Contest..Lets get some cooking going!!!!

Big Poppa

Administrator
Its summer so I hope that we get more than the last coupla weeks of entries....grab your favorite cookbook and adapt it for the smoker....heck just cook something!

First Place $25.00 Store Credit to Big Poppa Smokers
Second Place $15.00 Store Credit to Big Poppa Smokers
Third Place $10.00 Store credit to Big Poppa Smokers

$5 for everybody else (store credit)

bring it on!!!!
 

Wing Commander

New member
Chicken, Scampi, Quesadillas

Yesterday I was visited by some friends, so I cooked a little menu on my Louisiana CS-450 and my offset smoker.

As a starter I plated up some quesadillas with scallions, jalapenos and of course cheese.

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Then we continued with scampi kabos and creamcheese peppers.

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The main dish was chicken: thighs with my homemade banana rub, finally glazed with Blus Hog Memphis BBQ Sauce and bacon-wrapped lollipops, rubbed with Stubb's Chicken, served in apples, finally glazed with Sweet Baby Ray's Raspberry Chipotle. Side dishes were smoked potatoes and bell pepper-zucchini-pan.

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sparky

New member
Hazel & tri's

tri's for dinner. away we go.....

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threw some oak pellets on the fire to get some smokey, smokey. raised up the fire grate and seared these babies up.

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oh ya, were looking good.

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were done. 135° and looking good.

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i will say Hazel is a tri cooking machine.

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cooked perfectly. juicy.

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a fantastic tasting meal.

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got a kiss from the mrs for this one. nice job spark. ya done good.
 

sparky

New member
Lucile & ribs

this ones for you bent.

bent says he likes cooking his ribs at 250°. bent a good cook so i'm trying his method today.

da players.

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ok, well i thought i would try BP method.

"The best way and time to add rub to your ribs is about i hour before you put them on the cooker. Doing it the night before does not dry them out but is really unnecessary.
Start bone side up and apply your rub and let them stand at room temp for 20-30 minutes. They will shine and sweat and the rub will become one. after the half hour flip over and repeat and let rest the 20-30 minutes....what you have done my friends is create a dry brine that is the best for ribs."

mixed some of my method in too.

"i rub the ribs. turned the grill on and have a FT. once grill is to temp and FT is empty i put ribs on. real easy."

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the only problem w/ BP's method is that by the time the ribs go on i already had 3 FT's and what-not.

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you guys ready? time for Lucile to work her magic.

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found my bbq zen. using my new flame zone deflecter and my old blank pan. boo ya. thats the ticket.

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perfect.

you looking good guys. nice tan ya'll got.

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a little berry pepper jelly.

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all done and looking good.

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a simply great rib cook. i'm liking the 250° temp for ribs.
 

Chili Head

New member
Pulled beef - beef stroganoff

I started this off by smoking a chuck roast using BBQ Delight oak for a couple of hours then a temp of 250 for another 6 hours. I had the tube smoker going for an hour as well to give it a touch more smoke flavor. The chunk roast was dusted with tatonka dust and I added a bit of red wine once the smoking session was done. I didn't add a lot of wine just a splash.

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The chuck is done and here's what it looked like when I pulled it.

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Continued..
 

Chili Head

New member
The rest of the ingredients..

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I diced some onion and fresh garlic and sliced some mushrooms.

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I sautéed the onions and garlic together with a pinch of salt and the mushrooms separate and set them aside.
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I made a roux out of 1/4 cup of margarine and 1/4 cup of flour. I then slowly added 1 1/3 cup of beef stock and a glug of red wine.
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I then added some Worcestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard, the sautéed onions and garlic and salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven I added the roux and the beef and simmered that in the MAK for an hour at 400 degrees.

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Continued..
 

Chili Head

New member
I cooked the noodles in 1/2 and 1/2 water and beef stock.

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Once the beef was ready I toasted some buttered bread and added some sour cream and cream cheese to the pot of beef and then i added the mushrooms.

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Plated with a piece of bread on a bed of noodles. A nice glass of milk to go with it and there you have it.

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Rich and creamy it was very good! A light hint of wine flavor came through which is what I was looking for. The beef was nice and tender and the flavor of the noodles I chose worked well with this. I was surprised and a little disappointed the noodles broke into small pieces the way they did. Maybe I was too rough with them when I stirred them..
All in all a good outcome to my first beef stroganoff. I'll be doing this again!
 

muebe

New member
So here are some of the ingredients...

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And my assistant...

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Start with a baby bell pepper and hollow it out. Then stuff with shredded cheese and chopped onion...

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Then plug the end with blue cheese...

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Finely chopped pulled pork that has been coated with habanero powder...

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Give it a little egg wash for binding together...

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Now I hollowed out a large bell pepper and coated the inside with pulled pork...

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continued...
 

muebe

New member
Now place the little guy in the middle...

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Add more onion and pulled pork to fill in the space. Now top with cheese...

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Made a yellow bell pepper the same way...

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Now for the ABTs. Started with some string cheese divided into small sections...

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Place a piece into the small cored bell pepper...

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Now pack the end with blue cheese...

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Then capped with pulled pork...

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continued...
 

muebe

New member
Now each one wrapped in bacon...

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All prepped for the Memphis. The auger grid I removed from the hopper when I first bought the Memphis makes a great ABT holder...

