Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
I did some more sea trials Saturday morning before delving into a day long of honeydo’s. The Judge is now a very powerful little grill. I found that it can be brought to full temp in five minutes or so. Even at one-third level on the control knobs, hood temperatures were in the 500’s and the grates stayed near 800. This is a grill to heat up fast, grill something that doesn’t require a long time and turn it off. Pretty much what I expected, I suppose, when I came up with this off the wall plan.
Picked up some cheap “mock tenderloin”. I tried marinating and some of my one-two seasoning combination of seasoned salt and Dizzy Pig’ “Cowlick”. If you have never tried any of Dizzy Pig’s great selection, I can vouch for their commitment to high quality and no MSG or anti-caking chemicals - just good ingredients. They are a great little company dedicated to bbq.
For a low-cost cut of meat, The Judge delivered some petty good results:
Only problem was that while getting the meat prepared, I got called out for a family locked out of our guest accommodations. I should have turned off the grill but left it on 1/3. It didn’t go thermonuclear, but some of the high-heat paint peeled off the back corner of the firebox. This is predictable based on the too-close proximity of the oversized burner to the edge of the box.
Lesson learned: if you are going to have a muscle car - I mean grill - don’t leave it running - or let a teenager drive it. As some have mentioned, this grill is too dangerous to sell, so it looks to have a permanent home. I just have to find some more space !
Picked up some cheap “mock tenderloin”. I tried marinating and some of my one-two seasoning combination of seasoned salt and Dizzy Pig’ “Cowlick”. If you have never tried any of Dizzy Pig’s great selection, I can vouch for their commitment to high quality and no MSG or anti-caking chemicals - just good ingredients. They are a great little company dedicated to bbq.
For a low-cost cut of meat, The Judge delivered some petty good results:
Only problem was that while getting the meat prepared, I got called out for a family locked out of our guest accommodations. I should have turned off the grill but left it on 1/3. It didn’t go thermonuclear, but some of the high-heat paint peeled off the back corner of the firebox. This is predictable based on the too-close proximity of the oversized burner to the edge of the box.
Lesson learned: if you are going to have a muscle car - I mean grill - don’t leave it running - or let a teenager drive it. As some have mentioned, this grill is too dangerous to sell, so it looks to have a permanent home. I just have to find some more space !
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