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Title: Funny Thing
Post by: drholly on April 02, 2014, 06:17:41 PM
When all is raining.... a major grill manufacturer calls me up and asks me to be a tester of a new charcoal grill. How funny is that? I can't say much yet, but will share what I can... One thing I realized very quickly - my photography skills and plating skills have really gone downhill the last few months - YIKES! Dr. Big, I need some help - Muebe - where are you?  Dee can you give me some photo tips?

I don't want to create a bunch of unicorn cooks, but it is not looking good... I am attaching 1 picture - some asparagus, potatoes, and onions from last night on the new grill. The asparagus were too slender... a few (ok several) were charred. The potatoes were excellent. my brother suggested these - they are new potatoes of several colors - purple, red, white, golden, etc... sliced in halve and grilled - excellent! Onion was just an onion... lol...

Decided to make my return to grilling and eating a T-bone steak... about 1/2" thick. Let it get to room temp and coated with grape oil, kosher salt and fresh ground pepper - total old school.

Let the charcoal get to temp and put on the asparagus (too early - it was thin), taters, and onion. Then after turning and tossing a few minutes later, added the steak.

I am WAY out of practice, but the steak was excellent- about 4 minutes per side, the  grill marks would make muebe proud! I am a Pittsburgh Blue kinda guy - so perfect. Asparagus was a bit overdone but still very tasty, and the taters and onions were very nice.

I need to work on timing, photography and plating... but I will be back...

Thank you for your patience!

D

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Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: sliding_billy on April 02, 2014, 06:56:39 PM
Looks pretty good from here Doc.
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: HighOnSmoke on April 02, 2014, 07:05:30 PM
Looks real good from my end Doc!
Title: Funny Thing
Post by: Pappymn on April 02, 2014, 07:14:58 PM
Yes sir! Squeezed in a great cook before the April Storm of the Century
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: Pam Gould on April 02, 2014, 07:42:55 PM
I would have no trouble with that,,good cook. Pam        .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.   
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: RAD on April 02, 2014, 07:56:37 PM
Nothing wrong with pic at all.
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: hikerman on April 02, 2014, 08:03:51 PM
David, welcome back to the land of singed eyebrows and hairless knuckles!  ???
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: CDN Smoker on April 02, 2014, 08:21:14 PM
Good to see you back at it again ;D
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: muebe on April 02, 2014, 08:38:48 PM
Doc I'm here! :)

Looks good to me Doc!
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Post by: sparky on April 02, 2014, 08:49:07 PM
grilled veges are the best.   :)
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on April 02, 2014, 09:13:25 PM
grilled veges are the best.   :)

X2  ;)
Title: Funny Thing
Post by: Northshore on April 02, 2014, 09:58:42 PM
Looks great very nice to see you posting.
Paul
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: pz on April 02, 2014, 11:30:50 PM
I love grilled veggies, and asparagus is perfect as long as it is not too thin!  ;D
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: pmillen on April 02, 2014, 11:36:59 PM
Nice meal.

If I had to guess I'd guess that GrillGrates is making the grill you're testing.
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: Wing Commander on April 03, 2014, 03:04:07 AM
Picture looks good to me.

Try to fix the asparagus with two toothpicks to little floats, so it's easier and faster to flip.
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Post by: TwoPockets on April 03, 2014, 08:07:52 AM
Looking good David.
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Post by: TMB on April 03, 2014, 08:10:55 AM
Looks good from here

Looks like GrillGrates installed except the slots are longer on the base or are these cast iron grates?
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: deestafford on April 03, 2014, 08:37:42 AM
David,  When you exhaust all other help from the amateur picture takers you named call me then because I do not lend advice on something  that can be solved by those of lesser skill levels are exhausted.  You would not want to waste Eienstien's capabilities on a kindegarden arithmetic problem. ::)  Dee
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: Jaxon on April 03, 2014, 08:41:00 AM
Sure looks good over here...
Camera work is great!

Can you leak information about the grill? Inquiring mimes would like to know.

B t w, Weber has some very good "how to" videos - a couple with aspergrass. The techniques apply to most charcoal grills

CHEERS...
Title: Re: Funny Thing
Post by: RAD on April 03, 2014, 06:12:09 PM
Inquiring mimes would like to know.
Is this something your trying in your retirement  ???