Tacos al pastor - Page 2

Moose · 05-20-2019, 12:02 PM

Bravo, Jeff! Perfect cook from beginning to end!

I think I like your setup better than mine as the meat juices don't leak out like they would on a horizontal spinning rotisserie. Plus, you get to carve off the meat as it cooks, like traditional AL Pastor!

About how high is the rig you created?

HogGrog · 05-20-2019, 12:27 PM

Incredible tacos!!

Yo quiero, yo quiero!!

D&D BBQ · 05-20-2019, 12:47 PM

Very nice! Looks like the best tacos I ever had In Puerto Vallarta and inspired me to order a vertical spit from the ceramic grill store so I can try this at home! So, you mentioned you sliced it 3 more times for a total cook time of ___ at what temperature? Good luck in the throw down and I’d say you got a great chance of taking it based on those great pron!

Cat797 · 05-20-2019, 12:54 PM

Man that looks killer! Awesome job.

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Joshw

Well done! I would so hurt myself on that.

Thank you Josh but I don't want anyone to hurt themselves. Getting uncomfortably full is perfectly fine.

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Originally Posted by bigpernz

Awesome cook I'd kill 10 of those

Thank you bigpernz

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Originally Posted by LordRiffenstein

Amazing cook and great pictures!

Thank you LR.

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LloydQ

That is looking like a throwdown winner! Beautiful plate shot!

Thank you Lloyd but there are lots of other fine entries that definitely could win and deserve your consideration.

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Originally Posted by Lynn Dollar

That's a great cook !

Thank you Lynn

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Originally Posted by gtsum

Outstanding!

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Thank you gtsum

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by pmad

awesome work

Thank you pmad

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Originally Posted by Capt

Very Nice! I would be all over that!

Thank you Capt

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Originally Posted by Grabnabber

That looks fantastic!

What's that green salsa you have there???

Thank you Grabnabber. The green salsa is Avocado Tomatillo Salsa. My favorite for street tacos.

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Big George's BBQ

YUM I want some of that

Thank you George

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Originally Posted by Ron_L

Thank you Ron.

Before I did this cook I looked up the "Skewered" Throwdown winning Al Pastor entry you made in 2016. I didn't copy it entirely but did incorporate certain things from it into my cook.

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Originally Posted by Stingerhook

I think I just fainted, great cook.

Thank you Marty.

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tom b

That looks crazy good DH

Thank you Tom

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Originally Posted by jermoQ

Super pretty good pics! Looks delicious too.

Thank you jermoQ

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Moose

Bravo, Jeff! Perfect cook from beginning to end!

I think I like your setup better than mine as the meat juices don't leak out like they would on a horizontal spinning rotisserie. Plus, you get to carve off the meat as it cooks, like traditional AL Pastor!

About how high is the rig you created?

Thank you Moose.

I'd love to have a real vertical spit / trompo to do both shawarma and al pastor but I don't have the room nor the courage to risk my life by telling my wife I brought this new exotic grill!

Regarding my spit: the juices still leak out but definitely not as much as a horizontal spit might. If you had the clearance and a large shallow dish (plus some heat resistant gloves) you could cut the meat off the horizontal spit.

I was limited on the height of the spit by needing it to fit under the Weber lid so that confined me to 12". If I were to use it in my Primo kamado, I could go up to 18".

Next time I'm going to use my kamado as I can heat soak it before placing the spit in and it will speed things up.

Mgd_fish · 05-20-2019, 03:09 PM

Great cook! I've been wanting to make al pastor as well.

DerHusker · 05-20-2019, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HogGrog

Incredible tacos!!

Yo quiero, yo quiero!!

Muchas gracias HogGrog.

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Originally Posted by D&D BBQ

Very nice! Looks like the best tacos I ever had In Puerto Vallarta and inspired me to order a vertical spit from the ceramic grill store so I can try this at home! So, you mentioned you sliced it 3 more times for a total cook time of ___ at what temperature? Good luck in the throw down and I’d say you got a great chance of taking it based on those great pron!

