Just bought a Sous Vide with a SEAR PLATE UNDER THE WATER RESERVOIR, PERFECT STEAK EVERYTIME!
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Just bought a Sous Vide with a SEAR PLATE UNDER THE WATER RESERVOIR, PERFECT STEAK EVERYTIME!
I grilled steaks for the family last night. Gas grill. No skillet, no sous vide, no "reverse sear," no "let it rest," none of that - just fire and meat. They were flawless.
If someone likes to use one of those other methods I say have at it, to each his own - but to me, they all seem to be overthinking the process and solving a problem that doesn't really exist. I don't have time (or, rather, I have better things to do with it) to spend three hours shrink-wrapping steaks to simmer them in water before I set them in a cast iron skillet and inadvertently notify the fire department that my house is on fire when it isn't. I used to cook steaks over charcoal and/or wood exclusively, but with life being what it is, most nights I also don't have the time or the inclination to spend an hour before a meal getting a fire ready to grill meat, so gas it is for me these days.
Back in my days as an undergraduate, I was a cook for the university's athletic department. Every single Wednesday we would grill 300+ t-bone steaks for the athletes and coaches. I got pretty good at doing it, so in my own humble opinion something like using sous vide or finishing a steak in the oven is something I see as a crutch of sorts. Again, it's not that I disagree with it or think it's wrong to do it, but I just see it as an unnecessary use of time and expense for a result that's no better than what I can get without them.
If someone likes to use one of those other methods I say have at it, to each his own - but to me, they all seem to be overthinking the process and solving a problem that doesn't really exist. I don't have time (or, rather, I have better things to do with it) to spend three hours shrink-wrapping steaks to simmer them in water before I set them in a cast iron skillet and inadvertently notify the fire department that my house is on fire when it isn't. I used to cook steaks over charcoal and/or wood exclusively, but with life being what it is, most nights I also don't have the time or the inclination to spend an hour before a meal getting a fire ready to grill meat, so gas it is for me these days.
Back in my days as an undergraduate, I was a cook for the university's athletic department. Every single Wednesday we would grill 300+ t-bone steaks for the athletes and coaches. I got pretty good at doing it, so in my own humble opinion something like using sous vide or finishing a steak in the oven is something I see as a crutch of sorts. Again, it's not that I disagree with it or think it's wrong to do it, but I just see it as an unnecessary use of time and expense for a result that's no better than what I can get without them.
Yes, well, in my part of the world we shiver and shudder from the interminable damp cold, and winds. There have been years of my life when not one day in a wet and miserable summer would have qualified as warm enough to wear shirt sleeves, or short sleeves, let alone think of cooking and eating outdoors.
Outdoor cooking pre-supposes the climate to go with it - which, in turn implies either lower latitudes, or seasonal changes which include genuinely warm summers.
For now, the reasons are mainly personal ones, namely, my elderly mother has advanced dementia.
However, I have not worked in my home country for the best part of a decade; and much of my work - sometimes for years at a time - has taken me to warm climates. Very warm climates. Warm both in the meteorological sense, and usually, a bit too warm for comfort, politically, as well.
It's never too cold for outdoor grilling!
I've been toying with the idea of buying a gas grill, unfortunately I'm not thrilled with the idea of leaving it parked outside in the city on the ground level. I have a nice deck, but it's illegal to have a grill on your deck where I am (though a lot of people do it anyways). If I buy one, I'd probably buy the cheapest one within reason. That way it something bad happened, it wouldn't that bad.
I've been toying with the idea of buying a gas grill, unfortunately I'm not thrilled with the idea of leaving it parked outside in the city on the ground level. I have a nice deck, but it's illegal to have a grill on your deck where I am (though a lot of people do it anyways). If I buy one, I'd probably buy the cheapest one within reason. That way it something bad happened, it wouldn't that bad.
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We're getting ready to have our deck rebuilt, local guy, does some outstanding work - we're going to wind up not replacing the side deck that wraps around the house, just do pavers at the ground level (there's some additional complexities with the HVAC compressor, needs to be dropped from the deck height down to the near ground level). Eventually what I want to do is a built in grill in the [eventual] ground level patio.
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We're getting ready to have our deck rebuilt, local guy, does some outstanding work - we're going to wind up not replacing the side deck that wraps around the house, just do pavers at the ground level (there's some additional complexities with the HVAC compressor, needs to be dropped from the deck height down to the near ground level). Eventually what I want to do is a built in grill in the [eventual] ground level patio.
Compelling support from the man basking in Florida sunshine!
My apartment would be perfect for the outdoor deck as it's covered. It's roughly 10x10, not bad for an apartment. It also has sufficient lighting and outlets. A gas hookup out here would be amazing. I count 4 other gas grills on decks from my perch here. At parents house we just put on our parkas and mittens and suck it up on the patio during rain and snow.
My buddy just picked up a beautiful apartment in NYC. It has a (shared) roof deck complete with furiture, a beautiful built in Wolfe gas grill, and outdoor fridge, etc. I wish these amenities could be found in Boston.
Well, yeah.
When I lived in Minnesota, outdoor grilling continued thru the winter. Put on your boots on, go out and do what needed to be done, then back inside.......quick and easy, no fuss....unless you track snow inside because you didn't take your boots off by the door, then there would be hell to pay
It definitely gets too cold here (Montreal, Canada) for my little grill. Although my cousin does it but it's with a really good grill and not in an appartment building that's almost always facing the cold wind