Pastrami

Safeway had corned beef on sale for St. Patrick's day, had read about people smoking 'em so you know I gotta try it, that's what Pastrami is, smoked corned beef, but I think there's a few more steps, I'm making backyard pastrami, just picked up a 4 Lb'er, at $1.49 a LB shoulda grabbed a couple more, soaked it in water overnight to take some of the salt out, then ground up the seasoning packet that came with it in the bullet, added some extra pepper, rubbed it down, wrapped it and let it sit in fridge overnight





Fired up the pit and threw 'er on Sun morning, smoked for about 5 hrs. then I notice temp dropping on the remote thermometer, went and checked, pellet hopper empty, first time I done that, I must not have filled it as full as normal, it usually lasts 6 to 7 hrs before adding more, instead of restarting it just took in house and put in oven, it should have taken enough smoke already, just sit back and wait til it got up to temp.




doesn't look like Pastrami, but tastes good, Rueben Time




got the fixin's together, I found this marble Rye bread at fred meyer, Kit Carson uses it and really liked the Rueben they make, threw 'em together and grilled 'em up




very tastey if I do say so myself, next year gotta remember the St Patrick's corned beef sale and pick up a few, will definately do this again

Chili Dogs

Ok, so it's not Barbecue, it's my blog though I can do whatever I want, I have just recently discovered the wonder that is the Chili Dog, never even tried 'em before, they just didn't sound good, Boy was I wrong, I was making some taco meat a couple weeks ago and wound up with something that tasted like chili dog sauce so got me thinking about trying to make one, the weather is so nasty outside anyway, not good 'cue weather.

well got out the cast iron dutch oven, threw in 1 1/2 lbs hamburger, 1 1/2 lbs ground pork, and started seasoning it up, covered and let it simmer for about 4 hrs stirring occasionally, probably didn't need that much time, but not doing anything today so just let it stew, well wasn't to happy with the taste, threw some more stuff in and simmer a little longer, much better

















Mustard up a couple buns.


















Boil hot dogs for 4 minutes, all the chilli dog research I have done says this is the perfect time, people get ridiculous, they're just hot dogs, get 'em warm and throw 'em on the buns



















Dump on some chilli sauce, sprinkle on some grated cheddar and enjoy

















Gonna freeze the leftover and whenever I get the chili dog craving got the cure ready

I made the mistake of missing out on this culinary masterpiece my whole life til now, if you too ignore the noble chili dog, just give him a chance, he won't disappoint