Someone in either the steak, grilling, or smoking subreddit yesterday said that this is how Eisenhower liked his steaks. Dunno if that’s true.
Lefty-18
Not yet. How did you like it compared to searing on the grate? I’m guessing less fire this way?
MiniB68
Does the steak pick up any little nasty bits of charcoal?
johnjcoctostan
I can’t afford that cut of meat.
FaithlessnessIcy5594
No way..id pull it off and sear in a cast iron before putting it on ashy coal or wood
thedroidurlookingfor
What i do is put a small cast iron grate over a started chimney and sear the steak when the coals are roaring. I use a motorized fan to really get it going.
Davepiece1517
Best way to do these caveman sized cuts
StriKyleder
No
Oy_of_Mid-world
Is there an advantage to doing this instead of just lowering the grill closer to the fire or putting a cast iron directly on the coals?
Rex_Lee
Not when I have perfectly functional grill to lay it on
Evening-Energy-3897
Definitely got that charcoal rub good – that PAH and HCA carcinogens rub!!
Fiddle-farter
Scratius
No.
hogger303
DubsAnd49ers
I’ve done it with a flank steak and a blow dryer like Alton Brown.
I’ve seen people do this. But do not use those briquettes. You need actual hardwood charcoal. You can sear the meat on top and you know it’s done when the charcoal just falls off the meat
jmhttb
Ah, we call that a cowboy sear where I’m from! My issue is the sear often finishes uneven, with some parts a little too well done and others not done enough. Time and place, though! Sometimes the mood strikes
iAmRiight
I usually tell my kids not to touch their marshmallow or hot dogs to the ashy coals.
Ok-Introduction8344
Like how the OP didn’t show a post cook cross section.
AncientBaseball9165
Stay the fuck away from my smoker.
KazooMark
Drop shit in the coals? Yeah, once in a while when I’m drinking too much beer.
anonbowman
This guy wakes up and eats a bucket of gravel every morning for breakfast, I love it.
TheBirdman100
What’s a bit of carcinogens among friends?
deep-fucking-legend
I do. Then I baste in lighter fluid.
PozuelosR75
Necroticjojo
That’s gonna be an Ashy Larry
ExtremePast
A lot of people on this sub seem to confuse searing with completely burning the outside into something inedible.
tony2012z
Done this on accident a couple of times… Never on purpose. Ashy steak not preferred.
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Someone in either the steak, grilling, or smoking subreddit yesterday said that this is how Eisenhower liked his steaks. Dunno if that’s true.
Not yet. How did you like it compared to searing on the grate? I’m guessing less fire this way?
Does the steak pick up any little nasty bits of charcoal?
I can’t afford that cut of meat.
No way..id pull it off and sear in a cast iron before putting it on ashy coal or wood
What i do is put a small cast iron grate over a started chimney and sear the steak when the coals are roaring. I use a motorized fan to really get it going.
Best way to do these caveman sized cuts
No
Is there an advantage to doing this instead of just lowering the grill closer to the fire or putting a cast iron directly on the coals?
Not when I have perfectly functional grill to lay it on
Definitely got that charcoal rub good – that PAH and HCA carcinogens rub!!
No.
I’ve done it with a flank steak and a blow dryer like Alton Brown.
https://youtu.be/Q5y2voEWJ6U
I’ve seen people do this. But do not use those briquettes. You need actual hardwood charcoal. You can sear the meat on top and you know it’s done when the charcoal just falls off the meat
Ah, we call that a cowboy sear where I’m from! My issue is the sear often finishes uneven, with some parts a little too well done and others not done enough. Time and place, though! Sometimes the mood strikes
I usually tell my kids not to touch their marshmallow or hot dogs to the ashy coals.
Like how the OP didn’t show a post cook cross section.
Stay the fuck away from my smoker.
Drop shit in the coals? Yeah, once in a while when I’m drinking too much beer.
This guy wakes up and eats a bucket of gravel every morning for breakfast, I love it.
What’s a bit of carcinogens among friends?
I do. Then I baste in lighter fluid.
That’s gonna be an Ashy Larry
A lot of people on this sub seem to confuse searing with completely burning the outside into something inedible.
Done this on accident a couple of times… Never on purpose. Ashy steak not preferred.
No because I don’t want to eat ash.