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  1. civilsmoker

    Winter Welcome Dry Brined Brisket Point

    Since snow was forecast for the local hills (yes it did snow), we thought we better welcome winter in with a feast…… Picked up a point cut and trimmed the fat cap and coated it with kosher salt (1/2 tsp/lb) yesterday morning for a 36 hour dry brine…. Started the smoking operation this AM at...
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    Simple Sesame Seed Crusted Seared Ahi with Sushi Rice

    Grabbed a couple watermelon colored Ahi steaks yesterday…..they were today’s lunch…… I marinated them for a couple of hours in chili sauce and sweet soy….. then crusted them with some seasoned (onion, garlic, pepper) seeds….. 60 seconds per side in a HOT hexclad with beef tallow….it happened...
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    Meal Planning @ CivilSmokers House

    Just took a pic of my garage fridge…..it almost brings tears to my eyes…….this is my kind of meal planning!!!! Beef it’s what’s for dinner……bottom right is tomorrows dinner…… Dry brining brisket point…. Fat cap trimmed for the brine….did that early this am….. Next the upper right…..a...
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    Dry Brined Reverse Sear Tomahawks and Roasted Baby Red and Gold Spuds!

    So I cooked these the day before the throwdown but didn’t want to post it because it had the same or test pan seared shrooms for my entry…. Found these nicely trimmed baby’s!!! Salted them up for a 36 hour open air dry brine…. Mrs Civil made these up while the hawks were brining….. I’m not...
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    Lobster Lemon Cream Orzo

    Scored these two tails for 12 bills so split them and seasoned them up with some melted butter with fresh herbs and Kinders buttery steak, then on the Weber top rack to roast at 375….. Roasted them for about 18 min basting about each 4 mins….pulled the at INT of 145…. This makes me happy...
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    Featured Smoked Chuck Hatch Green Chilli Tacos!

    I smoked this up 2 weeks ago took pics but forgot to do a post so I though I would share.... Got a nice discount chuck..... Since this was going to be for tacos I just used the hatch chilli rub.... Ie my dropped in the sand seasoning. Prepping the braising liquid.... beef broth, a few...
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    Smokehouse Way - Aka the new home of the X-Fire Gill and Copper Pot

    This project has been in the planning stage for a long time…..to long but finally it is happening! The motivation……The X-Fire Grill wants create flame crafted magic again! Step one: get the back yard fence in…….was calling around to some fence supply places and a local outfit gave me an...
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    Grand Teton Surf and NY Turf…a proper camp meal!

    Was able to get out in the woods this past week and had to do a proper meal to match the scenery of the Tetons….. First up the camp set up…..this is a dry national forest camp ground (ie no utilities)…..so the solar setup and the custom built 4 golf cart battery setup (yes by me) is perfect in...
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    Huckleberry Balsamic Prime Filet, glazed Roots, and Baby Red Rustic Mash

    So we have have been passing on filets for many weeks as they just haven’t looked good…..that changed this past weekend….. scored these 4 USDA Prime cuts and they spoke to me! I trimmed them up and the salted for a 36 hour dry brine session, the wife likes beef this way! Bingo all dry brined…...
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    Boneless Tomahawk & Turf!

    So the Boy successfully completed his medical lab rotation on Friday and therefore officially graduated with his BS, so we had his celebration dinner tonight! The wife and him went on a 3 hour 8 store hunt for some grub to cook up…..this is what they came up with…..we called them the “boneless...
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    2025 Scholarship Auction Build

    It’s the time of year to build another knife for the annual scholarship auction…… This years is going to be a rustic frontier knife, so a bit unique be it should be a collector! This one will be out of fishhook canister damascus…..the loaded canister with 1084a fishhooks and 1084 powder with...
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    Simple Dry Brine Point Brisket….again :-)

    The wife was on top of fathers day an brought home a nice point for me to smoke up..... I took pictures but have been too busy to post....so her it is. I used my go to method for brisket https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/brisket-simplified-and-reliable-dinner-timing.331064/ The point...
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    Rack of Pork and RFX Thermoworks Probe Carry Over Test....

    Costco had their Rack of pork on sale so scored one for 13 bills! Seasoned up with a sweet hot honey mustard and then rub from Man Crates which was a TD prize...... Smoked it in the RT 1250 @ 265, which is my go to for these ROPs, but I wanted to experiment with the RFX and resting and carry...
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    TD Madness Entry Sweet Soy Sauce Marinaded Bacon Wrapped Filet with Sesame Seed Crusted Seared Ahi Tuna

    I have to say I really enjoyed this TD.....as I LOVE steak and cooking steak and all forms so I will admit I cooked a few over the contest time.......The other part I will add is my entry was via.......Walmart....yes that is right for both the steak and tuna......Not sure who is in charge at WM...
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    X-Fire by Recteq

    Ok, I love my recteq but I'm not really sure how if feel about their new grill that dropped today......... Just look below....I'm very conflicted..... 😉 IE there is NO match to the original X-Fire Grill that was introduced a little over 6 years ago...
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    Brisket - Simplified and Reliable Dinner Timing

    I had an elderly wife and husband chase me down at the GS last week wanting to ask a question because they saw the brisket in my cart….. they explained they won a traeger at bingo and they wanted to do brisket…..so the wife and me had a real nice cooking lesson about cooking brisket, the wife...
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    Sunday Dry Brine Simple Point Brisket….

    Will all the cured brisket soaking in water tonight for big day tomorrow, we opted for just a simple brisket Sunday din din…. Trimmed up the fat cap to 1/4-1/8 in remaining…..I didn’t take any prep picks but after trimming it when in the fridge in the open air for 36 hours dressed with coarse...
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    Japanese A5 Wagyu NY - Again!

    Well I think I’ve made a self commitment to experience this wonderful beef on a semi annual occasion!!! This meal was the second roast from the set we bought for my sons b-day and our anniversary...
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    Grilled Whole Shrimp & White Wine Lemon Cream Orzo

    So what to you do when it is 21 degrees and dropping fast……. Well you fire up the grill! Broke out some more 4/6 count whole shrimp….split the tales and body to clean out all the not so un-tasty stuff, then skewered them and dressed them with a classic Olive and kinders blend (seafood and...
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    Kinders Gold Glazed Dry Brined Plate Ribs & Mac!

    Had some nice plate ribs catch my eye at Costco last week so they came home for a party!!! I’ve been having fun dry brining so for these I made cuts through the top fat to allow the salt to distribute throughout….i did fill it full of salt…. These baby’s had some nice marbling! In the fridge...
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