BBQ Brethren "Mongo's Birthday OPEN" Throwdown!

[caseydog]

Wait, so Mongo bought you a rotisserie for his birthday? I didn't get a present Farking UPS :mad2:

You apparently didn't send Mongo a Candygram on his birthday.

CD

 

[colonel00]

Okay, when I got the rotisserie for Mongo's birthday CD

I was confused by this too. Did you get it as a party favor? Did you buy it for Mongo but then decided to "test" it out just to be sure it was a good gift?

Wait, so Mongo bought you a rotisserie for his birthday? I didn't get a present Farking UPS :mad2:

Whoa, whoa, whoa, when did this rule come into effect?!?! I am not buying all of you farkers rotisserie guinea pig soup machines since my birthday is coming up. To be fair though, I am willing to get you all Nacho Rotisserie Guinea Pig Soup Machines instead :becky:

You apparently didn't send Mongo a Candygram on his birthday.

CD

No, but I am sending him a Saxygram :whoo:

Sexy Sax Man Careless Whisper Prank feat. Sergio Flores (directors cut) - YouTube

 

[Will work for bbq]

Yeah that's it Paul... Farking UPS! Hopefully the rest of you got your presents. ray:

Thats funny, Santa told me the same thing.

 

[nucornhusker]

First chance to stop by today. What did I miss?

 

[landarc]

You missed Candy

 

[bingo1912]

Well I guess it's only fitting that I should kick off this TD since I was the one who called it... I'll be cooking a couple meals over the holidays, but the meal planned for tonight was the most suitable for this category. My sister, BIL and nephew are staying with us until Tuesday. My daughter's BF also came over so we had a total of eight of us for dinner tonight.

I started off with about a four pound New York strip roast I picked up for $4.50 per pound. I bought it last week and ended up vacu-sucking and freezing it. I pulled it from the freezer on Tuesday to thaw in the fridge. Rubbed the roast with a homemade Czervik Montreal Steak seasoning. Notice the frosty brew and the even frostier back yard... Temp outside was in the nipply mid twenties. :tsk: This went on the Traeger at 250 with hickory for a total of about 2 hours. I pulled when it got to 124.

Dungeoness crab is always on sale this time of year so we picked up a nice two pounder. The butcher popped the top and cleaned some of it and left us with the money pieces. Notice the level of the beverage must be shrinking due to the cold...:heh:

My BIL offered to pick all the goodies from the shell and I gladly let him have at it. It must have made him very thirsty while he was constructing this nice pile... :shocked:

Costco had 13-15 count Tiger prawns that I just couldn't resist. Seasoned later with garlic, lemon herb, pepper and season salt after brushing lightly with EVOO. How does this beer keep refilling itself?

The crab and shrimp were feeling kind of lonely so we thought we'd invite some "Mongo" scallops along for the ride too... Only three of us really like them so we only picked up eleven. BIL ended up cooking these on the Performer in a CI skillet with some EVOO, onion and other spices of his choosing.

What surf and turf meal would be complete with out some maple planked salmon? They were spiced up the same as the prawns. The planks would go on the gasser till they began to smoke, and then the lightly EVOO brushed fillets placed on top. :becky:

Now here's where the picture wheels came off the rails. We had the Traeger going, the Performer going, and the gasser que'd up and ready to roll. In the meantime, I had put together a shredded potato dish with garlic, cream cheese, sour cream, cheddar and assorted other spices. No meal at the Czervik's would be complete without brocolli, and to complicate matters we also made up a garlic herb cheese sauce and added the crab cleaned earlier. Suffice it to say with all the plates up in the air, all the meat on the grills, the potatos in the oven, the brocolli and creamy crab sauce on the burners, and the Silver Back Mountain Gorillas flying out of my butt at the same time, I didn't get a chance to snap any other action shots. :doh: So here we have the finished meal. I had to take the pictures in a real hurry while everyone plated up and started to chow down. The spuds are in the back, the salmon with the creamy crab sauce is on the sides and the couple scallops I was able to snag are up front on top of the prawns. They kind of get lost in the contrast.

A little closer shot...

Money shot...

I know it's kind of a mess, but I wanted to eat it before it got cold. I didn't have time to fark around much with a better layout or a nice fork shot. :tsk: Everyone was really stoked about how the meal turned out, and so was I. The beef was tasty and perfectly done, the prawns and scallops were tender and juicy, and the salmon took on just the right amount of flavor from the planks. I ended up drizzling more of the sauce on just about everything, and the potatos were enough to put me over the top. I'm still thanking the Baby Cheeses for the stretchy pants I had on. :heh:

Thanks for looking and I can't wait to see what all the rest of you are having. :thumb:

That's some really great looking broccoli! :thumb::becky:

 

[Shiz-Nit]

Brisket Fat Basted Steak and Twice Baked Taters

Thanks for looking
For the steak I made a brisket fat compote. I added some spices, fine diced scallions, fresh fine chopped garlic, and some red wine and rolled it up in plastic wrap, put it in the fridge until just set again, unrolled and cut in slices, placed on top of the steak while grilling.

 

[Oldyote]

I really wanted to make this for Mongo on his birthday but life got in the way and I spent most of the last few days driving to visit my Mom in South Dakota (home of the redneck quiche ).

We finally returned home last night and I found myself with a little extra time today so I thought a belated birthday present was better than none at all.

I happen to know that Mongo likes a good bacon cheeseburger. I wanted to make this one extra special so I decided to play around with some Oakridge BBQ seasoning.




The thought of a good bacon cheese burger without fries or onion rings seemed a little sad so I decided along with my Mongo Burger I needed to dream up some Mongo Fries. Mongo fries are like regular fries except with a super special Mongo batter made up of Death Dust (just a little), Onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, and chili powder.



This was clearly not going to be a healthy birthday meal so I thought what the fark Mongo you deserve an all out bacon fried big green egg grilled bacon cheeseburger delight.





Some assembly required and a Diet Coke (in case Mongo is watching his weight).




Scarlett didn't finish her grapes and said that Mongo could have those in case he needed a little health food to go along with the burger.



By the way Oakridge BBQ Santa Maria Steak Seasoning and Secret Weapon make a really great burger.

Happy Birthday Mongo.

 

[colonel00]

Nice looking grapes :thumb:

 

[bigabyte]

That is one Happy looking Meal right there!:thumb::wink::heh::becky:

 

[Gore]

Scarlett didn't finish her grapes and said that Mongo could have those in case he needed a little health food to go along with the burger.

I love grapes more than I love roasted peppers. That is a winner right there. :thumb:

I'm voting for Scarlett!

 

[Al Czervik]

Holy smokes Oldyote... Talk about a hitting the bullseye when it comes to Mongo's favorite meal! :clap2:

You absolutely knocked that one out of the park. :thumb: BTW, thanks for the Diet Coke... After all the food I've been eating lately I could sure use it. :becky:

p.s. Please tell Scarlett thanks so much for the grapes.

 

[Crazy Harry]

Young Goat Ribs

For something different, we start here: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119782

now that we have the meat, we rub some ribs

and then on the UDS:

I did foil these with some AJ near the end and finished the last 20 min with some sauce.

and the plate for dinner.

 

[Gore]

Wow! Now that looks great! Mongo, you still hungry, or can I eat that for you. :hungry:

 

[Al Czervik]

Great meal CR! I haven't had goat ribs before but would sure like to after seeing these. :thumb:

 

[Al Czervik]

Mongo, you still hungry, or can I eat that for you. :hungry:

I'm still pretty stuffed after eating the twenty pounds of pulled pork and beef yesterday... :tsk:

Give Harry a call and I'm sure he'll hook you up. Please save a couple bites for me though for later. :becky:

 

[NorthwestBBQ]

Eggs Benedict!

 

[Gore]

Mongo, breakfast is ready! :hungry:

 

[bluetang]

Meat For Mongo

Started with a 5 lb chuck

Browned it up, threw it back in the DO with onions, garlic, salt and pepper. No added liquid. Keeping it simple(it is for Mongo after all).

Cooked for fours hours starting with seven coals on the bottom and 15 on the top. Had to add coals every 45 minute or so.

Fork tender!

Picked up a bottle of hootch for Mongo too, a full quart:thumb:

Happy Birthday Mongo. Please use this shot, and thanks for looking.

 

[Gore]

That would sure look great on a bed of nachos (with a broccoli garnish). :roll:

Oh ... forget it, just give me a plate. :hungry: