BBQ Brethren "Mongo's Birthday OPEN" Throwdown!

Wow Mongo.

Can I just come to your house for Christmas? :hungry: I will bring my own Guinness.

Whew, glad this TD is now over. What is next?

twinsfan said:

Al, I am starting to hate you for these incredible surf n turf, multi part meals! No one can beat them :-D

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Oldyote said:

Wow Mongo.

Can I just come to your house for Christmas? :hungry: I will bring my own Guinness.

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colonel00 said:

Whew, glad this TD is now over. What is next?

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bigabyte said:

My thoughts exactly!:clap: Now I know why Al picked this one, he already had it locked up.:thumb:

Besides, who's going to vote against the Birthday Boy?

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Thanks for all the kind words but I know when people are blowing smoke up my skirt... :tsk:

Now please get off your collective butts and get cooking... :becky:

And please remember this is my surf and turf and nacho surf and turf.. :heh:

Wow! That looks really nice. I can't believe I'm going to get slaughtered in a throwdown by Koko the gorilla. :doh:

Al Czervik said:

And please remember this is my surf and turf and nacho surf and turf.. :heh:

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I don't see any corn chips in that pic? Are there corn chips in there? I don't know how to make nacho surf-n-turf without corn chips. CD is going to have a real conniption fit when he tries to figure that out. I wouldn't be surprised if he short-circuits. :shock:

Al Czervik said:

And please remember this is my surf and turf and nacho surf and turf.. :heh:

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Don't you mean, "And please remember this is surf and turf and nacho surf and turf?"

CD:becky:

Wow, Mongo, that's a real protein fest. :shocked:

That's as much food in one meal as I'll probably eat all weekend. Impressive.

CD

caseydog said:

Don't you mean, "And please remember this is surf and turf and nacho surf and turf?"

CD:becky:

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No... that's not what I meant. Like I said, it's my surf-n-turf and nacho surf-n-turf... :tsk: Can someone please help CD out with this concept...

caseydog said:

Wow, Mongo, that's a real protein fest. :shocked:

That's as much food in one meal as I'll probably eat all weekend. Impressive.

CD

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Hey... When you want to look like this, ya gotta stoke the furnace. :becky:

While I'm on a roll....Look at me, entering Throwdowns left and right, willie-nillie all like with the same cook.....

Cook thread reposes here..

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122760

Baked Spaghetti made with Smoked Meat Sauce, Pulled Pork Shoulder and Pan Fried CornBread



I will celebrate my birth on the 31st by the by....

Nice looking meal N8man. I was going to submit whatever it was I cooked on Mongoday, but I think it looks a bit too much like what Mongo already ate. :icon_blush:

My wife even baked him a cake, well, a flourless one anyway (not a submission).

WTF, it is an open TD, just submit it, Gore -- unless what you are really saying is your wife did all the cooking, and you sat around like a 1950's husband.

I will be back at home on Wednesday, and hope to submit something before I go camping on New Year's weekend. I'm still trying to channel my inner Mongo. It's not nearly as painful as channeling my inner bigabyte, and I am sure the effects won't last as long, but it does require a significant amount of substance abuse.

I think that once I get home, I will come up with something.

CD

Great looking meal Nate.:thumb:

I especially liked the two "Mongo" meatballs! :becky:

Please tell ecode thanks soooooo much for the cake. It looks very tasty! :becky:

caseydog said:

WTF, it is an open TD, just submit it, Gore -- unless what you are really saying is your wife did all the cooking, and you sat around like a 1950's husband.

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It isn't that. It is just boring and looks like a repeat of what Mongo cooked already, minus the yummy seafood. I'll let you judge yourself. I started out with a loin roast, just like Mongo did. I seasoned it up with Foil Hat, Lawry's and parsley, just like Mongo did. and cooked it indirect at 250* for about two hours, just like Mongo did. You kind of get the feeling that the philosophy of this cook can be summed up with the rhetorical question, "What would Mongo do?" :tsk:



I had two thermometers in it and they were 30 degrees apart (incredible, really). I pulled with one at 147* and the other at 117*. I figured the high one wasn't centered. I pulled and just waited. The one at 147* dropped to about 140* and the other one rose to about 130* after 25-30 minutes. I then seared:



Pulled and sliced:



Pic looks a bit too red, but it was really a beautiful, uniform medium rare, just a bit on the rare side.... and completely boring.

The night before we had a pork roast. I seasoned this the same way:



I cooked this a bit hotter, 275* until both probes were at about 145*. Again, I pulled and rested for about 20 minutes while I brought up the Oval to 500*. Then seared on the other side:





And sliced:



At least that wasn't the same thing Mongo made. :tsk: See, I expect none of you were able to stay awake through that. :yawn: Sorry Mongo for such a boring meal. At least the cake added a little life to the party. I'll try to put something decent together later this week for a belated cook.

*Yawn* What did I miss?

colonel00 said:

*Yawn* What did I miss?

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Not much, but it did remind me there are a couple leftover slices of pork in the fridge. Excuse me. :becky:

Gore, you can bore me like that ery day:clap2:

Gore... Both of those roasts look wonderful. :thumb: