If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
Wow! I didn't realize it, but I cooked these boneless skinless chicken thighs on the Genesis on the first evening of Fall, seasoned/dry brined with a spice mix called "Chick Magnet".
Not much to get excited for there, other than it not being dried out chicken breast. They went well with salads and such the past 2 days.
Italian beef sandwiches were for dinner tonight using the recipe from the free side. I'd made these once before and they were just as good as I remembered.
The roast after the chill and slicing
After the meat bath
I find if you put the juice on the bun before you load it up it loses all it's integrity and just falls apart. For me, dunking it in the juice before each bite is the way to go...and that stuff is delicious! It absolutely makes the sandwich.
SheilaAnn and Meathead qualifier on the bread is to make sure you have a high gluten roll, and I must admit that I don't know where to go to get a high gluten roll or what that even means. I'm sure you're right but for me In a smaller town I don't even know where to start.
Retired, living in Western Mass. Enjoy music, cooking and my family.
Current cookers Weber Spirit 3 burner with a full insert griddle added. A 22" Kettle with vortex, SnS and a Smokey Joe. The most recent addition is a Pit Barrel Jr with bird hanger, 4 hooks and cover. ThermoWorks Smoke 2 probe, DOT, 2 ThermoPops and a Thermapen MK4. A Thermoworks RFX Gateway 2 probe meat thermometer.
Got an early start this morning (sunrise) before the forecasted winds hit.
Two racks pork spare ribs cut in halves for space on the PBC.
This will be enough ribs for three meals for us.
Tonight will be the Cherry Bbq Sauce, inspired by Tuffy Stone.
The other two nights will be no sauce or maybe a bourbon red bbq sauce.
fzxdoc
I separate them into single bone portions, sauce them in a corning ware dish, cover then microwave. For the ones that I don't sauce, I just add a small amount of water. :-)
Beautiful night outside to watch some football and chill with my bride. We did not have much around for salads, so we went with a basic, meat, cheese, bread style charcuterie board
22” Blue Weber Kettle with SnS insert
Kamado Joe Jr with Kick Ash Basket
Char-Broil Smartchef Tru Infrared Gasser
Anovo Hot Tub Time Machine with Custom Hot Tub
22” Blue Weber Kettle with SnS insert
Kamado Joe Jr with Kick Ash Basket
Char-Broil Smartchef Tru Infrared Gasser
Anovo Hot Tub Time Machine with Custom Hot Tub
When doing 1/2 chickens on the PBC, I always add a bird to make into dumplings and also white chicken chili. My wife makes great chicken and dumplings.
As I understand history the Oklahoma onion burger came about because hamburger was expensive and onions were cheaper. We may be back to that soon. Those are gorgeous burgers!
Internet:
The onion burger was created in El Reno by Homer and Ross Davis, a father and son, at their restaurant Hamburger Inn near the intersection of Route 66 and U.S. Route 81 as a way to stretch ground beef with less expensive onions to feed railroad workers during the Great Railroad Strike of 1922 and became further popularized during the Great Depression. [2][3][4][5][6] The Davises named it the Depression Burger and sold it for five cents. [7][8] The dish spread throughout western Oklahom
Bronco Pro Barrel Smoker
PBC
Pit Boss 757GD Griddle (2)
Blaz'n Grill Works Grid Iron
Weber Genesis E-310
Original Original Grilla
Smokey Joe® Charcoal Grill 14"
Fireboard 1
Thermoworks ThermoPop
Thermoworks Thermapen Mk4
Thermoworks Smoke Thermometer with gateway
2 iGrillminis - from before they were Weber.
This is something not complicated, that I could cook quick, with what I had on hand, and have enough for a couple of meals, and this is lunch the day after I made it. My wife had total reverse shoulder replacement last week Friday. She came home the same day, and everything was going great. She put on 2300 steps on Saturday. She felt confident enough that she was going to the bathroom by herself at night. She sleeps on the couch in the living room after shoulder surgery, she can adjust pillows easier than in bed. At 5:30 my daughter (who was upstairs in a bedroom) and I in the bedroom next to the bathroom were awakened by a crash. She had fallen in the bathroom and most like hit the toilet. Finally Sunday afternoon she let us take her to the ER. We weren't sure we were going to get her into the car. She has a compression fracture of her L1 vertebrae. She was kept under observation, but her blood pressure woulod drop by about 50 points when she stood up. Probably a mix of anesthesia, pain killers and blood thinner. She finally was released on Thursday. They have her on something to raise the blood pressure. Gets a little touchy because she is not supposed to take it after four hours before bedtime, so by the time we get to the middle of the night it's losing it's effectiveness. Anyway, after a crazy week we now have a long road, between the shoulder recovery we expected and the back we didn't. She's also glad to be back home where I can cook what she can eat with a lot of dietary restrictions.
So, this is what I make when I am alone, and don't want to/can't spend a lot of time cooking. Some pulled pork from the freezer, a can of Rotel, a can of chili peppers, a can of black beans, whatever was left in a bottle of salsa, paprika and chili powder. I like it.
Last edited by Bogy; September 27, 2025, 01:34 PM.
Oh what a terrible ordeal for your wife, especially when it initially was looking so good. At least the shoulder seems OK? I hope she recovers quickly and well.
In the meanwhile, that comfort food is just what the doctor would have ordered, had he taken a gander at it. It looks so good!
fzxdoc the shoulder is doing great. And last Friday seemed to be a turning point with her back. Partly because we had a very productive session with her primary dr, and we changed the dosage on a medication that helps with her blood pressure. Except during the middle of the night, when I'm not so steady on my feet either, I no longer feel the need to hover over her everytime she makes a trip to the bathroom.
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