Got me a sous vide for Christmas. Been reading like crazy. Smoke sous vide or sous vide then smoke on larger meats seems to be a split. Steak seems pretty much unanimous sous vide then grill. Give your thoughts on two things I may try. Its cold out side so.
1. STEAK-Put the amnts tray with dust in smoker one evening temps in low 30s and give a steak a good soak in smoke. 3 or so hours. Vac seal then sous vide the nxt day and sear on grill or cast iron. Sorta of a sous vide reverse seared steak.
2. LARGE CUTS-Same idea. Smoke while cold outside with amnts tray and dust so there no heat and the cold keeps spoilage away. Butt, chuckie, loin etc. Then vac seal and freeze for later sous vide bath. Pulled pork would be the example. It's already had 3 to 5 hours smoke. So this summer would just pull out of freezer and put in sous vide and 20 something hours later pulled pork. Lack of bark would be draw back.
Any thoughts?
1. STEAK-Put the amnts tray with dust in smoker one evening temps in low 30s and give a steak a good soak in smoke. 3 or so hours. Vac seal then sous vide the nxt day and sear on grill or cast iron. Sorta of a sous vide reverse seared steak.
2. LARGE CUTS-Same idea. Smoke while cold outside with amnts tray and dust so there no heat and the cold keeps spoilage away. Butt, chuckie, loin etc. Then vac seal and freeze for later sous vide bath. Pulled pork would be the example. It's already had 3 to 5 hours smoke. So this summer would just pull out of freezer and put in sous vide and 20 something hours later pulled pork. Lack of bark would be draw back.
Any thoughts?