Found a Prime Strip

[LMichaels]

A bonus find while rummaging my big freezer yesterday. One of my 1.5" NY Strips prime. It went on Big Z yesterday eve. 220 and smoke until it hit 105. Then pulled and foiled until Big Z got cranked to 460 deg. Got it back on for a nice crust. Pulled, rested about 5 min and tucked in. Oh BOY was it ever good!

 

[Steve-G]

Did you thaw it before putting it on your smoker, or did you put it on frozen?

 

[LMichaels]

Did you thaw it before putting it on your smoker, or did you put it on frozen?

Oh it was thawed. I tried doing steaks from frozen once. I think I saw the technique on ATK. Awful.

 

[Jay D in Jersey]

Frozen burgers are one thing...but a frozen steak?

 

[Bob Erdman]

I like to thaw steaks before putting them on the smoker. Especially the thicker ones, so I can get a temp probe in.

 

[Steve-G]

Oh it was thawed. I tried doing steaks from frozen once. I think I saw the technique on ATK. Awful.

I think I read about it someplace too, which is why I asked. I've never tried it, and I don't plan to now that you shared your experience.

 

[LMichaels]

Yeah, through the years I have tried things that just have not worked. Cooking from frozen is one, the "long term salting" (or as I call it corning or pickling), only has yielded weird color steak, with strange rubbery texture. I keep going back to same tried and true. Thick steak, S&P only just before putting on at moderate heat, then finishing at a higher heat but not blast furnace hot. Typically about 450