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  1. mdboatbum

    Cottage pie with a bit of a twist.

    Cottage pie (beef) and Shepherd's pie (lamb) are particular favorites around here. Been making them for years, but over time I'd gotten bored with the mashed potato topping. Back in October, I went on a camping trip with my old friend Blind Willie. On the way home, we stopped for breakfast at a...
  2. mdboatbum

    Monday Smashed burgers and Curry tots!!

    Gave the Fam-damily a choice between burgers and chicken curry last night. Burgers was the resounding winner, but I really had a taste for curry. So I decided to make tater tots with curry gravy to go with the burgers. The tater tots are your basic frozen variety. The curry gravy is a little...
  3. mdboatbum

    Eclipse

    Caught this today from Pittsburgh.
  4. mdboatbum

    A re-introduction.

    Hi folks. I used to spend a good bit of time on here and met a lot of nice people and really enjoyed it. Then life got a little weird and I got out of the habit of smoking, grilling etc... For the past year, my wife and I have spent about 95% of our time at her mother's place. She's getting on...
  5. mdboatbum

    Lack of smoke flavor with 18.5 WSM and Billows temp controller.

    A long overdue Hello to all my friends here at SMF. Been a while since I've been here. Title kinda says it all. Got the Thermoworks Smoke X4 and the Billows temp controller, and when i use it, there is no smoke flavor at all. Noticed it on chicken, ribs and pork butt. If I run the smoker without...
  6. mdboatbum

    My attempt at making a video. And some pulled pork.

    Haven't been around here in a while, hope everyone's doing well. This was just a simple little smoke on the mini. Decided to try my hand at making a video. Got interrupted by the brother in law toward the end, so stopped filming before the pork was done. Anyway, it was fun making it. Might try...
  7. mdboatbum

    Lamb ribs and chicken thighs

    Went to Wally World the other day and saw what appeared to be little tiny baby back ribs. Upon closer inspection, the package was called "Lamb Breast". I'd had this before, but without the ribs attached. I figured it'd be a good candidate for a dip in the sous vide jacuzzi. Started off at...
  8. mdboatbum

    Just a test

  9. mdboatbum

    “Eggs Bubbadict”. It’s whats for breakfast.

    Ok, sorry for the silly name, but it’s all I could come up with. Was recently down in Saint Simons Island, GA, and came up with a twist on eggs Benedict I think y’all will enjoy. Take a buttermilk biscuit (DO NOT use canned biscuits) and cut it in half. Top each half with about 3 ounces of...
  10. mdboatbum

    Chuck roast and beef stew

    Got about a 4lb chuck roast on sale so I decided to try Bearcarver’s time and temp to sous vide it. I was going by memory, but I think I got it right, 21 hours at 132° followed by a quick sear in cast iron. I even used Lipton beefy onion soup mix to season it. The texture was amazing! I had...
  11. mdboatbum

    Sous vide and smoked pork butt.

    Decided to try a little experiment and combine sous vide and smoking. Got a little 3lb butt on sale, seasoned it up with salt, pepper and some low salt rub I found at the store. I think it’s called “Original Back yard BBQ seasoning”. Prettt good stuff. Thursday evening I vacuum sealed it and...
  12. mdboatbum

    Anova Nano review. (One month in)

    This review is aimed at people on the fence about trying sous vide. The wife got me a Nano for my birthday in December. I'd been curious about Sous Vide, but a bit dubious about the wild claims of prime rib tender chuck roast and melt in your mouth chicken. My experience has been that usually...
  13. mdboatbum

    Question about bears

    No, not planning on smoking any bears, but maybe smoking some food in their territory. Buddy and I are planning a weekend trip to Shenandoah this weekend and I’m told Yogi and Booboo and their friends are pretty active this time of year. I’ve read all the warnings about locking food in bear...
  14. mdboatbum

    Chicken and Waffles? I think I'm missing something.

    My wife and I were perusing some cooking videos on Youtube yesterday and came across one featuring chicken and waffles. I've been aware of this dish for a few years, but never really looked into it. So we watched several videos and both were left kinda scratching our heads. What exactly is the...
  15. mdboatbum

    My take on Road-side Chicken. With Q-vid

    Haven't done any video editing in a long time, so forgive me. Also, my grill looks pretty awful. I'd used it a couple days before and had doused the coals with water, leaving a film all over the inside. I've since cleaned it, I promise!! Anyway, here's my guess at the recipe for either Cornell...
  16. mdboatbum

    What's your favorite wood and why?

    I've been at this smoking thing for a while now, and like to think I've gotten a decent handle on the process. I've had some pretty spectacular failures along the way, as well as a few pretty damn good meals. The question of smoke wood really didn't occur to me early on. I'd always heard...
  17. mdboatbum

    Smoked chicken and bacon pizza with a surprise. And Q-view.

    Last night was pizza night. I'd decided to be lazy and use the store bought "pizza dough in a bag" that my local grocery store always has. Unless I'm looking for it, then they're miraculously sold out. My wife said to just get Pillsbury pizza dough, which made my soul ache a little, but luckily...
  18. mdboatbum

    Ruined a couple steaks. With crime scene photos, er...Q-view

    The wife brought home a couple steaks. 2" thick Porterhouses. Figured since it's a holiday weekend, I'd reverse sear them on the Mini. The poor unsuspecting victims. We'd planned to do them Sunday but the weather was uncooperative. I'd already salted them, so I just put them back in the...
  19. mdboatbum

    Easy Béarnaise sauce.

    Since we all seem to make a very special roast for the Holidays, I think it deserves a special sauce. Béarnaise is one of my all time favorites, but like most things, I was always afraid to try it because I figured it was better left to the "experts". Then I looked up a couple recipes and...
  20. mdboatbum

    Merry Christmas to all!!

    Hope all my SMF friends had a safe and Happy Christmas! Here at Casa de Boatbum we had a lovely time! Christmas dinner was rib roast with horseradish and bearnaise sauce, Brussels sautéed in butter with nutmeg and sherry and scalloped potatoes out of a box. I take my shortcuts where I can...
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