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Cooks Illustrated "Ultimate Charcoal-Grilled Steaks"

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    Cooks Illustrated "Ultimate Charcoal-Grilled Steaks"

    I guess this method isn't too bad if you don't mind dedicating your oven to cooking steaks (instead of sides) and have trouble getting two-zone cooking to work.


    #2
    Pretty neat.

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      #3
      I've decided to actually do this right now with one of my Tri-Tip steaks. Woke up with a baaaaaaaaaad head ache this morning that is still lingering.

      I will invert my chimney for the reverse sear.

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        #4
        Pretty darn good. Amazingribs Tri-tip rub on this one.

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        • David Parrish
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          That's a nice cook JB.

        #5
        Wow. Nice-looking tri-tip, Jerod. Jerod Broussard

        I thought your family liked their meat well done. Was that one for you?

        Kathryn

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        • Jerod Broussard
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          fzxdoc you betcha, all my tri-tip steakies are for moi and moi only

          Next one will get some sort of "faux sous vide" to help render more of that fat down

        #6
        no credit to Meathead for that afterburner technique?

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        • David Parrish
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          Hmmm now you've got me wondering where MH got the technique.

        #7
        A couple of repairs for the Cooks Illustrated instructions.

        1 START the coals BEFORE you put the steaks in the oven. Otherwise the steaks will be either overcooked if left in the oven or cool.

        2 Just put the steaks you are cooking in first....it only takes 5 minutes or so to sear them so put the next set of steaks in the oven 5 minutes after the first set.

        3 You can use your smoker instead of an oven and aren running back and forth

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          #8
          Originally posted by fracmeister View Post
          ...snip...

          3 You can use your smoker instead of an oven and arent running back and forth
          Now that I have a smoker and a charcoal grill side by side courtesy of my poll and your input

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            #9
            I have used the oven for reverse sear on a rare snow day. Works pretty good and the steak surface is already bone dry when they come out aides in quick maillard reaction.
            Chimney grill, been using that forever I should have taken a patent on it LOL.

            You don't need 3/4 worth of charcoal, invert the chimney.

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            • Huskee
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              What's your favorite way to light the coals in the inverted chimney?

            • Ernest
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              Drop a Weber cube at the dimple of the chimney, place coals over it and fire in the hole!

            #10
            Originally posted by Ernest View Post

            You don't need 3/4 worth of charcoal, invert the chimney.
            And your carbon footprint goes lower!

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              #11
              Here's another thread...

              So off I go to CI to look up a recipe. First thing I see for the July/Aug 2015 issue is 2 Ribeyes suspended over a Weber Rapid Fire Chimney. Wonder where-o

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              • smarkley
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                Ahhh... that answers it.

                Not cool

              #12
              This article seems to keep regurgitating all over the place. CI has emailed me a few times about it...I've seen it on the Yahoo marquee, and several other sites. Although it's a nice technique if you want a quick sear and if done properly...its a great alternative to heating up a whole grill. But, there is simply nothing new about it. As a poor college student, I was doing this 25 years ago in clay pots. However, nice to see that people are still being creative with their BBQ!

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                #13
                In my personal opinion - the SnS does the job just as good - if not better.....JMHO that's all....

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                  #14
                  Originally posted by Steve Vojtek View Post
                  In my personal opinion - the SnS does the job just as good - if not better.....JMHO that's all....

                  Agreed!

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                    #15
                    Been using the slow n sear for about a month....my favorite way to cook anything 👍

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