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Offline Old Dave

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Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #-1 on: October 01, 2016, 03:51:24 AM »
I finally got to cook in a competition steak contest last weekend at the Praise the Lard event in Murphysboro, Illinois. This is a large event which includes a KCBS BBQ Contest, a MBN BBQ Contest, and a SCA Steak Contest. The contest is held at Mike Millls and family 17th. Street Barbeque Restaurant and property.



This is a four day event with many different contests within the larger contests.



The steak contest was on Friday so we left Coatesville, In. about 3:30am and got over to the contest site about 8:15 am and got our little area setup for the cook. Must of took all of 20 minutes.



The other half of Ribs & Bibs Cooking Team and my great friend Mike Zinkan who claims to be the Indiana State Micro-Wave Champion.



Went to the cooks meeting at noon and picked out our two steaks and one of which looked pretty good. I am sure the steaks were select grade as the marbling didn’t look very good to me. I have been practicing with choice steaks so I figured these might be a little more difficult to cook.

About an hour before turn-in, started my fire, trimmed up the steak and added my rubs, waited for the fire to get ready and the steaks to warm up, and then got the cook started.



The steaks were about 1-1/8” thick and took slightly over 9 minutes to cook on my 640 degree Cobb Grill with Grill Grates. The picture shows the steak ready to come off the grill.



This is our steak entry and it placed 16th out of 49 competition steak teams. The steak scored high in presentation, high in doneness, medium in taste, and low in texture. I would assume that it must have been tough to chew.

I guess my steak cooking skills could use some improvement and more practice will be in order over the Winter months. I was still satisfied with my first competition steak cook and plan to do more next year especially if we get more events in the Midwest.
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« on: October 01, 2016, 07:21:17 AM »
Nice looking entry Dave and Mike. 16th out of 49 in your 1st steak cook-off is pretty good. I'm sure your next one will find you with a winner! Nice job fellas!

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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2016, 09:38:17 AM »
Dave my stomach would give you a first place on that steak.....good first !
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2016, 09:48:17 AM »
Great to see you out Dave and Mike!!! Steak looks good and not to bad on placement!!! Don
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2016, 10:24:38 AM »
ya did good Dave....steak looks good..but dammit..do they cut the grill grates to fit or did you do that too?  Hi to Mike too    .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2016, 10:47:12 AM »
Love how well your competing with such a simple set-up  :thumbup:
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Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2016, 11:16:19 AM »
No idea how one would fix texture. Looks great to me
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2016, 12:43:26 PM »
Way to go.
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2016, 12:50:43 PM »
Congrats! Looks great to me!
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2016, 01:50:50 AM »
ya did good Dave....steak looks good..but dammit..do they cut the grill grates to fit or did you do that too?  Hi to Mike too    .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Pam, Grill Grates will cut a set of grates for the Cobb Grill and they do work well on that little cooker.
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2016, 02:01:55 AM »
No idea how one would fix texture. Looks great to me

I wonder if any of those cooks would use some kind of Jacquard type of tenderizer? Might work if it doesn't push some of the moisture out of the steak.
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2016, 07:55:25 AM »
Dave,
I think you did a really good job with what you had.  Not sure anyone could have done better.  Luck of the draw, I guess.

I'm guessing you couldn't inject anything, like melted-seasoned butter.  That may have helped a little.

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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2016, 08:04:20 AM »
No idea how one would fix texture. Looks great to me

I wonder if any of those cooks would use some kind of Jacquard type of tenderizer? Might work if it doesn't push some of the moisture out of the steak.
Dave I used to use Adolf's tenderizer, it is a natural product using papaya. No taste and it does work. Don
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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2016, 12:31:07 PM »
Thanks for the report Dave and I REALLY needed a laugh..so - for this line - "Mike Zinkan who claims to be the Indiana State Micro-Wave Champion.

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Re: Praise the Lard (Murphysboro, Illinois)
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2016, 06:01:29 PM »

Dave I used to use Adolf's tenderizer, it is a natural product using papaya. No taste and it does work. Don
I use to use it but since I have reduced my sodium intake it's a no no.
1/4 teaspoon equals 560 MG sodium and 23% of daily recommended allowance.
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