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Thinking of doing a cookout next month.

I've never been the grill master but I'm unc status now(over 30 :wow:) so im going to need to step up and start training.

Any of yall starting for the first time this year
 

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I live in a townhouse that doesn't really have room for it but I'd love to


Really want to embrace my unc status and get into smoking :myman:
 

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Grilled some chicken breast last week. Came out so so. This week I grilled some flank steak, came out tough. So yeah I'm practicing.

Next week gonna try marinate some boneless skinless chicken thighs and grill them.
 

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LOL the first time you cookout for a bunch of people it feels like Game 7 :whew:

I highly recommend people to practice first.


What tips would y'all recommend?

I already used the chimney and the fire starter. Works easy, no lighter fluid needed. :ohhh:

Cooking simple proteins is hard. I ain't tryna do ribs until I'm real good.
 

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What tips would y'all recommend?

I already used the chimney and the fire starter. Works easy, no lighter fluid needed. :ohhh:

Cooking simple proteins is hard. I ain't tryna do ribs until I'm real good.


Already starting off the right way. Divide the grill in two zones, one with the coals (or flame from gas) and the other side with nothing.


Look up how to make party ribs on YouTube. Super simple and cuts cooking time in half. That's the only way I make them for a bunch of people now.
 

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Already starting off the right way. Divide the grill in two zones, one with the coals (or flame from gas) and the other side with nothing.


Look up how to make party ribs on YouTube. Super simple and cuts cooking time in half. That's the only way I make them for a bunch of people now.


Yeah I got the 2 zone method down too.

For me it's a matter of not overcooking or undercooking. I bet if I did some boneless skinless chicken thighs those would come out decent.
 

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Thinking of doing a cookout next month.

I've never been the grill master but I'm unc status now(over 30 :wow:) so im going to need to step up and start training.

Any of yall starting for the first time this year
Get a decent meat thermomoter. They come in handy when your new and they aint expensive at all

And remember. Poultry and pork need to be a minimum of 165, and steak is minimum 140

Dont be scare to go a lil over for certain thing. For example i aim at 190-195 for ribs, and they fall off the bone
 
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Practice, practice, practice. Select one meat (pause) and get good at cooking that on the grill first. Then learn another. And so on. Use good cuts of meat.

Learn how to switch between indirect and direct heat. Can sear with direct heat to lock in juices, then indirect to cook. That's basic of course. Lot of advanced techniques out there but lock in the basics first.

Use the meat thermometer to figure out when the meat (pause) is done.

Marinate your meat (pause). Be a bit more generous on the spices, and be careful with the salt.

Gas is cleaner than charcoal. Charcoal is more difficult but the food tastes better. Learn on gas first then switch to charcoal.

Do that and you'll be fine.
 

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I want to get into it this year with a Kamodo Joe. Embarrassed that I haven’t become a bbq cook after all this time, but want to get it going this year…anybody got one of those? Green Egg?
 

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I threw down yesterday at the helm. Went well.

Get a meat thermometer and do a few practice runs. You’ll be in rib/steak territory before you know it.
 

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Back to ribs...im gunna give you my easy-mode way to make bomb as ribs if u dont got a smoker.

First off get a good cut of baby backs from a good store. No cheap bullshyt from price rite.

The night before let them thaw in the fridge. The day of the cookout, about 4-5 hours before dinner, heat the over to 230. While thats preheating, remove the slimy fatty membrane from the bony side. A spoon will help with initial getting seperation and a paper tow will help u grip it. Once the spoon seperated it enough, just get you fingers in there and remove it all.

Now , time for dryrub. Some people use mustard or something as a binder to make the spices stick, i dont, they stick anyway. As far as spices, i got no rhyme or reason. I open the spice drawe and everythingss game. Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, adobo, cayenne...whatever i use like 8 spices at least, no measurements, u measure with your heart.

Now wrap that shyt up tightly with tinfoil, but before sealing the tinfoil, toss a splash of vinigar in there. Also i layer the botton of the pan with foil too, because if any of that pork grease gets on your pan, and cooks up and dries out, its a muthafukkin pain to clean it off.

Now cook it. BONY SIDE ON TOP. Aim for like 185 degrees. Temp it occasionally. You may need to adjust your oven temp to meet your goal. Once u acheived that goal. Take the foil off.

Now slather it up with with your favoited bbq sauce (i recommended a thermomoter before, but for this step id recommend getting a cookin brush too)

Crank up the heat to like 400. Put back in, BONY SIDE ON BOTTOM NOW. Let that sauce thicken up a bit for like 15 minutes. Take it out. Give it another layer of sauce.

Now its time for the grill. Just use that grill to get a nice char, and your done.
 
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I put some coal on the Weber, 2-3x a week. (I was supposed to make a charcoal run today actually)

If y'all got an H-Mart near you, get you some of that marinated pork belly.
 

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What tips would y'all recommend?

I already used the chimney and the fire starter. Works easy, no lighter fluid needed. :ohhh:

Cooking simple proteins is hard. I ain't tryna do ribs until I'm real good.


Ribs are the easiest thing to smoke once you get the method down. Baby backs done in 3 hours max. Spare ribs take a little longer because theyre meatier but same concept.
 
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