Got a salt block for Xmas

[edmonds]

from son #2, and bbq gloves from son #1. Had to try them both out.
So cooking some peppers/onions, steaks, and shrimp on the salt block.
I used no additional seasoning, and everything was tasty.
But I think the steaks still needed a little more salt.
Shrimp was perfect. And veggies were, of course, veggies.

My take on salt block:
hard to prep (have to slowly preheat), food tasty but not dissimilar to just grilling, gives a nice sear like a CI skillet, fun to use, presentation is very cool/ impressive. I haven’t tried cleaning it yet so jury is out on that aspect.
My impression is that it is well suited for seafood (maybe salmon, snapper, ahi, shrimp, even scallops).
And probably for searing thin strips of beef for soups, beef salads, tacos, Asian dishes, etc.
But for steaks, I'm gonna stick with what I know.
That said, the salt block steaks were very good, and I will probably try it again.

 

[tbern]

Food looks really good!! Interesting about the salt block, I never had heard about them.

LOL, when I read your posts title, being a farm boy, I pictured a 50lb salt block used for cattle.....

 

[edmonds]

Food looks really good!! Interesting about the salt block, I never had heard about them.

LOL, when I read your posts title, being a farm boy, I pictured a 50lb salt block used for cattle.....

Haha. Yea, we got a couple cattle out back so I completely understand.

 

[Fueling Around]

That looks great.
I was given a couple salt bricks years ago and never tried cooking on them.

 

[kuroki]

Ha likewise my first thought was the blue cubes we used to give the horses and sheep.
Can't say I've ever seen or heard of this. The food sure looks good though!
I like steaks done on cast iron myself, so I can see this being real perfect once you find the right amount of seasoning

 

[DRKsmoking]

First, nice gifts, and food looks great also.
I have heard of the salt block, but never seen one, until now.
Like you said great look and presentation.

keep playing and let us know, Steve H might be in the market for one , lol

David

 

[Steve H]

keep playing and let us know, Steve H might be in the market for one , lol

NOOOOOO!!!!! lol!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I don't see anything at all wrong with that. Just needs a little musical accompaniment...

 

[chopsaw]

Looks great to me . I wondered about cleaning it .
Makes me think fajitas .

 

[Colin1230]

Great post, great gifts, great food.

 

[edmonds]

Well the cleaning wasn't too bad. I had to use a razor blade to remove most of the carbon. May try to go over it some more. Using some oil on the block would probably minimize carbon deposits, but then that's supposed to prevent block from imparting salt to food.

 

[jcam222]

Have never tried that technique. Looks good.

 

[JLeonard]

LOL, when I read your posts title, being a farm boy, I pictured a 50lb salt block used for cattle.....

Being a hunter, the first thing I thought of was the mineral blocks we put out for deer. LOL.

And onto the food. Looks Killer from my chair. So it didnt add much to the beef but did to the seafood?
Jim

 

[Danblacksher]

I got one of those as well this year not taken the time to learn to cook on it yet.