"Freezer Dive Challenge!" Throwdown (Entry & Discussion Thread)

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"Freezer Dive Challenge!"

As chosen by sandro for winning the "BBQ Across America" Throwdown

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sandro said:

Let’s see what we can dig out of our freezers to cook up! Whole roasts, chickens, burgers, trimmings, leftovers, as long as it comes from your freezer, it qualifies! This is an open category, which means you can cook anything you like per standard Throwdown rules, but you must show a picture of your frozen food item(s) in your entry/cook thread.

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You may submit entries that are cooked from Friday 10/8 through Monday 10/25.

Entry pictures must be submitted by Noon Central US Time on Monday 10/25.

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Best of luck and even better eats to all!

SMOKE FREAK said:

Great choice! This is wide open...

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I'd like to see someone create a dish solely from frozen items, seasonings excepted, perhaps. :idea:

thirdeye said:

Maybe a three-way entry?..... Direct grill a frozen pizza. :laugh:

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I have made many delicious pizzas and posted them here from mainly frozen ingredients-dough, cheese, toppings.


I do have a funny direct grilled frozen pizza story, though:


Many years ago before I got into grilling and smoking, a friend and I were camping in the high sierras. We stopped at the market 30 miles from our campsite to load up our cooler with supplies, and as we passed the frozen pizza section, she asked if it was possible to grill a Wolfgang Puck frozen pizza. We had enjoyed many of them together. So I said, "I don't see why not. Let's give it a try!"


That night, after the coals died down in the fire, I laid a cooking grate over some rocks and let the fully thawed pizza cook. I created a dome over the pizza using aluminum foil to keep the heat in. About ten minutes later, the top of the pizza was done, with the cheese melted beautifully and toppings perfectly cooked, I got the pizza off the grate and onto a cutting board and cut into it with a large chef's knife. As I cut into the pizza, the crunch was so audible I knew we were in trouble. The bottom of the pizza had become a crispy, fully carbonized black disc. The best we could do was scoop all of the cheese and toppings off the top into bowls and eat it in quiet desperation, knowing the experiment was not only an epic failure, it would never be repeated again.


We still share a hearty belly laugh when we revisit that memory!


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SMOKE FREAK said:

It will be.
But what I have in my freezer wont compare to what Sako has in his.

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That shouldn't matter - this is not a "Who Has the Best Goodies in the Freezer" contest. It's what you do with what you have that counts...

^^^^That looks great, Sandro! Is this an entry? If so, which is your entry photo?