A surprise in the mail...

[Bbqgoddess]

First I am not sure this should be in beef or general info please move if needed...

Yesterday UPS showed up with a box for me... from some where far, far away... kinda cold in the winter, that has lots of cows and tobacco...
Inside this illustrious box were the prettiest darn peppers I have ever seen...
Thank you again pepper faerie...
So I had to use them right away, and I had a corned beef I needed to smoke for my lunch deliveries today...

Here they are dry roasting..


I also dry roasted a few other spices, here is the tumeric, it really changes color when it is roasted...


here are all the spices I dry roasted together..


I popped all these into the blender and voila out came a spice mix of the gods.... Named "GR-UB"
Well I figure I will mix a couple of T into your basic rub, pap, salt, ect.. for the corned beef.. slathered with corn syrup for foundation...



Well yesterday I came across this bag of "natural mesquite charcoal" 40lbs for $12.. figure I can't go wrong... Anyone use this stuff?


Open it and the pieces are huge, like actual tree.. wow, I have hit the mother load.. yippie... well this stuff come to find out burns a whole hell of a lot longer and hotter than anything I have used... I light my baby girl up, then get one of those emergency phone calls and have to leave CB in charge... I put the corned beef on at about 220, said when it hits 230-240 close the dampers, and watch it I don't want it over 250... (mind you a house full of boys playing xbox live call of duty 5, yes right what was I thinking?) get back about 1 hour later, its at 240.. no problem.. I had a learning curve for sure using new fuel but not to bad.. the temps were maintaning at 230-240... well it just got tougher and tougher to check the temps on the meat... I pulled it at like 165... it was dry as a bone.. OMG!
The rub was great, with a huge bite! but Im thinking CB let it run at 300+ the whole time I was gone and opened her up to drop it when i got home... she was way over done... not pictures cuz I didn't want it to have happened.... :(

So the chili was perfect, the corned beef... way toooo done!
Thanks for letting me rant!

[WaysideRanch]

Cool surprise.

[Richtee]

Well... that CB...(NOT the boy..the meat) would STILL be good in chili... :{) Mesquite in either wood or charcoal form is hot burning stuff. I don't care for it, but it IS efficient.

[Texas-Hunter]

Well yesterday I came across this bag of "natural mesquite charcoal" 40lbs for $12.. figure I can't go wrong... Anyone use this stuff?


Open it and the pieces are huge, like actual tree.. wow, I have hit the mother load..

I have used it Kel... Not bad stuff.. It ranks higher than the Best Choice Lump I use.. And its made by RO... I do have a call into the company about some sponsorship for future monthly contests..

[Bassman]

Sorry about the dried beef, but like Rich says, it still makes good chili.

[grothe]

Glad ya liked the peppers...sorry it took me so long ta send them out to ya.

Too bad about the corned beef!!

... not pictures cuz I didn't want it to have happened.... :(

That's great...LOL!!

[curious aardvark]

well there may not be any finished product pics but you get pointsv for that spice shot.

Looks like it came from the pages of a glossy cook book :-)