BBQ Brethren "Apple" Throwdown

[landarc]

Here is my entry, an apple-cranberry chutney pie with curry sauce.

 

[Midnight Smoke]

Baked Apple on Little O

BBQ'd Apple & Banana with Ice Cream, topped off with Fruit Cocktail, Walnuts with Cinnamon and drizzled with Honey. Entry Shot...

 

[bigabyte]

OK, when I first joked around about and Apple Burger Sammich, I had no idea I would be drooling over one like that!:thumb:

Dang Bob, that is one interesting dish right there, I can honestly say I've never seen something like that before. I would definitely like to give it a try!

...and Terrry...dayum!:shock: That looks like something I could tear up pretty quick!:hungry:

 

[deguerre]

I think my entry qualifies under two current throwdowns tease...not quite ready yet.

 

[BigButzBBQ]

I have a evil wicked idea, might actually get booed for it. :heh:

 

[deguerre]

My Entry: Souerkraut Apples and Sausage:

cook thread !

 

[bigabyte]

I don't know why I logged into this site before dinner. I'm going bonkers now.

 

[---k---]

This is my apple entry. It is a turducken inspired a brined chicken stuffed with sausage stuffed with Apples and brown sugar. Smoked over Apple wood for 2.5 hour.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95650

 

[Smokeadelic]

My entry

Apple-Maple-Cheddar Fattie

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1462635#post1462635

 

[bigabyte]

The competition in this one is pretty fierce!:shock:

 

[landarc]

There is a lot more pork in this apple throwdown than I expected. But, it is shaping up to be another tough one.

 

[Ron_L]

There is a lot more pork in this apple throwdown than I expected. But, it is shaping up to be another tough one.

Brace yourself, my egg-laying, flat-tailed, funny-looking, fast-swimming, warm-blooded, duck-billed, web-footed, burrow-digging f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f friend... :becky: :becky: :becky:

Here's more pork! Pork and apples go so well together!

Grilled Pork Porterhouse with Apple-Cranberry Chutney and roasted red skins, zucchini, yellow squash and baby confetti eggplant (see, there's something for everyone!)

I didn't get a full set of prep and cooking pictures because I was multitasking and forgot until the end :redface: But, here's the basic process...

I have been using the salting technique on steaks with great success so I decided to try it on a chop. The local Fresh Market store had these big, thick pork porterhouse on sale so I grabbed a couple. I took them out of the fridge yesterday evening and sprinkled both sides with poultry seasoning and then a heavy layer of kosher salt and let them sit on the counter for an hour. Then I rinsed off the salt, dried them and gave them a coat of fresh ground black pepper and let them sit for another 30 minutes. Then I cooked them indirect for 20 minutes and then put them over the fire for 5 minutes per side to sear. They were 150 internal when they came in to rest.

For the chutney I started with this recipe but modified it as I went since I didn't need that much chutney. I cut everything in half and substituted dried cherries for the golden raisins and added about 1/4 teaspoon of ground cayenne to give it a little kick. I also added a little kosher salt near the end.

The potatoes and veggies were cooked in a foil half-pan in the grill. I cut up the red skins and coated them with some EVOO and Yardbird and put them into the grill while I prepped the veggies and made the chutney. After 20 minutes or so I added the zucchini, yellow squash and baby eggplant. I also tossed them with EVOO and Yardbird. I let that mixture cook for another 15 minutes before cooking the chops.

Here's money shot :-D (use this for the throwdown pic, please)...

 

[bigabyte]

This Throwdown is driving me mad!!!:hungry:

 

[Gore]

This Throwdown is driving me mad!!!:hungry:

Have to agree with you. Great big "WOW" to everyone so far!

 

[Thawley]

 

[Phubar]

Oh yeah...with all these entries I'm gonna score zero points Phor sure!:becky:

 

[MadCityJim]

Apple Dessert Cart

Since I chose this category I figured I’d contribute an entry. The first thing I thought of was “bacon wrapped apple balls” or “appoink Balls” Unfortunately, it was difficult to carve big apple balls, and I didn’t think small apple balls would cut it…

I moved on to apple pie, but I wanted to make it a really special apple pie so I put on my thinking cap and thought about my favorite apple pies. That led to thinking about my other favorite pie, “pecan pie”. I did a quick test on Thursday to make sure the sugary custard would set up with apples in it and it worked!

I made up a batch of pie dough, based of course on “rendered pork fat”. I peeled and sliced up apples. And then I started to think about apple pizza…


So’s here’s what I did:
I wrapped some apple chunks with bacon and smoke roasted them indirect on the kettle.


Then I wrapped them with pie dough.


And set up the kettle for baking:



I threw together an apple pizza (based again on the pie dough) and cooked it most of the way.


Then I added some cheddar and walnuts and cooked it until the cheese melted.



Finally for the Apple Pecan Pie, I blind baked the pie crust.


Started with a layer of apples.


Added pecans and the sugar custard.


And baked it on the kettle.



Here’s the hardest part: Waiting for the apple pecan pie to cool…


And I added some Chambord Whipped Cream to create my entry photo:
Apple Pecan Pie, Bacon Apple Turnover, and Apple Walut Pizza



Thanks for Looking!

 

[landarc]

Dang Ron_L, I braced myself and still flopped over. That is impressive stuff.

Jim, i see you have gone the volume x sugar route, not a bad strategy.

 

[bluetang]

Apple and Pork Sausage in a Fried Apple-Oatmeal Wrap

I made an apple and pork sausage to start out with. I began with 5 lbs pork. I seasoned the pork with a chopped onion,marjoram, sage,nutmeg, salt and black pepper. This mix was double ground and then added to it was roughly chopped Gala apples for texture and of course presence. Stuffed into hog casings and then hot smoked on the UDS, char finished on the gasserrr.

To finish it up:
I made a batter out of oatmeal, cottage cheese, eggs, cinnamon,nutmeg, and vanilla to make a wrap for the sausage.

Once blended, I added shredded apples and more cinnamon to the batter.

The wrap was fried in bacon grease in an iron skillet on the gasserrr.

Ready to eat! My Throw Down Entry

One down and one to go, it's beer thirty!
Thanks for looking.

 

[NCGrimbo]

Well, I finally have gotten around to entering one of these throwdowns. I present my Grilled Pork and Apples with Carmelized Onions.

I started with a chimney full of lump

Then I picked some apple wood from the pile:

Once the grill was hot, onto the offset rack went the pork chops:

Here's a picture midway through the cook:

Once the pork was done, on went the apples:

Inside, onions were cooking in butter and brown sugar:

Here's the final results (Use this picture):