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Ideas/Help Needed: How to serve/garnish 500 Beef Rib Bites at upscale tasting event?

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    #16
    Beautiful!

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      #17
      Now, onto the Kentucky Derby Party!

      Our final plating decision:

      1.) Slice of Bone-In Beef Short Rib, CAB Choice, with BBBR, smoked at 250-275 for about 6 hours or so, to IT of 210 and Probe Tender, with a Short Skewer
      2.) Kenji Lopez-Alt's Creamy Stovetop Mac. He uses Evaporated Milk as the base. This is easier than the bechamel sauce, and my hope was for it to be really creamy. I made 3 batches of 2 pounds of pasta each, and we experimented with a mix of the cheeses in each one. I'll start a Mac-N-Cheese post and update you on what I learned there another time. It was good!
      3.) Serve the Mac in a 2 oz cup, filled under the rim
      4.) Top the Mac with Bark Trimmings, chopped small - Yes!!!! Who else is dreaming of topping nearly everything with the cuttings from the Brisket/Beef Rib table?

      Plan was to try to not have plates sitting out very long, just a minute or so at the most. That was not always easy...Here goes!

      There were 25 Restaurants serving bites at this event - an impressive crew! And I've been in business a whole month-and-a-half... Here is our setup. I put a banner under our main cutting station, which looked pretty cool. I brought out all our cutting boards, because they look so cool! One warming pan had mac, the other was a place to keep plated mac portions as well as finished plates. We put a good portion of the finished food in the cambro's behind us. And I set up a t-shirt and hat as window dressing behind us.
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      Guns up!
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      Did I mention yet that Bone-In Beef Short Ribs are impressive to look at?
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      We filleted off the main section from the top. I was careful to leave very little meat on the bottom, and to not bring any of the thick membrane with the fillet. My assistant was slightly more concerned with speed as the event went on...
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      This is my oldest daughter, who helped plate and was a tremendous hostess. She got Zero food on her lovely dress the entire day - impressive!
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      This is my friend Mark, who is also on the board of Family and Youth Counseling Agency with me. He paid $2,500 for a Ribs for 50 Party we auctioned off at the Boy Scouts fundraiser last year. Needless to say, he likes our food.
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      And..the money pic's! Sliced bits of heavenly beef short ribs!
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      Colin did a great job!
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      Pretty!
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      The site only lets me put 12 pics on a post...
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        #18
        This gentleman is on the City Council. I think he liked the bite of rib.
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        This gentleman is the Exec Chef at one of the restaurants at the GoldenNuggett Casino. He loved the food, loved our rig, and we chatted for a good while.
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        This is Mickey Smith, a local high school band director. He's a Grammy Nominated artist, great guy, and is now, again, on #theRibList! Colin, a part of our crew, is also a high school band director.
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        Here is a nice pic of the plate we did. Do you want one?
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        Our awesome crew!
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        I'll admit it: This day was SUPER FUN! People RAVED ABOUT OUR FOOD! This pic is an example of the day.
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        As we calmed down toward the end, I tried the Portrait Setting on my iPhone, and I really like this slice pic!
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        End of the day: We served 420 or so plates, and about 44 of the 54 Beef Ribs I cooked. We were the unabashed hit of the food section of the party. I made the rounds to share plates with the other restauranters and thanked them for being a part of this fundraiser, supporting an agency that is doing real good in our community. I had many people come up and brag on the food, and tell us we were the best thing there. A prominent doctor is building a real estate development, and wants to meet with me about opening a restaurant in his buidling, lol. This was money and time well spent!

        Thank you all for helping me become a better barbecue cook!
        #LifeIsMoreFunOntheRibList

        Love, paul
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        • scottranda
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          You know how to make people happy! And drool!

        #19
        That was awesome! Great looking ribs. Great crew! I wish you the best of luck.

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        #20
        I notice the little sign also says Brisket Point. How was that incorporated, or did I miss that part somewhere in your post?

        It looks like you had a great time, with much work involved, and it all looks great.

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        • PaulstheRibList
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          Well, I just went with the Beef Ribs solo. Point was the closest substitute, in case I needed more. But that seemed to complicate things.

        #21
        Originally posted by DWCowles View Post
        Beautiful!
        Thanks, DWCowles ! It would be even better if you were here helping as the official taster!

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        • HorseDoctor
          HorseDoctor commented
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          Well done young feller, well done!!! Congrats and good luck!

        • DWCowles
          DWCowles commented
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          I didn't know I was invited 🙄.

        • PaulstheRibList
          PaulstheRibList commented
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          Smile!!

        #22
        Oh man what a great day!! Once again the #RibList kills it. I wish I could have been there to try the grub. (And shake your hand, of course) Great write up Paul. Congrats on all your success, you deserve every bit of it, brother! This has been a great journey to watch over the years.

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        • PaulstheRibList
          PaulstheRibList commented
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          Thank you, Spinaker ! I hope thePitMembers are benefiting and enjoying my documenting these milemarkers.
          Last edited by PaulstheRibList; May 15, 2017, 08:44 AM.

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