BBQ Brethren "The Almighty Meatball" Throwdown!

OMG!!!! Stellar!!!!

Wow, I missed this entry.



That looks delicious.

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Gee, I haven't made meatballs in a long time. Gore's side of the family used to keep us supplied but we haven't been to visit as often, so we've been doing without. I used to make these Pasta Pie's that were sort of popular back in the day, and this got me to thinking....The first step is making some meatballs. I used a pork-beef combination and added breadcrumbs, Parmesan, parsley, garlic powder, etc.



Also mixed some finely chopped onion and nuked them with a bit of chicken base and water to add to the mixture. A tip from Gore's Italian Gramma.



Normally, I would brown the meatballs before roasting them, but I need these to have a tender exterior, so they just went on a cookie sheet and into my Primo. Here they're about halfway done.



While these cooked, I made some spaghetti, then mixed together ricotta, a couple eggs, parsley, garlic powder, mozzarella and more cheese



I stirred this into the spaghetti and added a fair amount of cream to make it moist enough not to mention heart-friendly and meatballs:



I mixed this all up and put it into a springform pan, covered with mozzarella and into the Oval for about an hour



Removing it,



I served this with sauce and Parmesan, and some extra meatballs:



Thanks for looking.

OK...The Throwdown is now officially off the Chain.....OutStanding Indeed!!



Gore, you Sir, are a Blessed Man.

I'm going to have to get my SuperPac fired up, because the Colonel has an endorsement from the Lovemaster...

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CD

Wow, ecode. What an incredibly creative dish. No way that has aver been done before. And it looks fantastic. The richness and density. Has anyone eaten more than one slice? I think I would need a nap after a half a slice. :thumb:

Killer entry. :clap2:

CD

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My wife and I achieved simultaneous mouthgasms looking at these!

I had some great meatball recipes from both of my grammas. I was even thinking about stuffing them with cheese or making a meatball sandwich, but then we were attacked by a Zombie. I think there's a bit of that going around here. Luckily Ninja and I managed to fight him off and decapitate him. Now my grammas lived during the depression and they always taught me to make do with what you have. I couldn't let that meat go to waste, so I went through their recipe cards and lookie what I found!



I decided to give it a try. It was a bit gruesome and all, so I'm not going to show the pictures. I followed the recipe as best I could and smoked it on the Oval. It took a bit over an hour at 325*. Despite what you might be thinking, there's some good eatin' on Zombie. I've heard it's the other red meat. I paired this with a red wine. And here's how it looked:





To our surprise, as we were taking pictures, the head started showing signs of life. Luckily Ninja was there to save the day. He gave a quick chop:



and then finished him off with a fatal jab:



Chris, I have no idea if any of these are appropriate.

That is just so wrong on so many levels. :tsk:

So, what did it taste like? :becky:

CD

This is beautiful.



This is freaking me out.




But it is roundish and made of meat. :clap2:

bigabyte said:

I want to see some GORE! Where's the after shot of the head after slicing it?

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We sliced it up and put it away so as not to freak out the kids. I'm still a bit hesitant, but Ninja gave it a sample



and seems none the worse for it.

caseydog said:

So, what did it taste like? :becky:

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Tastes like Victory, Baby! :thumb:

OMG, I was thinking of entering this TD tomorrow but I just remembered that the deadline is tonight... :doh: CHIT!

Not like I had a chance with these entries!

*sigh* Oh well. :mad2::tsk:

This is crazy! Im blown away at some of the entries posted in this throwdown. All I know is that after this is all done I should know how to make a meatball. :thumb:

Are all the TD's in 2012 going to be this amazing? I see myself racking up a bunch of zero's...

Gore, I Bow to your Total Zombie Dominance, Sir.....OutStanding!!!!!!



ecode, you have my deepest, heartfelt sympathies......

Gore - That is farkin' funny!

Gore said:

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Ninga is one Bad A$$, just to be safe you should probably feed Ninga some Avocados to fight off any Zombie infection. It is a well known fact that Avocados are loaded with antizombiedents.