SUWYC 2023 - A Yearly Recap

[Troutman]

I thought it would be fun to drag out your one or two favorite cooks you posted this year in SUWYC. Doesn't necessarily need to be what other folks thought of your creation, just what you and your family enjoyed the most. Here are a couple looking back that we thought were worth cooking over again in the seafood and beef categories. Let's have some fun with this !!

From my Cajun Series, a delicious Stuffed Flounder. This dish is done on a regular basis in the Troutman abode.



...and although I don't cook these very often, I definitely go with the Akaushi American Wagyu Brisket , best I've ever cooked.....



So show us some of your favorites from 2023 !!!!

[ecowper]

Great idea Steve! This year was a year of trying new things, especially foods and spices from Lebanon/Israel/Egypt/Turkey and North Africa. Second to that was new ideas for brisket and following that was new Asian ideas.

Here's four of my favorite new things this year

Levantine Lamb and Bean Soup


Ropa Viejas (Cuban braised brisket)


Irish Spiced Beef


Gochujang Grilled Chicken

[DaveD]

That's a nice culinary journey!

[Troutman]

Gochujang !!!

[DaveD]

Oh heck yeah, I'll play.

Most memorable pork was our first pork belly. Cooked it low and slow on the SnS kettle with B&B and apple chunks. Absolutely stupendous.


Honorable mention to the Wild Fork double-bone pork chops, done SVQ twice now, also indescribably delicious.


Most memorable beef is a tough call, but the winner is another SVQ meal on a Prime tri tip from Creekstone. All day in the meat jacuzzi at 131F/55C then seared over raging KBB.



Honorable mention for the Prime brisket I did just a few weeks ago, an explosively juicy chondritic meteorite:



Most memorable poultry, hands down, was the Thanksgiving turkey done in the Pit Boss vertical pellet smoker. My only slight regret is that the skin didn't get quite as golden brown as I wanted, but it was amazing!



Fun idea for a thread Mr. Troutman! (NOT a threat - thanks ecowper !)

[ecowper]

Oh, so we are issuing threats now?

[Troutman]

Man that turkey is on point !!!

[TWBarbecue]

That shine on that brisket is 🔥. Excellent!

[Jim White]

Well, there was this prime brisket.



And a very memorable Sichuan Beef Shreds.



And who can resist fish tacos with fish you caught with a friend?



Finally, because I hear from people every day wanting to see it again, we have, by popular demand, my okra pizza!

[Jfrosty27]

For me it’s all about the beef plate ribs. I do them about once per quarter. My favorite Q!

[DaveD]

I was SURE you would post up some beef ribs!! Those look, well, amazing

[Huskee]

I gotta dig up that hot dog cook of mine with 4 temp probes...maybe that wasn't this year. If not I'll try to repeat it in the next day or two.

[Panhead John]

Please do!…….🤭

[DaveD]

Only four? Amateur.

[Panhead John]

Great looking pics so far!

Crawfish etouffe




Shrimp etouffe


Cowboy ribeye, mashed red taters & bacon wrapped asparagus

[Panhead John]

Willy …….😂 😉

[TWBarbecue]

Wow! I’d destroy all of that! Excellent! 🔥🍤🥩

[Panhead John]

Thanks TWBarbecue !

[Spinaker]

Great idea!

Everyone loves brisket tacos! Friends and family alike!


Half a chicken on the Pit Barrel Cooker! (PBX)

Beastly Smoked Beef Ribs!

Sauna night brisket fixings for tacos. Smoked, then braised by the open fire for hours.

And some shore lunch pork belly!

[TWBarbecue]

It all looks fantastic! 🔥🔥🔥

[Richard Chrz]

So good, always so good!

[hoovarmin]

Beautiful

[barelfly]

This will be fun to read through as everyone adds in!

For me, these photos represent a great 2023 of food with wonderful friends and family! I love cooking, but I love cooking for my friends more than anything!

Birria Tacos - because Tacos are Life!!!





and when in New Mexico - you gotta have green chile cheeseburgers - smashed style!!!!



and then the cook of all cooks for friends - Paella!

[MsTwiggy]

I have to try the birria taco cook!!! 🌮🌮🌮🔥🔥🐿️

[Shackflyer]

What’s your secret to get the crispy skin on the chicken in the paella?

[barelfly]

Shackflyer - I brown it as one of the first steps, then take off the pan and get everything else going. Once the rice and liquid are in the pan, then I nestle the chicken back in to finish cooking, making sure the skin stays above the rice to stay crispy.

Here’s the step by step post of how I cook my paella. Let me know if you have any questions.

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/recipes-technique-food-cooking/fish-seafood-recipes/760542-paella-the-cook-to-please-a-crowd

[Spinaker]

This is a great idea! Maybe we feature this as the SUWYC for January! I will talk to the powers that be. By that, I mean Huskee

[Huskee]

I am powers that be? Never been accused of that a day in my life not even by my wife & kids! I agree. I love it.

[Spinaker]

I mean, I thought I would pump up the ego before the New Year sets in! Huskee

[Spinaker]

Everyone! I am going to use these as the highlight reel for the newsletter. So post up! We want your highlights!

Thanks!

[Panhead John]

I’m voting for Huskee ‘s burger pic as one of them! [and no, I ain’t just sucking up]. 🥸

[klflowers]

I just deleted a bunch of pics from my phone - end of year cleaning. But I do have pics from the epic, 60 some odd racks of ribs and who knows how much chicken from our family reunion in July

[KimO]

That's a lot of meat! Impressive feast!

[FireMan]

Double dang!

[MsTwiggy]

Diggity dang nabbit, that is incredible 😆😁🤗🔥🔥🐿️

[Huskee]

Here's a few of my favorites from this past year.

[TWBarbecue]

Incredible! 🔥

[MsTwiggy]

Just WOW!! And nice fire pit too!! 🔥🔥🐿️

[Huskee]

MsTwiggy Thank you! The fire pit is at a rustic boat-in campsite in the UP of Michigan which FireMan and I and a couple of my kids fine tuned for a steak cook. I love that pic.

[Richard Chrz]

Ribeye cap steak with mushroom risotto.

[Troutman]

Wow

[TWBarbecue]

My goodness that looks incredible! I can taste that now! 🔥

[MsTwiggy]

You are too good, true artistry 🤩🤯🔥🔥🐿️

[Panhead John]

Sorry guys, but Food and Wine Magazine called……they want their pics back.

[Huskee]

Man I paid a guy to remove all traces of the pics I stole from the interwebs so they'd look like mine...