best way to do steaks while camping.

[Socal Tom]

just a quick bored poll how do you all like your steak.........when camping? slow

I have 2 go-to recipes. The easy way, is let the steak warm up a little, smear some olive oil and montreal steak seasoning. Grill to the temperature you like ( really hot grill works best)

Option 2, Take fresh rosemary and chop it up with some minced garlic. Mix it with some olive oil. spread it over the steak and let it soak in for an 30 minutes or so. Grill as above
Tom

 

[Tony Latham]

Slow:

Try cutting some green willow sticks and throw on your coals. Three or four about 10" long and maybe a 1/2" in diameter. Put your steaks on after they start smoking.

You'll end up with a barbecued but smoked flavor of steak.

Tony

 

[GerryS-TNT]

Seared over as hot bed of coals (600 degrees plus in Komodo) for enough time for mayard reaction. For a good start size steak (1.5 inch) about 4 minutes each side. Plus more minus. Let rest for 6-10 minutes. Top with a little a1 and it's done.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[dales133]

Warm up to blood temperature (very important for anything from rare to medium imho)
Season and oil...add garlic and herbs ect if you want,
Then either.
1. Cook in a cast pan or on a grill hot as it will go 3/4s done one side then briefly the otherside.
2. If youve got a covered bbq then indirect until around 125f then sear one side only over direct heat for colour then rest for 5 mins.
That should give you perfect medium rare.

 

[aggie79-HILO]

I like the reverse sear method. Season meet with black and white. Place On the smoker - with hardwood charcoal and hickory or pecan chunks - at 225-250 and cook to 20 degrees below desired temp. Sear about a minute total on both sides on kamado at 600+ degrees. Add a little garlic butter and let rest in a tent for 5-10 minutes.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[GerryS-TNT]

I like the reverse sear method. Season meet with black and white. Place On the smoker - with hardwood charcoal and hickory or pecan chunks - at 225-250 and cook to 20 degrees below desired temp. Sear about a minute total on both sides on kamado at 600+ degrees. Add a little garlic butter and let rest in a tent for 5-10 minutes.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My wife is winning me over a bit with that method, only instead of Komodo to use water...Sous vide. I wasn't even remotely interested until we went to a "resort hotel" (Vinnoy in Tampa) where they made scrambled eggs with Sous vide....my goodness.

That doesn't fall into "camp cooking" in my opinion though. Part of camping is reenforcing "water discipline" and using minimalist tools and techniques.

-G

 

[bdosborn-SMB]

I'll take mine medium rare with home grown tomatoes and a beer.

The gas grill is always packed and riding on the tongue.

Bruce

 

[Reebus]

I keep a small grate from an old grill, about 9 inches by nine inches, in my tongue box and a couple of disposable aluminum casserole pans. Start the coals in the pan and put the grate on top. We then just throw away the pan when done.

 

[mikeschn]

Don't make things so difficult...

You know that fire you always make when you go camping? Just throw the steak over that fire... Turns out wonderful!!!

For example...

Mike...

 

[mikeschn]

Reverse sear is the best way to go, but I don't have the hardware when I go camping to do that...

Mike...

I like the reverse sear method. Season meet with black and white. Place On the smoker - with hardwood charcoal and hickory or pecan chunks - at 225-250 and cook to 20 degrees below desired temp. Sear about a minute total on both sides on kamado at 600+ degrees. Add a little garlic butter and let rest in a tent for 5-10 minutes.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[greygoos]

Fire grilled are the all time best. Sprinkle with a little Kosher salt and black pepper. When they are done to your liking tent loosely with foil for 5 to 10 minutes. This will allow the juices to to be reabsorbed in the meat. Hit it with a knob of butter just before you serve. If you cant afford a good steak completely cover the top of the meat with kosher salt. Let it sit at room temperature an hour for each inch of the steaks thickness ie 1 hour for a 1 inch thick steak. Rinse the steak off with water, pat dry and lay it on the fire. When the salt is gone you will see holes in the top of the steak. That is a sign that the meat fibers are breaking down.

 

[mikeschn]

Here at home I reverse sear everything from super thick ribeye to santa maria tri-tip...

Love it... the meat is typically red all the way through...

This is not the best example, but it was good none the less... a santa maria tri-tip...

Mike...

 

[Westy-TNT]

I like a steak cooked, briefly, over red hot coals. Roughly 2 minutes each side.

Then lay 3 or 4 asparagus stalks on the steak and layer thin slices of blue vein cheese over the asparagus. Allow the cheese to melt and serve.

That is somewhere near manna from heaven.

Westy

 

[lrrowe]

How does one reverse seer while camping? I never heard of this method before this thread.
From what I found on Google is that you put the steak into a 275 degree F for 45-60 minutes. Who has an oven like that available in a camping trailer?

 

[dales133]

Just use a weber mate.
I reverse sear pretty much everything to and the Go Anywhere is a great camping bbq.

Theres a lamb rack i reverse seared the other night

 

[lrrowe]

Ok, the Weber finish cooks it, but still how does one do the oven thing while out with the camper?

 

[mikeschn]

Here's some more information on reverse searing...

But ya, we don't have the equipment to put a steak in an oven or a smoker while camping... So does any one have a good idea? I've never tried holding the temp in a Weber down to 250-275. Is that do-able?

http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_techniq ... _sear.html

How does one reverse seer while camping? I never heard of this method before this thread.
From what I found on Google is that you put the steak into a 275 degree F for 45-60 minutes. Who has an oven like that available in a camping trailer?

 

[Woodbutcher-TNT]

Mike, on a regular Weber Kettle grill you can hold the low temps by how you load the charcoal. This works excellent when smoking on a Weber. Just arrange the coals in a rope like fashion, or a horseshoe . All you want to do is ring the outside of the lower rack with about 3-4 coals piled all the way around ,but leave about a 6" gap. Then just light the one end. The coals will burn, following the charcoal rope. This will last about 3-4 hours without adding any charcoal. Temps will be about 225-250 degrees. If you want more heat, just make the rope slightly deeper. A remote thermometer would make it easy to maintain temps you want.

I have not done this on a smokey Joe. It may be to small.

 

[lrrowe]

Here's some more information on reverse searing...

But ya, we don't have the equipment to put a steak in an oven or a smoker while camping... So does any one have a good idea? I've never tried holding the temp in a Weber down to 250-275. Is that do-able?

http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_techniq ... _sear.html

How does one reverse seer while camping? I never heard of this method before this thread.
From what I found on Google is that you put the steak into a 275 degree F for 45-60 minutes. Who has an oven like that available in a camping trailer?

[/quote][/quote]

Thanks Mike.
This link told me a lot about grilling meats which I did not know about. I am anxious to try it. Ordering my thermometer now.

 

[lrrowe]

I tried to reverse sear a steak tonight. I brought a thick rib eye up to 135 degrees F in my regular oven and then put it on my small BBQ grill for several minutes and I must admit, it was one of the best steaks I have cooked in a long time. And this was even thought I might have grilled it a little too long.