Meh - Semi-caveman Chuck Eye steaks

[Retired Spook]

Couple of HEB select chuck eye steaks, Kosher salt, granulated garlic, granulated onion and fresh ground pepper on to a regretfully small fire (I am never happy with the results of small fires) with a spare cooking grate right on the coals.

Flipped - OK grill marks but the fire just wasn't as hot as I like.

Rested

Sliced - a little more done than I prefer but very tasty. The wood fire aroma and taste was bold. With a little Pickapeppa sauce it was great!

The End.

 

[smokerjim]

Looks great mr. spook, I really need to try wood/fire cooking.

 

[Retired Spook]

Looks great mr. spook, I really need to try wood/fire cooking.

It is the "original" cooking method!

 

[jcam222]

Looks great to mean! I love chuck eyes

 

[JLeonard]

Looks pretty good. Heck it looks a heck of a lot better than the one I paid good money for at my work Christmas party the other night.

Jim

 

[gmc2003]

So those would be considered early Neanderthal steaks LOL. Either way they look good from here.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

They look great. I just did one of these couple weeks ago from HEB. Very good.

 

[mike243]

Love food cooked over wood, I wood'nt recommend using a pitboss cast iron grate to do it often, they might warp/crack , most of the time they also have a coating on them that won't like high temps. had a large grate I made years ago for doing that using drain grates, worked very well, let brotherinlaw use it, no idea where it went.

 

[Retired Spook]

Love food cooked over wood, I wood'nt recommend using a pitboss cast iron grate to do it often, they might warp/crack , most of the time they also have a coating on them that won't like high temps. had a large grate I made years ago for doing that using drain grates, worked very well, let brotherinlaw use it, no idea where it went.

That little grate I used came from an old, cheap, sheet metal barrel grill - it's been through so many fires that it is, indeed, warped, and if it had any coating on it, it was burned off long ago.

Nevertheless, I was not very happy with the results because the fire was just too small to sear the chuck eyes the way I like - they were charred more than seared. I've been feeling a little lazy lately due to a pretty wild combination of Rx drugs so I thought I would try a small fire. Live and learn - over and over

 

[sawhorseray]

Not every cook is going to come out perfectly the way you want, looks like that one got away from you by a bit, tho not much. I hear you about the Rx meds Spook, used to cost a small fortune to get that kind of buzz. RAY

 

[mike243]

I need to find me a hickory tree to cut down, been out of live hickory for a long time, kiln dried is ok but not the best imo. any wood is better than no wood in the end.

 

[edmonds]

When meat is put directly on coals (or even on a grate directly on coals), the coals are partially smothered and the fire is not as hot. If you have a thin steak, the inside will get done before the outside gets a good char. It helps to have a thick steak and a large enough fire that you can move steak to a new spot when turning over.

Here is my old video of caveman steaks directly on coals (and one of my favorite tunes).

 

[Retired Spook]

When meat is put directly on coals (or even on a grate directly on coals), the coals are partially smothered and the fire is not as hot. If you have a thin steak, the inside will get done before the outside gets a good char. It helps to have a thick steak and a large enough fire that you can move steak to a new spot when turning over.

Here is my old video of caveman steaks directly on coals (and one of my favorite tunes).

You are the best edmonds ! I have learned a great deal from you.