Jerked Pork Loin, and Scallops, and Lamb Chops oh my.

[Rusty Heap]

Dave's been busy the last week keeping the awesome food flowing across the bbq...

Tried a couple new things in seasoning methods and meat types:


Garlic Gourmet Jerk Seasoned Rub Pork Tenderloin, Quick sear then low and slow keeps it medium rare and melt in your mouth moist inside. Cut the Long Loin into 3-4" pieces to make cooking more uniform.







Jumbo Scallops:

Sometimes I soak these in common milk or buttermilk for an hour - imparts a slight milky body of flavor to them, then dust them with a spice rub of choice, sometimes I wrap them in bacon, then bbq ..........this time, no milk soak, and no seasoning on the scallops themselves, but made up a spiced herb butter in the mini-processor with garlic, italian spice, bit of southern dust heat, blended it smooth, then quickly carmalized saute'd mushrooms and onions in a cast iron pan and then added the Scallops for a quick sear maybe 2 minutes a side.













Lamb T-bone Steaks:

The BEST dish, no knifes or forks needed was some baby small lamb T-bone steaks. These were less than 3-4 inches across each. Call it a 3-4 bite finger food. The Tenderloin Filet side just melted in your mouth butter smooth tender that you didn't even want to chew or swallow it, it just sorta melted in your mouth. The Top loin bigger cut side of the bone was still ever so yummy tender. Lamb is a great cut of meat if you haven't tried it, These lamb T-bones were a first for me, normally we get a boneless leg ham cut. Only T-bones from now on!

did two type of rub on them, one a Greek Style Rosemary herb base, and one a darker garlic sweeter brown sugar rub.

I ate 4, the wife got 3, perfect meal in many ways! Just a quick hot sear leaving some nice cross-hatching marks on the meat and they awesome. You try lamb chops if you haven't before.......









YUMMY STUFF, Life is too short for cheap cuts of meat...........really, this stuff isn't mind blowing expensive, Pork Tenderloin $3.99 a pound, Scallops $8.99 a pound for the 10 counts/lb, Lamb T-bones $4.99 a pound.

PS. Hamburgers Suck.

GRINS!

Life is short, eat well.............BURP often, keeps a Smile on your face!!!

[MattKellett]

Looks fantastic Dave.

We mostly grill pork tenderloin too and it's such a reasonable cut and so tender and juicy mmm mmmm.

We're also big fans of the thicker cut lamb chops, but our favorite grilled lamb is a butterflied leg, slowly grilled over charcoal with a rosemary based rub.

Good eaten'

[vash]

wow!! i love lamb chops! those look great. i never really go beyond salt/pepper..maybe a sprig or two of rosemary tossed into the coals.

i also love scallops. that wasnt all one meal was it?

and dont be knocking the burgers..a great bbq burger is no easy feat. . i think it is more difficult to grill than a good steak.

and what grill is that? looks well seasoned!

[KevinP73]

Oh thats just cruel.....I missed the lunch truck this morning and I'm freakin hungry.

[myamoto1]

I just finished a flank steak lunch and my mouth is watering! Looks fantastic. If I left now, I'd be there in time to help set the table for dinner

[Rusty Heap]

One of the best cooking tools I ever got, was last Christmas, a ThermoPen.

No it's not cheap at almost $100 for a cooking thermometer, but DAMN is it fast, from room temp to accurate meat temp in under 3 seconds. Certified within .7 degrees F. Water resistant so you can wipe it off, batteries are supposed to last 1500 hours, and yeah it comes in about a dozen different colors. 3 seconds to accurate reading and I'm not kidding, You don't have to keep the grill or smoker lid open 20-30 seconds to get the actual temp, just 3 seconds to stab the meat with the micro thin tip (why it's so fast/accurate) take a reading, then quickly close the lid.

VERY cool packaging too..........I think you all should get one for the wife for christmas, and store it next to your grill/smoker.

ThermoWorks - The New Splash-Proof Super-Fast Thermapen


Amazon.com: Splash-Proof Super-Fast Thermapen (Purple) Instant Read Thermometer, Perfect for Barbecue, Home and Professional Cooking: Kitchen & Dining


To sum it up, YES the Thermapen IS worth it...........how many over-done ruined steaks/roasts do you need to burn instead of monitoring them FAST and ACCURATELY.

[vash]

i have an orange thermapen. i think the new one is even faster.

it would suck to not have it.

[Rusty Heap]

The newer style is water "resistant" in that they sealed up the pivot point and battery cover with an o-ring.

But, I salute you sir for owning one..........

Mine is faster and handles better, 82SC Guards Red Thermapen!.

YES I'd be lost without mine too, so handy for many things, even room temp, or fish tank temp, or what-ever instant temp you need.

Another new Temp Toy of mine, and actually matches my thermapen within 1 degree. This is fun to have:

Non-Contact Laser Thermometer


I'll have to compare meat surface temp with the laser against the thermapen, haven't tried that yet.