Smoked Beef Heart...

[Gonna Smoke]

...is something I've never cooked or eaten. A friend had a cow butchered and one of the things he offered me was the heart and I happily accepted.

I trimmed and seasoned it with pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and a rub I make. I didn't add any additional salt other than what's in my rub. Placed it in the refrigerator overnight...

Next day I rolled it and tied it...

Indirect heat on one of my Webers with some lump and some hickory...

When the internal temp reached about 125℉, I cut the strings and unrolled it. Over direct heat for a sear for a few minutes on each side. Rested for a few...

Sliced. Mostly medium rare with some slices near the ends being medium...

Served with a salad and mashed gold potatoes with bacon and cheese...

The flavor was beefy, not metallic or irony like liver can be. There really isn't any grain pattern and the texture was like really firm beef liver, but tender. I and our guests were very pleasantly surprised with the outcome and I will do this again if I can source beef hearts...

 

[pc farmer]

That looks good. I will have to try it, I have a few in the freezer.

 

[SmokinEdge]

That looks delicious. I’ve cooked and eaten lots of hearts over the years, but honestly never smoked one. I like your method. Again looks great.

 

[pushok2018]

Agreed - looks real good! I had an idea to grill/smoke beef hear but couldn't source the product in my local stores..... Would like to try this myself....

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Thanks folks for the kind words. This was an opportunity to do something different, something that you don't see everyday and there really isn't a lot of information out there about smoking beef heart so I just kind of winged it. I also seared a couple of steaks just in case , but everyone ate the heart so the term "eat your heart out" definitely applied...

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I have a few in the freezer.

I'm jealous now...

 

[Brokenhandle]

That looks really good! We smoke our deer hearts now after seeing crazymoon post on his hearts, before that we used to boil them with seasonings. I like how you cut and seasoned yours. Now ya have me wondering if we ate the last beef heart given to us or if it's in the freezer!

Ryan

 

[Torch&Tone]

I've very much enjoyed beef heart carpaccio before - olive oil, capers, and a little sea salt and lemon squeeze - but never tried it smoked! Looks like a fun (and successful) experiment.

 

[zwiller]

Looks great. Beef tongue and heart are really popular here. Dang shame it's expensive or I'd be playing with it. Almost all tongue and heart is pickled here, heavy on the onions. This is pretty typical how it's done. It's usually sliced thin and served on cracker type stuff. Mostly a snack or maybe lunch food. https://www.acoalcrackerinthekitchen.com/2019/04/18/pickled-beef-heart/

 

[Bearcarver]

Looks Great, GS!!!
I love Heart---Rabbit, Squirrel, Pheasant, Duck, Grouse, Deer, and Cow.
I've had a lot more Deer Heart than I've had Cow Heart, because Mrs Bear does the shopping, and she won't buy Heart unless I tell her to.
Nice Job on yours!!
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Bear

 

[Gonna Smoke]

That looks really good! We smoke our deer hearts now after seeing crazymoon post on his hearts, before that we used to boil them with seasonings. I like how you cut and seasoned yours. Now ya have me wondering if we ate the last beef heart given to us or if it's in the freezer!

Ryan

Thanks Ryan. I would always clean my deer heart, cut in half, and run it through the cuber 1 time. Then I would fry it like cubed steak. After this and what crazymoon moon posted, I will trying some new things with them...

I've very much enjoyed beef heart carpaccio before - olive oil, capers, and a little sea salt and lemon squeeze - but never tried it smoked! Looks like a fun (and successful) experiment.

Carpaccio...now there's an idea for sure. Thank you...

Looks great. Beef tongue and heart are really popular here. Dang shame it's expensive or I'd be playing with it. Almost all tongue and heart is pickled here, heavy on the onions. This is pretty typical how it's done. It's usually sliced thin and served on cracker type stuff. Mostly a snack or maybe lunch food. https://www.acoalcrackerinthekitchen.com/2019/04/18/pickled-beef-heart/

Beef tongue is readily available here at Walmart, but I have never seen heart. I have a friend who is the manager of a local butcher shop and he says he can't give them away, but would order me some if I wanted them, he's checking on the price now. Only problem is he thinks that they come in a 30 lb. box and I'd have to buy them all...

Looks Great, GS!!!
I love Heart---Rabbit, Squirrel, Pheasant, Duck, Grouse, Deer, and Cow.
I've had a lot more Deer Heart than I've had Cow Heart, because Mrs Bear does the shopping, and she won't buy Heart unless I tell her to.
Nice Job on yours!!
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Bear

Thank you, Bear. I would cut deer heart in half and run them through the cuber 1 time. Then fry it like cube steak with gravy and onions...

 

[Bearcarver]

Thank you, Bear. I would cut deer heart in half and run them through the cuber 1 time. Then fry it like cube steak with gravy and onions...

MMMMmm---That sounds Great !!

Bear

 

[crazymoon]

GS, looks delicious!

 

[Winterrider]

Love deer heart, if you can save them.

 

[bauchjw]

Looks incredible! My grandma used to do a stew with beef heart, we did sandwiches too. I remember really liking it, I hadn’t thought of that in years. Great post, creative and an old is new again for me! Thank you for the inspiration!

 

[jcam222]

Heart is on my to do list. Looks great.

 

[pc farmer]

Love deer heart, if you can save them.

Head shot.