BBQ Brethren "Cheese" Throwdown!

[kcmike]

Yup. There it is. That is one PERFECT burger! :clap2::clap2::clap2:

Yet another must-do for the weekend. Looks like I'm having grilled cheese and burgers now! :becky:

 

[Gore]

What is the crutch? Melty, drippy cheese?

Cheese is always a crutch. Farked up a TD entry? Just melt some cheese over it and you've got a winner! It's as powerful as using bacon ... or a fork. :becky:

 

[colonel00]

Yup. There it is. That is one PERFECT burger! :clap2::clap2::clap2:

Yet another must-do for the weekend. Looks like I'm having grilled cheese and burgers now! :becky:

Why not do grilled cheese burgers :thumb: Do it before Sunday night and enter the TD :clap2:

 

[Oldyote]

A couple of years ago on the Food Truck Road Race those dudes from Grill Em All made a Behemoth Burger. It was/is a bacon cheese burger between two cheese sandwiches instead of buns.

 

[caseydog]

^^^^^What does that have to do with the price of eggs?

op2:implies waiting to see how it's going to turn out... Or at least I was. :tsk:

Just tossing out a challenge. Don't sit around eating popcorn, cut the cheese. :becky:

CD

 

[caseydog]

...and still nobody submits without using the crutch. :tsk:

Okay, dazzle us with your crutch-less entry. :boxing:

CD :becky:

 

[caseydog]

Okay, due to the number of grilled cheese sandwiches already entered, not to mention that killer queasadilla, I decided that a change in strategy was in order.

Gore's cheese crutch comments also made me think -- after-hours on a Friday, even. Way past thinking time.

So, I took parts one and two of my plan, and altered part three, going for a simple English cheese course -- something that I have enjoyed several times in my past visits to Great Britain. It is one of England's few contributions to good eating. :becky:

Stage one, the hardware. I "borrowed" a cold smoker design from a brethren, which involved buying a cheap soldering iron at Home Depot and drilling a hole in a tin can.

I filled the DIY smoke machine with pecan chips, and put it in my WSM on a rather cold day, and added hunks of Cheddar, Gouda and Swiss cheeses, which smoked for 90 minutes.

I let it mellow in the fridge for 24 hours in zip lock bags. My whole fridge and freezer still smell like smoke, even with the cheese in plastic bags. I'm sure my ice is going to taste like smoke, too. :tsk:

I served my cheese all by itself -- no crutches at all -- with a glass of my favorite Vintage porto.

It was all very good. My favorite was the Gouda, closely followed by the Swiss. The Cheddar was very good, too, but not as good as the other two.

From the smell when I took them out of the smoker, I was really worried that they were over-smoked. But, after a day in the fridge, the smoke flavor was actually just right.

Now, if you will excuse me, I feel an urge to read some Dickens.


CD

 

[Al Czervik]

Tastefully done GZ... :thumb:

 

[Gore]

Swiss, cheddar, Gouda! Wow, all have less than three syllables, so I even know what they are! :clap:

 

[caseydog]

BTW, in the interest of full disclosure, since it was dark and most of the lights in my house are compact fluorescents, I did use one of my studio lights to light the money shot. Just one light, and I used my point-and-shoot Canon to take the picture. I only used Photoshop to resize the image for posting.

CD

 

[caseydog]

Swiss, cheddar, Gouda! Wow, all have less than three syllables, so I even know what they are! :clap:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm still waiting to see which two ancient civilizations, that the rest of us will have to Google, that you are going to feature in your Multicultural throwdown entry.

CD

 

[Gore]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm still waiting to see which two ancient civilizations, that the rest of us will have to Google, that you are going to feature in your Multicultural throwdown entry.

CD

I was going to do Entish and Elvish, ... but Mongo farked it all up for me. :tsk:

 

[Moose]

Fantastic looking cheese, CD!

So were you happy with the results of the homemade can smoker, and would you do it again?

 

[Al Czervik]

I was going to do Entish and Elvish, ... but Mongo farked it all up for me. :tsk:

Let's not over exaggerate Gore... I only farked up the Elvish. :tsk:

Entish is still all yours... Although I think they mainly subsist on a liquid diet. :heh:

 

[caseydog]

Fantastic looking cheese, CD!

So were you happy with the results of the homemade can smoker, and would you do it again?

Your cheeseburger looked pretty darned good. You have something even better in mind for the throwdown? I can't wait to see it.

CD

 

[colonel00]

Friday night and still no idea what I want to do. At this point I am thinking tri tip and hoping the voters will be gentle. :tsk:

 

[Al Czervik]

Holy chit... Somebody get me a Tylenol.

 

[Oldyote]

Holy chit... Somebody get me a Tylenol.

Are you drinking beer or whiskey?

 

[bigabyte]

I just realized that somebody submitted a picture that was in focus.:der: What the fark is with that? You guys are setting the bar WAY too high for me. I'm taking my cheese wheel, and I'm going home.

 

[Al Czervik]

Are you drinking beer or whiskey?

:laugh:

Neither... I was having a hard time posting what I wanted to say and ended up with the brain pain... :doh: