"Raising the Steaks" Throwdown (Entry & Discussion Thread) LASTS Through Monday, March 11th!!

Awesome~!!! I'm gonna grab some ribeye's for this one.

- G

I gotta plan too!

Picanha

I'm in! Here is the link to the cook thread -
https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307892

and my throwdown entry -



Regards,
-lunchman

I had a picanha night too!

Cook thread is here: https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=307889


Here is my entry photo:

I picked up and trimmed up some ribeye's. Separated the spinalis and tied them into medallions. Gonna reverse sear them today.


- G

No Andy...

Cook another STEAK!

LYU370 said:

I don't know if I should bother cooking a steak.

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The answer to that question is always a YES! :grin:

It's done type of a question but a serious one. Does country/chicken fried steak or Salisbury steak qualify? Technically it's beef but I feel like it's on the fence. I feel like doing something different and frankly I'm tired of eating/making steak in general. I'm serious :behindsofa:

ssv3 said:

It's done type of a question but a serious one. Does country/chicken fried steak or Salisbury steak qualify? Technically it's beef but I feel like it's on the fence. I feel like doing something different and frankly I'm tired of eating/making steak in general. I'm serious :behindsofa:

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I would say as long as you fry it outdoors in a cast iron dutch oven on a grill, it should qualify. I agree, im tired of doing steaks. And it seems like everyone and their grandmother is doing Tomahawk Ribeye steaks. Its played out in my opinion.

LYU370 said:

After discussing with Bill, he wanted me to have some input as well since we were co-winners. We decided that if it's commonly known or sold as a steak it's good to go, if it sold as a chop, sorry. Lamb chops & pork chops, no. Lamb leg steak & pork steak yes. Tuna steak, Salsbury steak, country fried steak.. That's what they're known as. Salmon steak, yes. Salmon fillet, no.

If it's commonly referred to as a "steak" it's good. Does that clear things up? As always, standard throwdown rules apply.

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Hear you loud and clear. Thanks Andy! And Bill!

So I decided that I want to join this throwdown. I need another zero lol. It happened to be that there was a sale on ribeye's at the onset of this TD. I grabbed some ribeye's and trimmed them up. Took the spinalis off and turned them into medallions. Tied the steaks and reverse seared them to get the internals at a beautiful rare steaks. I was not able to get a good pic of the steaks after cutting them as I served them whole. The cap steaks (spinalis medallions) did not photograph well after cooking them so I left them out.

Here is the same photo that I posted above, this is me trimming and processing the steaks up getting them ready:


This is the main ribeye seasoned up and waiting its turn:


Here are the Cap steaks seasoned and waiting as well, they photograph so much better before cooking:


The internals were slow cooked and brought up to 115f internal and then grilled to get the amazing flavor on the surface:




The final result, which I devoured soon after this image was taken. Came out perfectly. Personally I like NY Strip steaks. But this is possibly one of the best ribeye steaks that I have ever made.

I would like to use this photo as my submission to this throwdown!!!


Thank you for reading!

- G

PS: This throwdown made me create an instagram cooking page. CookingWithGammaReis. Shoot me a follow~!

Awesome post G! Steaks looking killer!

Woo Hoo! Nice first entry! I'd still like to see those other ones though! They were a great idea!

ssv3 said:

It's done type of a question but a serious one. Does country/chicken fried steak or Salisbury steak qualify? Technically it's beef but I feel like it's on the fence. I feel like doing something different and frankly I'm tired of eating/making steak in general. I'm serious :behindsofa:

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You might be tired of cooking and eating your steaks but we are not tired of watching you do it. :mmph:

So get on with it!

GIVE US STEAK!

SmokinAussie said:

You might be tired of cooking and eating your steaks but we are not tired of watching you do it. :mmph:

So get on with it!

GIVE US STEAK!

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Dang! Ok Fark it! :laugh::thumb:

ssv3 said:

Awesome post G! Steaks looking killer!

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Thanks so much, they were fun to make. But I have started to annoy my family with all the photos that I take. My daughter gets annoyed when I am plating she says "Great only another 30 minutes till dinner so dad can take photos".

SmokinAussie said:

Woo Hoo! Nice first entry! I'd still like to see those other ones though! They were a great idea!

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Thank you~! I will do them again, Next time I will sear them in a cast iron pan over the grill to get a crust on them. With the smoke and the reduced surface area they did not photograph well. Here is a pic of one that I plated, I didnt like how it looked. I did though put some Au Jus on it and it looked better but the gravy covers it up alot. .. Heck I dunno.


You know what. . . Screw it, I would also like to enter this image as a second entry into this throwdown.

ssv3 said:

It's done type of a question but a serious one. Does country/chicken fried steak or Salisbury steak qualify? Technically it's beef but I feel like it's on the fence. I feel like doing something different and frankly I'm tired of eating/making steak in general. I'm serious :behindsofa:

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As many throwdowns many of us have lost to you. I wanna see what you're gonna make. Do it~!!!

- G

I get weird looks too when I snap photos or especially when someone sees my camera roll. About 90% food and car pics :laugh:

:redface: I'll tell you what, it's going to be hard to beat with what you put out. :nod: :clap2: Spinalis dorsi especially looking mighty fine. :hungry:

GammaRei said:

Thanks so much, they were fun to make. But I have started to annoy my family with all the photos that I take. My daughter gets annoyed when I am plating she says "Great only another 30 minutes till dinner so dad can take photos".



Thank you~! I will do them again, Next time I will sear them in a cast iron pan over the grill to get a crust on them. With the smoke and the reduced surface area they did not photograph well. Here is a pic of one that I plated, I didnt like how it looked. I did though put some Au Jus on it and it looked better but the gravy covers it up alot. .. Heck I dunno.


You know what. . . Screw it, I would also like to enter this image as a second entry into this throwdown.





As many throwdowns many of us have lost to you. I wanna see what you're gonna make. Do it~!!!

- G

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