Here's my thick rib eye method - the chefs can critique and tell me if it can be better. Let the meat even to room temp. Heat your over to 250 and use a pan lined with foil with a steel grate over the top - lay your steak on that and get some chunky salt crystals on the steak - i like to give them a little shove into the meat. Now I bake it for 40 mins then remove from the oven and let it rest. I head cast iron up fairly high - I like the butter to just barely start to emit smoke. In the time it takes to get hot, the meat has probably rested about 15 minutes. Now sear it in the hot butter - don't move it around a lot. Let that brown crust form for a minute or 90 seconds, then flip and do the same thing. After 90 seconds per side I usually do a couple more 30 second flips to get to medium rare, going by feel, depending on steak thickness. I'm also adding salt and pepper (fresh ground) to each side once between flips. Then at the end i grab with tongs and roll the edge on the hottest parts of the pan, getting a lot of butter in that bitch. Slow roll it on the edge until you get a bit of browning, then transfer to your plate. You can top it with the hot butter as it is now, but I like to add crushed garlic, stir for 5-10 seconds into the butter, then pour over the steak. Wait 10 or so minutes then dig in.

Yeah, I had to get mine from Amazon when I made ravioli a few weeks ago. I'm with you on shredded cheese.




I like to smoke spam. Use a rub w/ no salt, smoke for 3 hours, add bbq sauce smoke another hour. Always a HUGE hit with people.


Have you ever done smoked beef cheeks?

I have an absolute passion for food and cooking, although I'm just a home guy. I make my own tortillas every time I do Mexican, make homemade pasta, buy quality ingredients and really try to push myself creatively and technique wise to get better. I really enjoy brainstorming and coming up with new things. I do a flatbread cajun chicken sandwich that's pretty awesome, but unconventional. I put sharp cheddar and goat cheese on it with a homemade remoulade, sautéed jalapenos and onion.


I LOVE cooking on my rec teq smoker. I've smoked so many different things and have tried some odd things like cheese its, peanuts, cauliflower, broccoli, water lol. Smoke water then pour into ice cube trays for sipping bourbon