Accepting you were wrong

[colin]

Ok. Here is the cook.

I am new to the PBC. Read the reviews. Believed the hype. Bought one. And started cooking. I posted my hunt for the thermometer to satisfy my data nut need but while I am writing I am cooking...

My cook.

1 whole chicken from Lowe's food in NC. Organic. Spilt and hung in the PBC. 2.5hrs for the cook to get to 165F.

Image 1 is chicken cook. Awesome. Super happy. Agree that the PBC is a chicken cooking machine.

But, the coals are still hot so I switch over. I remove the cover, put the grate on, then added my grill aluminum plates of goodness, and drop a NY strip that I bought for experimentation.

The cook was frustrating. I only added salt and pepper. Put the steak on the aluminum plates. And watched the time. 10 min a side. Temp to Medium Rare. Not a pretty steak...

BUT in an early post I stated "the angels' hopefully will sign"

well. IT IS NOT FAIR. HOW CAN A STEAK TASTE THIS GOOD. I HAVE NEVER COOKED A STEAK THIS WELL. I MAY CRY.

I really do not care about any of the comments about the steak I cooked. I am happy. I accomplished something with the PBC I never expected. It does not make sense and that is ok. I write this for the doubters. For the people who do not believe in the PBC.

Best steak I have cooked in 42 years.

Onto the next challenge.

Keep cooking. Yours in BBQ.

[Mr. Bones]

Glad yer makin great food on yer PBC, nice lookin yardbird, fo sho!
Hopin ya gots some steak pics fer us, as well...

[rototiller78]

Mr. Bones, my man...for $300 the PBC May be the best bang for your buck...you need one my bbq brother

[colin]

For your review Mr. Bones.

[Mr. Bones]

Looks great to me, amigo!
Fine Job!

[PappyBBQ]

Looks right tasty to me! Nice job!

[DWCowles]

Looks good! Glad you are liking your PBC but please don’t cry.

[JCGrill]

I have no doubt that the PBC can make an awesome steak. But so can most any grill when the person running the grill is doing it correctly. So I say to you, glad you like your PBC, but you made the best steak of your life.

[FireMan]

And here I thought I was going to read about some deep confession of a sordid past. Well, congratulations on a wonderful cook. Admit that you are becoming pretty good at this stuff. 👍 🔥 🤠

[Sephon]

I came into this thread thinking my wife had written it, but I am pleasantly surprised by some great looking food. The bird looks great, and that steak looks amazing.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Dream on, friend. If anyone is going to write it, it is you as she stands there to be certain you dot every 'i' and cross every 't'........;-)

[EdF]

Fie, ye' unbelievers! ;-)

[Steve R.]

That's some fine looking food there! I'm glad this worked out for you. Not to hi-jack the thread, but I recently had to accept that I was wrong about wanting my PBC in the first place. I really wanted to love it, and I had gotten good at controlling temperatures and whatnot. But in the end, I'm just not a fan of the PBC flavor profile. There are too many other options in my lineup of cookers that I honestly prefer. So I sold it on Craigslist this week to a person who can surely give it the appreciation it deserves.