Skip the grill for Father's Day BBQ

Pantagraph.com ^ | June 4, 2008 | Jim Romanoff (A.P.)

[Graybeard58]

Now I'm hungry!

[bill1952]

Two of those burgers please, and bring on the brisket!

Apples? what apples?

[meyer]

That just sounds downright tasty!

[xtargeter]

BBQ??? BBQ???? In an OVEN! NO WAY!

As a Texan and the 1998 Witicha Falls BBQ 6th place winner, I tell you that if it is cooked in an oven, it AINT Q!!!

[WVRockDJ]

Oh, dang. It’s far too late, and I’m far too hungry.

[Conservative4Ever]

Yummy...bring it on.

[swmobuffalo]

Love brisket. Gonna have to try this.

[An American in Turkiye]

Kick

[TexasNative2000]

I must confess - I came to this thread expecting to see a diatribe about barbeque grills and their impact on global warming.

Damn! I have gotten so conditioned.........

[Tammy8]

I use very well trimmed brisket and it is never dry. I take a large piece of heavy alumunim foil- put sliced onions on it- lay the trimmed brisket on it- season however you like it, lay green chiles on top or more onion slices. Wrap up tightly in foil, put in roaster with medium amount of water, cover roaster- make sure it doesn’t run out of water and don’t open foil to check for at least 5 hours- can take as long as 7 hours but is delicious, tender, and juicy and not too fat.

It is done when you can stick a fork in it and easily twist the fork. Let rest about 20 minutes and slice across the grain. Another trick with brisket- if you do happen to take it out too early, slice and find it’s not tender- just put the slices in some of the juice and simmer until tender.

[dfwgator]

I must confess - I came to this thread expecting to see a diatribe about barbeque grills and their impact on global warming. Damn! I have gotten so conditioned.........

You and me both.

[Vinnie]

One Sunday I was going to do baby back ribs on the grill.
It was raining and my wife suggested she do them in the oven.
‘OOOK’ :(

She put them in a roasting pan w/ a little liquid, about 275 for 3-4 hrs. Then removed the pan lid and slathered on the BBQ sauce.

Man! Falling off the bone tender.

Tried them on the smoker grill last Sunday, good but not as good as my wife’s oven BBq’ed.

[jonrick46]

I gone through the task of keeping my gas BBQ to hold that magical 275 degrees with great difficulty. I found that building a sub oven with bricks and a rack over a pan of water inside the BBQ helps maintain that low temperature over a long time. Coming up with such techniques, is part of the joy of BBQ.

Also, making your own sauce recipe which I share:

1-1/2 cups tomato paste or 1 quart tomato puree
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp chilli powder (more to taste)
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups beef stock such as Campbell's Beef Consume or beef bouillon (cut down salt if bouillon is used)
1/2 cup prepared mustard
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup liquid smoke
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 TBS Marsala wine
2 tsp molasses
1 clove garlic, minced

Simmer on low heat until sauce becomes a dark red.

Enjoy!

[AFreeBird]

This is easily done on a grill, especially if the grill has left and right burners as opposed to front and back (for indirect heating), and even better if it also has a smoker shutter (but not required) like some of your higher end grills can have.

While I haven't done a whole brisket, I've grilled a nice tender, pink juicy medium, melt in you mouth, sesame ginger flank steak that I cooked for about two hours on a grill.

The GF was worried I was over cooking it. She ate those words, and the steak.

[AFreeBird]

Please clarify "prepared mustard".

And only 1 TBS of Marsala wine?

And I suppose, in the tradition of the Galloping Gourmet or the Cajun Cook; the rest of the bottle is for the cook? :)

[TexasBeth]

Same here, lol. My favorite BBQ sauce is so easy to make and it’s so good.

Equal parts of red current jelly & chili sauce (kinda like ketchup). Put the jelly in the microwave for a minute to liquefy so it will mix easily. I would never have tried this had I not tasted it first. So simple and sooooo good.

[Paul Heinzman]

Can’t wait to try that brisket.

[Hatteras]

Brisket? It’s Father’s Day for cryin’ out loud! Dad doesn’t want a.... “brisket”. Dad wants a steak and he wants to cook it himself. Just bring him the beer and make sure it’s cold.

[envisio]

>>>>It’s not unusual to hear a kid say that all her dad knows how to cook is steak on the grill.<<<<<

See, I just don’t care for that statement right there.

[envisio]

Absolutely.

Cooking on the grill is not a chore. If the man wants steak on the grill, bygosh there’s gonna be steak on the grill. If “the wife” don’t like it, why sh can take her happy a$$ on down to McDonalds.