Watermelon Steak-Who's First?

[Cheef]

https://www.foodbeast.com/news/ducks-eatery-watermelon-steak/

[Idleratchet]

Woah.....I am not sure about this one. Id try it though!

[Cheef]

I just don't know if I could eat that!!!

[Mr. Bones]

I'd try it out, based upon a dish I only stumbled on in recent years:
BBQ watermelon rind

It's guuuuddddd!

Like any food, there's endless ways to make it, an make it yer own, so I provided a startin place to explore.

[Steve R.]

Maybe late in the summer on a day I was fresh out of any protein whatsoever, and ripe watermelons all over the place... if I had had way too many beers, then maybe I would try this. I just enjoy regular ol' watermelon too much to do all that to it. I mean, what if I did all that work, hated it, and was still craving watermelon?

[Steve R.]

I will give that a shot, Mr. Bones.

[Mr. Bones]

Frigid Legumes, Brother!
If ya already like watermelon, an smoked foods, I rather reckon ya will be surprised at how well they can be melded together...

[JGo37]

You said yourself you had watermelons 'all over the place'.

[Mr. Bones]

I cut up watermelon rinds into Rib sized portions, use my favorite rub(s), purchased, or homemade, smoke em til probe tender/have some external caramelization.
Very low/slow,watch em closely...they'll soak up an Imperial Buttload of smoke, due to their porosity, an moisture content, an will become mush rather quickly, without supervision.

If/when this happens, as with all other food-related miscalculations, take to yer compost pile, an start again, another time. Leastwise, that's what we do here at th Lab.

Many receipts I researched called fer dousin em/simmerin/etc. in BBQ sauce; knock yerselves out, experiment, make it yer own. Post yer spins, I'm here to learn, until I pull th dirt all up over my face.

Bein th Bonehead I am, I only serve sauce on th side, as with all of my other BBQ. If folks wanna drown their product, so be it. I put alla my eggs in one basket, most times, tryin to git so much flavour/complexity/layers/nuances into my product(s) that they can be appreciated on their own merit(s).

One can also, variously, cut into cubes, serve with a toothpick, as a 'horse diver', or slightly larger cubes, put on yer new favourite kebabs...

Extry Bonus Tip: ya can sure enough marinade em, some; be subtle/restrained, don't git heavy-handed, cause they'll soak stuff up

[Polarbear777]

Ive grilled watermeleon slices. It dehydrates it and concentrates the flavor.

I dont know if I’d go through all this trouble to make it not seem like watermelon when wayermelon is good anyway.

Ive pickled the rinds as well, I guess next time I’ll have to try smoking them.

[treesmacker]

Not me!

[JGo37]

Y'all know what? I'm sticking to grilling pineapple and loading chilled watermelons with Reyka Vodka. I paid A LOT OF MONEY to learn this in college.

[EdF]

It's called "Doin' the right thing"!