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Tenderloin for Mother\'s Day
Misippi Egger
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We celebrated Mother's Day for my mother-in-law Saturday night. I cooked Drunk & Dirty beef tenderloin (from RichardFL) and Crash Hot potatoes. We also fed my daughter and stepdaughter w/ her husband and our grandson.
Lean Hereford Beef Tenderloin on sale ($9.99/lb) at Fresh Market grocery. Trimmed to about 5.5# and in the marinade for about 4 hours, flipping when I could remember to :ohmy: :

250* (dome) fire. Setup - adj. rig w/ pizza stone on lowest level and round drip pan on middle level. Put a large chunk of hickory in before the rig went in. Took about 1 1/2 - 2 hours to reach 120* temp. Then I removed the whole rig, put grid fire ring level and kicked the fire up to about 500*. Seared about 1 min on each of the 4 sides.

Tented while reducing reserved marinate for a sauce and finished the potatoes in the oven :(
Sliced:


First time for crashed potatoes. 2 cookie sheets, so did in oven. They needed a little more EVOO on top and a little longer to brown up, but had to rush since my daughter had to go babysit.
Added a little shredded cheddar at the end:

Plated shot "The Princess" says we need some better plates for the pics :woohoo: :

HAPPY MOTHRE"S DAY to all the Mom's :woohoo: :woohoo:
Lean Hereford Beef Tenderloin on sale ($9.99/lb) at Fresh Market grocery. Trimmed to about 5.5# and in the marinade for about 4 hours, flipping when I could remember to :ohmy: :

250* (dome) fire. Setup - adj. rig w/ pizza stone on lowest level and round drip pan on middle level. Put a large chunk of hickory in before the rig went in. Took about 1 1/2 - 2 hours to reach 120* temp. Then I removed the whole rig, put grid fire ring level and kicked the fire up to about 500*. Seared about 1 min on each of the 4 sides.

Tented while reducing reserved marinate for a sauce and finished the potatoes in the oven :(
Sliced:


First time for crashed potatoes. 2 cookie sheets, so did in oven. They needed a little more EVOO on top and a little longer to brown up, but had to rush since my daughter had to go babysit.
Added a little shredded cheddar at the end:
Plated shot "The Princess" says we need some better plates for the pics :woohoo: :

HAPPY MOTHRE"S DAY to all the Mom's :woohoo: :woohoo:
Comments
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That looks really great. What was in your marinade?
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Looks very good, nicely done!! :cheer:
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Looks perfect Clark
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Real nice Clark.
Mike -
Clark, Nice color and looks juicy good!!Molly
Colorado Springs
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LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE -
Nice dinner. Go to Ross, or T.J.Maxx and get some cheap solid color or white plates.
FaithHappily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini -
Clark,
Very nice! You only need one nice plate for the pics
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
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Gotta love it!Wonderful meal clark!
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Great job Clark! I'm sure evryone was happy, and full!
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Here's the recipe, posted by RichardFL a while back. I think it came from the Smoke & Spice book.
RECIPE: Tenderloin, Drunk & Dirty
SOURCE: Forum (RichardFL) / Smoke & Spice
CATEGORIES: Beef
INGREDIENTS:
Marinade:
1 cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1/2 cup Bourbon, or other sour mash whiskey
1/4 cup Worcestershire
2 tbsp Packed Brown Sugar
1/2 teasp Ground Ginger
4 cloves Garlic
1/2 cup water
Main Course:
2 lb Beef Tenderloin, or other cut
2 tbsp Coursely Ground Black Pepper
1 teasp Ground White Pepper
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
METHOD:
Wood Chips: Oak, Pecan, Hickory (don't overdue it)
Procedure:
1 Combine ingredients down to the garlic with 1/2 and marinate beef for at least 4 hours and up to 12 hours.
2 Remove beef from fridge, reserve marinade and cover beef with ground peppers. I don't measure, I just be sure to completely cover both sides with black and then crack the white not quite as liberally.
3 Put half the marinade in fridge and add the vegetable oil to the other half if mopping. If not mopping just put all the marinade in fridge.
4 Heat mop (if using) to a boil for a few minutes and keep warm on low.
5 Put beef on smoker indirect at low temps...225 to 275 (dome temp) and cook until almost done...1 1/2 to 2 hours for a tenderloin. Mop every 20 minutes.
6 When almost done (120* internal temp) remove from grill and bring grill up to sear temps. Put steak back on when grill is 500* or so for about 1 minute per side. You're just trying to get a nice char but not too much.
7 Remove steak, tent with foil, and let sit at least 5 minutes but closer to 10 is fine. While resting bring reserved marinade to a boil for a few minutes then lower to low and reduce by about one quarter.
8 Slice and either drizzle marinade over or serve on side for guests to drizzle themselves. -
Thanks, Steve. Recipe posted below.
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Thanks. I hope the snow and bad weather has passed!
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Thanks, Adam. Hey that recipe might work on a deer backstrap if ole Mike can get us set up on a tasty doe in December!
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Thanks, Mike. I hope you had a nice weekend. Was the restaurant open with a Mother's Day special?
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Looks perfect Clark! I'm sure it was a hit, I love lima beans.
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Thanks, Molly. It was really juice, with the juice still running out after a long rest. I was surprised how evenly it was cooked for the entire length of the roast.
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Thanks. TJ Maxx is Jana's favorite store - she'll LOVE the 'assignment'. :woohoo:
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Thanks, Steve. Molly suggested TJ Maxx and Jana will accept the assignment!
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Yes, had a nice lunch crowd. Free strawberries and shortcake for the whole family.
Mike -
Thanks, Hoss. I hope you guys had a great day!
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Thanks, Todd. I hope you are feeling back to normal.
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Thanks, Teresa. Butter beans are a good "fall back" when ya need a quick vegetable !
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Sweet ! Sounds like a great MD treat !
We had lunch with our good friends at Ruth's Chris - no kids ! Funny, but none of us ordered steak. First time I've eaten there when someone else wasn't paying - nice restaurant, but a little too pricey for regular visits. -
Clark,
That is one monster tenderloin!
I'm always amazed how well those big "meat tubes' transform after they have been cooked and sliced.
Have you ever made Beef Wellington? I was thinking about trying that next week. -
Never tried Wellington. Hmmm. Nice idea.
I think that tenderloin weighed about 7# pretrimmed. I cut off and saved the 'chain' then removed as much fat and 'silver skin' as i could. The trimmed weigh was 5.5#. Folding the tail and tying it up gave me a very consistent thickness for the entire length, making for a good uniform cook.
I fed 7 people and had a nice piece left over - I need to weigh that piece out of curiosity and for gauging amount to buy for the next time I try this cook.
I'm looking forward to awesome left-overs :woohoo: :woohoo: -
You know what is awesome? Filet pizza.
Crust
olive oil
rare fillet
roasted garlic
olives
a bit of Parmesan or feta
sun dried tomatoes
That's it. I made that when I made to much filet once. BIG WINNER. -
Sounds awesome! Have to give that a try. Thanks!
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