More Americans fire up the grill on Labor Day weekend than on any other, with the possible excepting being the 4th of July. So in honor of that tradition we decided to hold the first ever Grillapalooza, or as Lightnin refers to it Meat Mania! We lit the fires on the Brinkman smoker to cook ribs, the big Weber for rib eye steaks and lamb chops, and the medium Weber for ham steaks and chicken breasts!
I've been grilling for a long time, a little over 30 years now, and continually work on honing those skills and I think I'm getting close to perfection with this rib recipe, but not so fast let's talk about the other meats first and we'll get back to the ribs.
The Rib eyes we dusted with a commercial grilling spice that included coriander, garlic, powder, salt, pepper, and a few other goodies, and then gave them a spritzing with some good Tennessee bourbon. After letting them sit with this mixture for several hours they went on the grill.The Lamb chops we treated with some Xin Jian spice that somehow made it's way into my luggage when I left Beijing, again letting them sit for a couple hours and then onto the grill.
The Chicken breasts we merely salted and peppered and then on the grill because they will be used to make some other yet undetermined meals this next week.The Ham we dusted with dry ground mustard seed and then dusted with the rib dry rub (we'll get to it in a minute) and then a spritzing of the bourbon, then onto the grill!
So then let's see what's left, oh oh that's right, the ribs! ;-)
The ribs we dusted with our home made curry powder, let them sit over night in the fridge, and then dry rubbed them with this mixture: 2cups brown sugar, 3 TBS cracked black pepper, 2 TBS cayenne pepper, 1 TBS smokey paprika. Then into the smoker they went!
The choice of wood for the event was a mixture of Maple, apple, and oak chips which give a little more mild smoke flavor than either hickory or mesquite.
So what would you prepare to go with all this meat? We decided to do some prosciutto wrapped asparagus, and cheesy potatoes and broccoli.
Well, there you have it Grillapalooza! I think we'll make this an annual event, and who knows maybe next year we'll expand the menu and put something on the little Weber too!
Happy Labor Day everyone!
5 comments:
Sounds like a carnivore carnival to me! I used almost the same rub recipe on some bodacious pulled pork last week.
FC - It's a good mixture of sweet to spicy!
What happened was the butcher all out of rabbit? jaf
JaF - Too funny, but the Lapin will have to wait until next month when we head back over to Brussels for a visit! ;-)
Lets have a Rib Cook off??What do you say worst thing to happen we get more ribs than we can eat.LOL Ollie thinks he can cook and so does Brain .Iv herd SirTom say he could cook as well What ya say
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