Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

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Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Zak Griffin » Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:05 am

As the weather is starting to warm up, and I'm working a lot more days than not, I find myself cranking the Weber up almost every time I get a day off. Sometimes this is a Sunday, usually it's not :teasing-tease: I just thought I should start keeping track of some of my successes, and maybe inspire others to get that old Weber arced up again :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I have no pics, but I'll start taking some whenever I get the Weber on.

Now my Weber is just a basic Compact kettle, but it does the job for me... One of these bad boys.

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A few of my recent wins;

Pork forequarter, cooked for 9 hours @ about 110 degrees. Made a basic dry rub, covered the pork and let the Snake work its magic all day. It didn't break down enough to pull it apart with forks, but it was bloody delicious.

Baked snapper
; Scale and gut a snapper. Load up the cavity with sliced tomato, onion and lemon. Put more sliced lemon on the outside of the fish, drizzle with olive oil and wrap it in alfoil. Cooking time obviously depends on the size of the fish, go until the meat just falls away from the spine. Once you take all of the meat off of the top fillet, you should be able to pull the frame and head off of the bottom fillet, leaving a big slab of meat ;-) Watch out for bones when eating this one... The best bit of meat is in the cheeks :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Beef ribs; Mrs Griffin bought 'Cattleman's BBQ Ribs' from Woollies. They come already marinaded in a smoky/spicy sauce. I didn't have time to cook these slowly, so they just went in for a couple of hours. covered in alfoil to keep the moisture in. I've been meaning to get the butcher here to do me a rack of ribs that I can flavour myself.

Last night was a homegrown lamb forequarter. Poked a few halved garlic cloves into the meat, chopped up the spuds, onions, sweet potato and threw a few extra garlic cloves in for good measure. Sprinkled some homegrown rosemary over the lot and cooked for about 2 hours.
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Frothwizard » Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:52 am

I've recently acquired a Masterbuilt Smoker: http://www.mistygully.com.au/masterbuil ... lain-door/

One of those puppies, and I did a low and slow brisket on the weekend. 10kg of Brisket, with a basic rub, in the smoker at 110C for 8 hours, then sauce and foil, then back in for another 6 hours or so. Left it to rest for 4 hours in an esky wrapped in SWMBO's favourite towels.

End Result: One of the best things I've cooked in a long time. Had a bunch of folks around and they agreed.

Things to do better: Don't put my smoke generator under the drip tray so that 2 hours into the run it gets covered in fat and goes out!
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby choppy » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:20 am

Well done Zac, I look forward to reading about your culinary creations.

My local butcher keeps the lamb ribs when I ask him, and they are cheap as chips. I think I paid 30 bucks for about 10 sets of ribs last time. Each set has 10 ribs and I cryovac them in pairs before freezing them.

They go down a treat with chilli and garlic and cold beer, cricket and a few mates.
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby benpandaae86 » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:32 am

Very nice i brought a ebay 25kg bbq spit and built sides on it im still lookin at buildin a top and i havent finished the gas burner yet as its ment to run on coal but i plan on using it at my wedding in may next year and i wont have time to stuff around with coal so lpg is the only way to go

I also got a marinading needle its massive i have used it a few times i make up my sauce add herbs garlic and jam it in the food processor so its small enough ti come out the needle and jam it in the roast pump it up till its fat and chuck it in the oven

Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 27&alt=web
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Muppet » Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:42 pm

Nice guys, take some pics :happy-partydance:
:banana-gotpics: :banana-gotpics:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Dingo Charlie » Mon Nov 24, 2014 10:47 pm

From reading everyone's Weber posts I had to get involved.

1. Picked up an old kettle in good nick cheap as chips on Gumtree
2. Learned the snake method for holding temp for long periods of time
3. Brisket........= Beautiful.
Ended up downloading Myron Mixons book on smoking, good rub recipes, sauces etc.. ("the winningest man in BBQ", only the yanks could have the "winningest")

My first ever smoking attempt in the weber.... some good bark and melt in your mouth meat...
Thanks everyone, another hobby to get stuck into.......
Got some pork collar but, for later in the week.
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Zak Griffin » Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:25 pm

Beef ribs again tonight. Didn't get onto it early enough, but still bloody delicious.

Might do a lamb roast tomorrow... Will be starting EARLY this time.
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Zak Griffin » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:38 am

Change of plans. Todays lunch is a pair of chooks on the rotisserie over heatbeads... Smelling delicious!
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Muppet » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:42 am

Awesome! I'm planning a roast pork on the roti tonight, have mixed results with the roti any tips you can share?
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby halfbaked » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:56 am

Dingo Charlie wrote:From reading everyone's Weber posts I had to get involved.

1. Picked up an old kettle in good nick cheap as chips on Gumtree
2. Learned the snake method for holding temp for long periods of time
3. Brisket........= Beautiful.
Ended up downloading Myron Mixons book on smoking, good rub recipes, sauces etc.. ("the winningest man in BBQ", only the yanks could have the "winningest")

My first ever smoking attempt in the weber.... some good bark and melt in your mouth meat...
Thanks everyone, another hobby to get stuck into.......
Got some pork collar but, for later in the week.


Damn it Dingo you can't post pork porn with out the how to version. Details, details, details man post some. PLease. Thats some good lookin pork man
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Zak Griffin » Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:52 pm

Finally doing a Sunday roast...

Beef bolar roast, hasselback potatoes and melted onions, all in the Weber... Will get pics of this one :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Muppet » Sun Dec 07, 2014 4:51 pm

Sounds great :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Sam. » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:19 pm

Zak Griffin wrote:Finally doing a Sunday roast...

Beef bolar roast, hasselback potatoes and melted onions, all in the Weber... Will get pics of this one :handgestures-thumbupleft:


I can smell it from here :shifty:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby 1 2many » Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:22 pm

Man... your making me hungry very hungry. :smile:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Zak Griffin » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:29 pm

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Sorry for the shit pic, I had about 15 seconds between plating it up and scoffing it hahaha
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby 1 2many » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:33 pm

Oh mate that looks awesome, I would be right into that no probs yumm. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Now I am hungry again :angry-banghead:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Muppet » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:55 pm

:clap: :dance: :music-deathmetal: love your work mate :happy-partydance:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Zak Griffin » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:05 pm

The veggies were a standout in this one... Beef was cooked beautifully, but the caramelised onions, crispy/soft spuds and the sweet potato made the meal

Sweet potato was just cut in half and sat on the grill... Delish! Onion was roasted over the beads with the skin on for a while, then cut in half and put them in the drip tray.

Weber'd Osso Bucco casserole tomorrow :happy-partydance:
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby Muppet » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:13 pm

Some of the more amazing dishes Ive done are with the leftovers. Made a pie with some oversmoked lamb last week that was amazing... I'd never made a pie before but wow. Thats a great plate there mate, done very well
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Re: Zak's 'Sometimes Sunday' Roast

Postby MacStill » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:55 pm

Zak Griffin wrote:
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Sorry for the shit pic, I had about 15 seconds between plating it up and scoffing it hahaha


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