What’s on the Grill #84

It is hard to believe that we have been home from vacation for over seven days. Where exactly does the time go? Even while playing the game of catch up, we still had time to grill. After all, I do have my priorities!

Tuesday night, Bean and I grilled flat iron steak as a quickie meal to have before we went to see Boston in concert. Both the steak, which was prepared for fajitas, and the concert were great. Even though I allowed the steak to rest a fair bit, I still had quite a bit of juice flow out when I started to carve. I need to investigate that further. Props also to my fellow Rush/BBQ friend Kyle who pointed out that a flat iron steak is also known as a butter steak in the UK. As Kyle has experienced as well, the flat iron is a great cut of meat. Fairly inexpensive and absolutely delicious. Locally, I can pick one up at Kroger and since it is in a cryopack, it will last for weeks. A great thing to have on the back shelf of the fridge when you need a little grilling inspiration.

I seasoned the steak with salt, pepper, garlic and paprika. It was grilled hot and fast for about ten minutes total.

Wednesday brought around Ribucopia. It was Anne’s last night in town, so the family came over for a ribs feast. There is a two part story here of which I will talk about the second part later in the week. The first part was a pair of babyback ribs cooked on the modified Weber kettle grate for a little over 3 hours. I again had success with the Nashville Sweet sauce I pulled out of BBQ USA. Stay tuned for part two…

Ribeye Friday turned into Ribeye, NY Strip, Filet Friday! Apparently, one size does not fit all. To celebrate the end of our week, I had a bone-in Ribeye, Bean requested a NY Strip (Wonder where he developed the taste for this cut?) and Zoë stuck with her beloved well done filet.