BBQ Brethren "Buffalo" Throwdown!

[landarc]

Gore, that looks like a nice haul, but, those are duck breasts, not buffalo.

 

[Gore]

Gore, that looks like a nice haul, but, those are duck breasts, not buffalo.

:doh:

 

[deathamphetamine]

the excitement is building, Its Gonna be A TD!

 

[Gore]

the excitement is building, Its Gonna be A TD!

About those ribeyes of ours ... wanna trade? :becky:

 

[southernsmoker]

Redhot, sorry I'm out..I can get Moose, Caribou, Bear, Seal even Beaver but no farkin Buffalo!! :doh: :wink:

Edit-We do have frozen bison burgers in the shops but that ain't TD worthy!!

 

[deguerre]

Redhot, sorry I'm out..I can get Moose, Caribou, Bear, Seal even Beaver but no farkin Buffalo!! :doh: :wink:

Edit-We do have frozen bison burgers in the shops but that ain't TD worthy!!

Simple. Go the Gore route and make a bison shaped meat loaf.:-D

 

[southernsmoker]

Catfood and grain fed!!!:crazy:

 

[Gore]

Redhot, sorry I'm out..I can get Moose, Caribou, Bear, Seal even Beaver but no farkin Buffalo!! :doh: :wink:

Edit-We do have frozen bison burgers in the shops but that ain't TD worthy!!

Bison burgers would be great, but not frozen, yech! I think your best bet is to work with the buffalo catfood. :thumb:

 

[landarc]

Bison burgers would be great, but not frozen, yech! I think your best bet is to work with the buffalo catfood. :thumb:

It's already in burger form, how could you go wrong with it.

 

[bover]

I've seen ground buffalo meat at the local Hy-Vee here, but I don't usually buy meats there, and I have no idea what to expect from their buffalo. I'm heading to the butcher to see if they have buffalo (I've never asked before).

Just as an FYI, McGonigle's lists buffalo as one of the specialty meats they carry.

http://www.mcgonigles.com/local_market/meat.php

 

[BigButzBBQ]

Woo hoo! Haven't had Bison in a while! And wouldn't you know it, we happen to have a bison farm nearby. FYI- They ship meat out all over the country. The place is called North Star Bison. Had a friend from Chicago order some Bison ribs from them last year and said they were pretty reasonable. :becky:
Would really love a Bison steak. Last time I had one of those was when I was 16 and we went out to Medora, ND. YUM! :hungry:
Good choice oh hotly red one. :heh:

 

[Grinchjr]

We have a few of those around here.

seven miles frome home.

 

[deathamphetamine]

Redhot, sorry I'm out..I can get Moose, Caribou, Bear, Seal even Beaver but no farkin Buffalo!! :doh: :wink:

Edit-We do have frozen bison burgers in the shops but that ain't TD worthy!!

thats crazy man! Beaver? Really? :-o

 

[deathamphetamine]

About those ribeyes of ours ... wanna trade? :becky:

Its a whole roast, not sure yet about steaking it. I'm leaning towards rotisserie :becky:
I'd love to trade.... been looking for a used weber kettle but they are virtually non existent around these parts :doh:

 

[Gore]

thats crazy man! Beaver? Really? :-o

What? You've never had any Beaver? Really sorry to hear that.

 

[Redhot]

We just got home from buffalo hunting! First we went to The Fresh Market but all they had was ground bison (guess that employee I talked to on the phone yesterday was having a duh moment). We were perturbed enough to walk away and leave the basket, I mean the employee did tell me they had steaks and roasts. So off to Whole Foods we went hoping they stocked actual cuts of bison. Jackpot!!!! They had some beautiful shoulder roasts and strip steaks. Guerry had already been talking about how much he wanted to try a roast so he went with the shoulder, I picked out two nice similar sized strip steaks. These were...um, pretty pricy! But hey, I've been wanting to try buffalo for years, the very reason I chose this category for the TD. We shall have to limit our adult beverage consumption during the cook.

 

[bluetang]

Good gosh, that looks good. I think our connection is Whole Foods down in PB. Gonna try to get there, All the buffalo I've ever had was jerky. Fresh:thumb:

 

[Redhot]

I'll be sitting this one out, but I'll be watching with interest! I've never seen Buffalo BBQ before!

I was a little worried about regular TDers being able to find buffalo/bison. But after much debating in my head I came to the conclusion that this was the only way I was gonna get deguerre to bite the bullet and let me try buffalo. You have won many a TD and for your next win you could easily choose...kangaroo - or those over-sized crawfish thingys you entered a while back and watch us all scratch our heads trying to figure out if we can even get the goods to enter. Just kidding aussie, but I did think buffalo/bison was a totally new and fresh idea as far as TD categories go. :thumb:

 

[Gore]

As I showed before, I did find some buffalo steaks at Balducci's. Our Whole Foods does not carry buffalo. Balducci's only had a few vacuum packed cuts. I grabbed the rib eye:

I think under any other circumstances I would not have picked it up. Unlike Redhot's strip steaks at $19.99/pound, Balducci's carried only half-pound steaks at the bargain-basement price of $33.98/pound. If it weren't for the throwdown, I would've gone right for the Wagyu, which was considerably less expensive actually. :shock: For lunch today, I seasoned this with some Foil Hat Rub, Lawry's and parsley.

I heated up the grill and cooked it hot and very fast:

Must say the flavor was quite nice. It was a bit tougher than a choice beef ribeye, but that was expected due to the leanness.

Overall, no complaints here. I'm glad I tried it, which is really the primary purpose of these throwdowns. Thanks Redhot! :thumb:

 

[Redhot]

Wow, that is one gorgeous mouth watering buffalo ribeye there gore! I hope my steaks turn out that perfect. I suppose I need to get them on the kettle well before 6 p.m. what with the impending end of the world and all!:shock: