Equipment:
'88 Vintage Fire Magic gasser with over 4000 cooks to its credit
Large Big Green Egg
18 Inch Weber Kettle (Rescued from neighbor's trash)
Rotisserie for 18 inch kettle
Dyna Glo propane smoker
Pit Barrel Cooker
Smokey Joe with mini WSM mod
Garcima paella burner
Anova Sous Vide
Slaiya Sous Vide (gift)
LEM grinder, sausage stuffer and meat slicer (all gifts)
Cuban Sandwich Loaf . . . As Close to Authentic as I've Gotten
Love Cuban sandwiches, but grocery store bread just doesn't get it. After some trial and error, this is quite good. Its not La Segunda, but I don't have to drive 80 miles to Ybor City to get it either. Not counting overnight pre-ferment, takes about 3 hours.
You can make the bread substituting Crisco or butter for lard, but then it will just be bread.
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
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
Gear includes: Char-Griller's Grand Champ off set stick burner/smoker, SnS Kamado Deluxe, Weber 22, PBC, Victory gasser, Victory 36 griddle, Smoke Hollow electric smoker. ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4, Smoke, Signals, and RFX4, Meater+, SNS-500, roti fits 22 n gasser, Emeril countertop TO, InkBird Sous Vide, Potane Vac/Sealer. Fire&Ice griddle/cooler ensemble.
Just got into charcoal Dec ‘21 (PBC)
fav is brisky. Love Turkey on PBC. also Turkey in the glass,(any nice bourbon)
Bud has always been my barley pop.
Been smoking a handful of years, just got serious in the last two or three years. Thanks to AR n @glemn picked up an SnS Kamado for appx 1/3 price of new. I dont think he used it twice. Love AR! keep calm n smoke on! Miss you Bonesy.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! After moving from Tampa back home to Birmingham, my quest was to find genuine Cuban sandwiches. I found two places with legit Miami/Cuba connections and a local BBQ place that does a decent knock-off. The only thing that kept me from making them was the "right" bread which, when you mentioned Ybor City, you know what I mean. Going to make this soon.
Care to share your recipe for the rest of that delicious-looking creation?
Nothing complicated about the recipe. Pulled pork, ham, salami, Swiss cheese, dill pickles, mustard, mayo on un-toasted bread. Put sandwiches in a hot skillet and "press" by weighing down with a heavy cast iron skillet. Toast one side, flip and repeat. Eat.
I just go to the Publix down the street. Im in Miami, so nobody there really speaks English anyway.
Also I think Tampa has it RIGHT. Salami belongs on a Cuban Sandwich. In Miami this is controversial, but the way I view it if you are going to use SWISS cheese might as well use ITALIAN salami! I mean.....ehhhh whatever
Kamado Joe Big Joe III
Pit Barrel Cooker
Camp Chef Flat Top 900
Weber Performer 22
PowerFlamer Propane 160
Meater +
Thermoworks Smoke
Thermoworks Thermapen
Temp Spike
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
Because my week is turning into too many interruptions, it looks like I will purchase my bread this round. We have a place called Porto’s here in Southern California. They do not disappoint. And I tend to be kinda picky.
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
Seasons change, as do our seasonal "Show Us What You're Cooking!" topics. So with the arrival of fall (autumn) here is a brand new SUWYC, Volume 31!
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or butter
for lard, but then it will just be bread.
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