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Memphis preheated to 350F and on they go...

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Wing Commander

New member
Babybacks

Today I made some babybacks, each slab with a different rub: Blues Hog Dry Rub, Don Marco's Cherry Bomb and a homemade Texas-style rub. I cooked them at 250F on my Louisiana CS-450 with beechwood-pellets.

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And I made some butter: one habanero-butter, one-silantro butter and one habanero-silantro-butter, which were ried as appetizers on baguette.

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The silantro-butter was spread on some corn cobbs, wrapped in foil and cooked in the Louisiana as well.

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After a bit more than 3 1/2 hours I glaced the ribs with Blues Hog BBQ Sauce.

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After 4 hours I pulled the ribs and plated them up with a corn cobb.

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I liked the Blues Hog Dry Rub best, followed by the Cherry Bomb Rub. I liked the homemade rub, either.
 

RickB

New member
Golden Fried Shrimp with Baked Sweet Potato and Grilled Corn

Let’s get the corn ready.

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A little butter and some Cajun seasoning. Put back in the husks and into some foil.

Heat the oil on the stove top to 375 and put the sweet potato’s, corn and oil onto the Mak

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Lets get the shrimp ready. The players

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Got the flour,egg wash and breading ready. Butterfly the shrimp and we’re ready to go.

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Shrimp ready to fry… oh hell no. Always put you breaded seafood into the fridge uncovered for at least an hour to set the breading.

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Potato’s and corn are ready, fry the shrimp to golden brown. Add a little homemade tarter sauce and plate.

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Enjoy!
 
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FLBentRider

New member
Winging it

10lbs of wings
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MAK 2 star #106 set to 400F with BD Oak pellets
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the turn - color getting there
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Done
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We made 3 sauces:

traditional hot wing sauce with garlic

raspberry chipotle - equal parts raspberry preservese and chipotles, taken for a spin in the food processor

pineapple chipotle with soy sauce - pineapple preserves, chipotles and a dash of soy sauce


Traditional
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my sons plate
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Raspberry chipotle
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pineapple chipotle
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Deb

New member
Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers

I was looking through a Cooks country magazine this morning and saw this recipe. I had already been planning to do buffalo burgers so I decided to try them.

The onion is sliced really thin, salted and sits in a colander for 30 minutes. You put them in a clean dishtowel and squeeze them dry. Then divide the onion and push the patty onto the onion
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onto a hot griddle (this is after they were flipped)
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and dinner - the burger on some homemade focaccia, alexia fries and squash blossoms that Kevin filled with goat cheese and fried up.
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squirtthecat

New member
Tri-tip ad-lib

A buddy of mine and I went up to a big cookout (Smoke Out) in Iowa this weekend.

Surveying the food that was cooked/being cooked, we decided a tri-tip was in order. (I had carried 3 frozen CAB ones up for the host)

After we move some meatloaf pans and chuck roasts out of the way, onto the Traeger we go. Frozen solid as a log.

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Maybe 45 minutes later, lay on some Santa Maria Rub and jam a probe in.

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Getting closer...

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Pulled at 125-ish, wrapped and let rest for about 15 minutes.


My buddy Hal breaking it down...

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I didn't get back in time for the 'plated' shot, as it was hammered quickly. PDG!
 

Ffvillager

New member
Wangs with orange sauce & beans on the boonie

WOW!!!! So many great posts this week--kinda intimidating. But have to start somewhere. So here is my first try. Please evaluate and send suggestions so I can get better.
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Basted wangs with melted butter, then some garlic and onion powder followed by Oklahoma Joes Sweet and Spicy. Then into the fridge for 30 min.
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Made the orange sauce with mandarin orange marmalade, onion and garlic powder, mustard powder, molasses, hot sriracha, honey, and catsup cooked till all incorporated.
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Homestyle beans, bacon, sriracha, cym, honey, bacon and brown sugar.
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On the Boonie at 275 until done.
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Doesn't get any better than this! No pics of plated product--too hungry to wait.
 

Tatonka3A2

New member
Rise "N Shine Breakfast Kabobs

Trying to come up with a little something different for breakfast and thought, why not kabobs!!

I used bacon, beddar cheddar sausages, chunked up ham, green peppers, mushrooms, and red onions - tried to think of what I would want in an omelet. I am a HORRIBLE omelet maker so I thought this would be perfect, and better than just scrambled eggs.





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How about some cinnamon rolls... nothing easier than the canned refrigerated ones that will work in a pinch!! Into the waffle iron they go!





Served up with cinnamon rolls with syrup, breakfast kabobs, and scrambled eggs with cheese.


 

Kite

New member
Okay, here we go. This was tough for me because summer has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest so we were out sailing all weekend. So it was big time “catch up” this morning. Anyway, so here we go..

Third place is Tatonka3A2 with the kabobs. I’m not a real fan of kabobs, but those looked great and I really loved the cinnamon rolls. That was just a great idea.

Second place is Wing Commander with the Chicken, Scampi, and Quesadillas. Multicourse meals with friends hanging around the smoker is just a lot of fun. And the food look GREAT!

And the winner is… muebe with stuffed peppers! I loved the pepper hiding in the pepper, just one treat after another. It looked like a lot of fun for the whole family.

Thank you to everyone that cooked and to BP for providing the prizes and fun!!!
 
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