Thank you D&D. I cut the meat off a total of 6 times. The last time the meat was falling off while I was cutting as much as me cutting it off so I just guit and pulled it all off.

As far as the tempurature goes. I started it out slow, like at 250. I slowly ramped up the temp to mostly 350 but it once got as high as 415 and hear the end was down to 300.

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Originally Posted by Cat797

Man that looks killer! Awesome job.

Thank you Cat

thirdeye · 05-20-2019, 03:54 PM

Whoa, that is amazing.

legendaryhog · 05-20-2019, 04:25 PM

You win the day bro. Good gawd... I want now.

BillN · 05-20-2019, 04:47 PM

Dang you hit that one out of the park with bases loaded, amazing job on the photography, great plated presentation and an awesome recipe to boot...

05-20-2019, 12:02 PM	#16
Moose somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-12-08 Location: Gallatin, TN Name/Nickname : Richard	Bravo, Jeff! Perfect cook from beginning to end! I think I like your setup better than mine as the meat juices don't leak out like they would on a horizontal spinning rotisserie. Plus, you get to carve off the meat as it cooks, like traditional AL Pastor! About how high is the rig you created? __________________ Moose *Showcase Your Cooking in the BBQ Brethren Throwdowns!* 2017's "Mayo Explosion" The 2022 Steak Cooking Controversy: Follow the Science! Check out my blog: www.mooseonfire.com

05-20-2019, 12:27 PM	#17
HogGrog Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-18-17 Location: The Great State of Confusion Name/Nickname : Greg	Incredible tacos!! Yo quiero, yo quiero!! __________________ Money for nothing and your chicks rotisserie… Everybody must get “Blackstoned”… Don’t bogart that point, my friend... Bar-B-Que ain’t air pollution…

05-20-2019, 12:47 PM	#18
D&D BBQ Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 02-03-16 Location: Redding, CA	Very nice! Looks like the best tacos I ever had In Puerto Vallarta and inspired me to order a vertical spit from the ceramic grill store so I can try this at home! So, you mentioned you sliced it 3 more times for a total cook time of ___ at what temperature? Good luck in the throw down and I’d say you got a great chance of taking it based on those great pron! __________________ D&D BBQ competition team, Cookers: Small BGE, Akorn, 30x20 Santa Maria grill, PBC, UDS

05-20-2019, 12:54 PM	#19
Cat797 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-15-13 Location: Central IL Name/Nickname : Ed	Man that looks killer! Awesome job. __________________ Yoder YS640 - Weber 22.5" Performer - Hunsaker DIY - XL Big Green Egg

05-20-2019, 03:09 PM	#26
Mgd_fish Got Wood. Join Date: 04-14-15 Location: Arlington Heights, IL Name/Nickname : Matt	Great cook! I've been wanting to make al pastor as well. __________________ LSG 20x42 \|Humphrey's Battle Box \| Large BGE \|MiniMax BGE \| Weber Gasser for storage

05-20-2019, 03:54 PM	#28
thirdeye somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming	Whoa, that is amazing. __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln

05-20-2019, 04:25 PM	#29
legendaryhog is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 03-08-13 Location: LawrenceFarkingKansas	You win the day bro. Good gawd... I want now. __________________ -jeremiah LG BGE-Brinkman Cimmaron-Custom Pull-behind (old grade school boiler)-Weber Kettle-DCS 30" some say he's dead...some say he never will be.

05-20-2019, 04:47 PM	#30
BillN somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 03-14-16 Location: St David, Az. Name/Nickname : Bill	Dang you hit that one out of the park with bases loaded, amazing job on the photography, great plated presentation and an awesome recipe to boot... __________________ Bill, from Cochise County Arizona LSG 24 X 36 Horizonatal Offset w/warming oven, 32" fire pit with swinging cooking grate, PK 360 w/Grill Grates