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Traeger Days- Smoke’em if ya got em

Discussion in 'Food Talk' started by Patriot, Aug 23, 2017.

  1. Aug 23, 2017 at 2:59 PM
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    Mrs Patriot and I like steak and enjoy taking a prime cut of local grass fed beef tenderloin to the next level by reverse searing the cuts on the smoker.

    Here is the recipe we use with our Traeger smoker/grill. It takes a little time, but guaranteed to be well worth the effort.
    I am not a Chef, but this is the way to knock the horns off a prime cut and reeeeeally enjoy it.

    Instructions- the big ole boy in the video cracks me up :rofl:bet he can hammer a steak.
    http://www.traegergrills.com/smokenomics/reverse-searing


    We will be mesquite smoking these for an hour and then searing on high heat @450d for a little over a min-75 seconds.

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    Time for a frosted glass of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale..something about wood smoke and ice cold craft beer.

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  2. Aug 23, 2017 at 3:02 PM
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  3. Aug 23, 2017 at 3:05 PM
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    Chris you must have caught a wiff of my mesquite smoke! Dam quick on the draw brother! :rofl:
     
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    I'm gonna have to buy a :censored: Traeger just because of @Patriot and @RLHOK :drool::drool:
     
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    Don't think I'm not tempted each time I go to Costco. I figured I would sell my gas grille to help pay for this, but there are like 1,000,000 grills for sales on craigslist . . . so there goes that.
     
  7. Aug 23, 2017 at 3:39 PM
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    I think you should just take the plunge! Spend some of that rusty money :thumbsup: :rofl:
     
  8. Aug 23, 2017 at 3:40 PM
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    RLHULK Too many gamma rays in all that BBQ smoke.

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    Hey don't blame me, I don't own a Traeger...LOL
     
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    :rofl: Not yet......
     
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    I should have my wife follow these threads. Then I might get the OK . . .
     
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    We don't eat out very often and it's cheaper to prepare food at home. Really great resturaunt choices here are scarce, so I prepare most of if not all of our meals. Necessity is the mother of invention for sure. My wife is still chasing and finishing out the last 24 months of her career of 30 yrs.
     
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    ok so the tenderloins smoked for an hour. Now I am running my Traeger temp up to 450d to sear both steaks. Once I reach 450d I put both steaks back on for 75 seconds for super hot searing. Then they will be done.
    They smoked up nice with great color.
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    Done!

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    Plated...smoked steak and red potatoes...
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  14. Oct 8, 2017 at 4:25 AM
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    Had some friends over for dinner last night...bacon wrapped venison tenderloin..and dry rubbed chicken.
    Traeger Smoker for the win!
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    Haha...no not a Chef Steve, just enjoy smokeconomics!
     
  16. Oct 8, 2017 at 8:06 AM
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    RLHULK Too many gamma rays in all that BBQ smoke.

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    @Patriot how often do you vacuum out your Traeger?
     
  17. Oct 8, 2017 at 11:37 AM
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    @RLHOK - I vacuum out before each use, I have my presmoke routine down now. It only takes me about 5 min. I have an old small shop vac just for cleaning the Traeger. I also replace the aluminium foil over my drip pan every other smoke depending how dirty it gets from previous smoke.
     
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    I'm going to try that reverse sear technique. Sounds good.
     
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    Ok i gotta get me one of these grills. Which model is it that you guys have? Sorry if this has already been discussed!
     
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    I have the Traeger LiL Texas...perfect size for home use. Check out their website. :thumbsup:
     
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    A little bacon wrapped venison tenderloin and local farm greens, extra aged Gouda and our home grown Roma tomatoes...dam hard to beat.

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    Just placed a 6# dry rubbed chicken wrapped in bacon in the Traeger...gonna let it roll in hickory smoke for a few hrs...

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    Progress, but not done yet....

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    Done!
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    Rockin the Traeger this evening...another 6# bird dry rubbed and center cut smoked bacon wrapped...beautiful night to enjoy a little hickory smoke. This Carolina yardbird has bathing in hickory smoke for 90 min, now bump up the temp to 350d until internal temp hits 170d on my Igrill iPhone app. Hopefully no need for a Texas crutch. But ya gotta have da BARK!!
    Edit - Texas crutch added!

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    Traeger days...smoking country style boneless ribs.

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    done!
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    Ok, 25 days out from knee surgery, knee is feeling really great and it’s time to start smoking again...:)

    Here’s what’s smokin....my wife loves oysters, so I added a few and will smoke these and flash fry them for her salad. Will post up finished pics.

    This is an easy recipe! I cut the salt back to 1/3 of a cup and left everything else the same.
    https://www.traegergrills.com/recipes/seafood/smoked-salmon

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    Done!

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    :rofl:not a fan of oysters.
     
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    56 degrees, yep, time for a Smoke. And coming up on a 3 yr anniversary with our Traeger...dam I like this smoker.
    It has some well earned smokers “patina” from lots of beast and yard bird in the low rolling smoke and roasted.

    Today my local butcher fresh cut these two country style rib slabs for us while I waited. It took him about 8min lol. So I dry rubbed these slabs with our favorite seasonings. So onto the rolling smoke for a 1.5 hrs heavy smoke then a slow roast at 350d to carmelize the dry rub and seal in the tenderness. Smoke’m If ya gotta em. :thumbsup:

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    The seasoned rub hickory smoke is just off the chain..
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    I like my smoking temp between 150-160d, seems to produce just enough hickory flavor or whatever type wood pellet I am using. I like using like Apple, mesquite, cherry, and a new wild game pellet that contains rosemary for my venison cuts.


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    RLHULK Too many gamma rays in all that BBQ smoke.

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