I just can’t deal with red. THWG.
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Thankfully you have bgebrent money to buy top quality meat and a wife to grill it right for you.
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It’s true. I’ve got 2 XL’s and I like em. But, if I were buying them both today, I’m not sure I’d buy green...
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Who really needs a cookbook for steak anyway? 85% of having a really good steak is getting a good piece of beef and not f^cking it up.
LBGE
Pikesville, MD
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@HeavyG I look forward to your next thread, where you’ll show us all how it’s really done.
"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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I bet I could light a good fire to cook steak using this book as a fire starter .
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This is the first time the forum has ever saved me money.
LBGE, PSWOO, 36" Blackstone, MasterBuilt smoke box- Playing with fire in Three Rivers, MI
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I'm curious as to what, specifically, Mr. F thought the downsides of Mr. Egg were, regarding grilling steaks. Care to elaborate? She can get as hot as you want, do caveman/reverse-sear/drop-in-the-coals/etc, go direct/indirect, use reflected heat from the dome, or not, use virtually no smoke, or too much, etc etc etc....
"Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
The Christmas we get, we deserve"
-RIP Greg LakeOgden, UT, USA
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He probably only cooks skinny steaks.
Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
I've been putting all the spare change I find in a big jar in order to fund a new camera just so I can take food pictures. Got about $33.00 now so only need about $47,967.00 more for the Hasselblad H6D-400c I've been dreaming about.
Might need a new tripod also but I think my old Bogen 3040 might be up to the task.
Can't wait to upload one of its 550Mb TIFF files (that oughta melt @Botch's phone). 😊
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
The egg is an excellent steak cooker. I can reverse sear, I can go caveman , I can get my kamado up over 900 degrees....so what’s wrong with it?
XL BGE, KJ classic, Joe Jr, UDS x2 -
HeavyG said:
Can't wait to upload one of its 550Mb TIFF files (that oughta melt @Botch's phone).
It's only you young punks that have phones with pictures. Get off my lawn.
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"Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
The Christmas we get, we deserve"
-RIP Greg LakeOgden, UT, USA
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When it comes to steaks, two words: Sous Vide bitches.
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I disagree. 1/2" or bust.
TWSS.
#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
I'm also curious to know his complaints. Like others have said, the egg can get screaming hot, create indirect/direct/reflective heat, et cetera. The only issue I could see is that the grid isn't a solid cooking surface, which means less caramelization, but that problem is easily solved with a cast iron pan. You can't do sous vide on the egg, I'll grant that, but pretty much everything else is a go.
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I actually cooked a damn decent skinny prime ribeye in a SS skillet the other day. It was good.
#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
So I’m assuming at some point you will have a full picture documentation on how to cook steaks? Trollin trollin trollin.
-----------------------------------------analyze adapt overcome2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky. -
Applies well to Tri tips for me. Others not so much.
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He probably just hasn’t spent enough time with one. I found the BGE extremely cumbersome at first too and missed my kettle and the kettle style of grilling. I was ready to give mine away there for the first few months. Then it started to click.
This is his 2nd book bashing the BGE, haha. Meathead isn’t a fan either.
South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave -
I’d say it roast and puts a crust on a steak or prime rib just fine .
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In his defense, he said they work just fine for roasting which is what you did with that prime rib there.
South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave -
Then I cranked it up to 700 and put the crust on it.
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I think @ryantt was just showing how you could do a prime rib without the need to sear I know this method works.
No need to be combative. We’re all here to learn and increase our abilities for cooking
-----------------------------------------analyze adapt overcome2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky. -
Combative? Definitely wasn’t my intent. Was just pointing out that Aaron said he didn’t like the BGE for steak, but said they work great for long cooks like a prime rib.
South of Nashville - BGE XL - Alfresco 42" ALXE - Alfresco Versa Burner - Sunbeam Microwave -
Aaron probably like Beto anyway, soooo.....
I think steak is one of the better things the egg can do. So screw you Aaron!
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