One of the first events I had the pleasure of participating in was the Char-Broil Celebrity Grill-Off. The contest featured several local Memphis radio and television personalities who were paired up with one of Char-Broils guest chefs. The participants were:
- Steve Conley, Host of “Conley & Karen” on Classic Hits 94.1 WKQK
- Jay Young, Host of “The Young and Elder Show” on Kix 106 WGKX
- Earle Augustus, Host of “Love Songs” on Soul Classics 103.5 WRBO
- Ernie Freeman, Anchor of Fox 13’s Good Morning Memphis
- Joey Sulipeck, Chief Meteorologist at Fox 13 Weather Authority
I was teamed up with Jay Young for the cooking contest. Each team was given about 3 pounds pork loin and two Char-Broil Big Easy Smoker, Roaster & Grill for cook their meat. The idea was to cut a couple of nice chops from the loin and grill those while smoke roasting the rest of the loin.
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For those who know me, know I have always avoided using a gas grill. I’ve had one, but never really liked the flavor I got off of it. As a “low & slow” BBQ guy when I did grill I had to use my kettle grill with Kingsford charcoal, it was the only grilling that gave me the flavors I wanted. I go through about 500 pounds of charcoal a year. But gas grills have changed over the years and I figured I probably should give change a try. Since I’m heading back to Memphis In May to do some demonstrations for Char-Broil I figured I should give one of their infrared grills a try and learn about infrared grilling.
Since putting grill together last week I’ve already done a couple of chicken cooks with the RED unit with good success. The method of heating on this grill is different than any other gas grill on the market. (There is a link at the end of this post if you’re interesting in the technical aspects of infrared heat) This grill gets hot. And there is a slight curve to learning how to keep the heat within the heat boundaries for proper cooking.
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What exactly is “cold smoking?”
Aaron Ralston published an “ezine article” with a good explanation for cold smoking:
Cold smoking is very similar to hot smoking, except the cooking temperature is much lower. The targeted cold smoking temperature range is between 80 degrees F and 100 degrees F, and the smoking time can range
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