Any experience BBQ'ing a steak?

[Ox190]

Smoke a sirloin roast....smoked sirloin is outstanding but I've never done an individual steak.

[B-hill's BBQ]

Smoked the roast and grilled the steaks over wood to give it the flavor. Always my favorite.

[egghead]

My preferred method for steaks is hot tubbing and then searing - obviously this is not BBQ'ing

Season with just salt or your favorite steak rub ( a rub without sugar)
Vacuum pack or zip lock
Hot tub for 1 hour in hot tap water (will be any where from 105 - 115 degrees)
Change water every 15 minutes
Sear till your desired doneness - get the grill as hot as you can and sear directly over the coals
I get my egg up to about 600 degrees and get close to the coals

Benefits of hot tubbing - the sear only takes a few minutes and the steak will essentially be the same through the thickness instead of just the middle


A good instant read thermometer is real handy to make sure you don't go beyond your desired doneness

[dirtydirty00]

smoked a USDA Prime Prime Rib... was phenomenal.

[kayakbap]

I get the steaks cut thick, about 1 1/2 to 3 inches, sear on a super-hot grill or pan for 1 minute or less per side , then finish on a very smoky pit until they're done. I'm not that qualifies as smoking them but they're sure good. I've tried with rib-eyes and tenderloins.

[niget2002]

Don't know if this counts as smoked or not either.

I do mine similar to kayakbap. I put the steaks on a grate right over the fire for a minute or so on each side, then I move them away from the flames and finish them up indirect until they're done. The side of the pit opposite the flames is usually pretty smokey. I don't pay attention to the temp on the smoker when I'm cooking steaks.

My hard part is about timing. The wife likes her's medium-well and I like mine medium-rare. I try to time the steaks so that they are both "close enough" at the same time. I think in all my steak cooking I've managed to do this twice. Luckily both times where when we were having nicer steaks (rib-eye the first and filets the second).

[kayakbap]

I've never hot tubbed a steak. Sounds fishy to me but those steaks egghead posted look great. I might have to try them. Has anyone else done it? Any tips?

[kayakbap]

I'll stick to smoking whole beef tenderloins and cutting them afterward instead of trying to do individual steaks.

One of my favorite ways to do it.

[egghead]

I'll stick to smoking whole beef tenderloins and cutting them afterward instead of trying to do individual steaks.[/quote]

Whole tenderloin is mightyfine - have done a few lately

Rubbed - Have used a coffee rub the last couple times and like it


Seared and then roasted


Sliced


Mmmmm

[tntbbq]

Have smoked steaks from the freezer completly frozen, ribeyes , good if your in a somwhat of a hurry. IE , sitting aroung the pit and think, darn I'm hungry. Throw them on frozen or slighly thawed with some seasoning. It's not for everyone, but what a smoke ring. Should not take any longer than 30-45 min. Good steak in a pinch. It's different, but good when your hungry!