Duke City Shenanigans - Stormy Saturday Ribeye & Sunday Wing Showers (w/Pr0n)

Happy Sunday, Pharkers and Pharkettes!

Yesterday's overtime work lead to storms approaching as I wanted to light the grill for dinner.



I waited out the first squall line and broke out the Oakridge 50/50 mix of Carne Crosta w/ Santa Maria.



As I considered the ribeye timeline, I got the oven going and applied my recent favorite baked potato seasoning: a light coat of EVOO followed quickly with a heavy hand of Cavender's. Where has this been all my life!?



As the virga passed just to the West toward downtown, I started the ribeye.



Gotta love a Vortex, offset in the kettle for indirect.... which really makes a great spot for that final sear/char.



I've had it before, but I keep coming back to a simple slathering of good butter and a healthy dollop (or more) of Green Chile Dip on my 'tater.



Sunday took me on an adventure to the local ginormous Meximart, "El Super" - no photos, but the carne asada preparada (pre-marinated carne asada) was frickin' awesome for lunch.

I've had a hankerin' for wings for at least a month.... but I've been doing other things.

Good Chit, Gold Star, and Oakridge HDD make an appearance tonight.



More to follow.

It's been a long while... something about chicken cooking with a touch of hickory smoke that just sets my mouth to watering...

Learning to BBQ said:

That is golden Brother! I'm jealous. Just as an aside, I went to two different bbq places today to try and find that 'vortex'.

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Owens BBQ, brother.

I didn't dig too deeply on the shipping, but they've gotta be able to send it your way.

Before I had one of these, I used a poor man's Vortex of 4 firebricks in a square in the center of my kettle. Worked pretty darned good!

Nice crispy skin and delicious. Bit of smoke.

Blue Cheese Dressing, as friends don't let friends put Ranch on wings. :shock:

It's been a great interlude today. Back at it in the morning.

Y'all have a great week.