Old Fashoned Beef Stew On A Cold Night

[Cliff Bartlett]

It's been getting pretty chilly here the past few days so I decided on a good old fashioned beef stew for dinner.

The fixin's.



Earlier this summer, I saw a post by Paulie, I think, featuring his new Santa Maria style grate for his Weber Kettle. I immediately knew I had a great use for it. My wife got me one for my birthday. I do a lot of cast iron stuff on the grill and felt it would be great for bringing something to a boil and then reduce to a simmer immediately by raising the grate. It worked like a charm on this cook. So much better and easier than using fire bricks to elevate DO.



Browned the meat over high heat.





Removed meat and drained pot. Continued browning the onions.



Added everything else and raised and simmered for two hours.









Plated with some bread.



Stew was delicious and fun to make. I really like this Santa Maria type upgrade for the Weber Kettle. Have a good weekend everyone and thanks for looking.

 

[JimK]

Good golly! Its cold here too, but I'm warm and full just from looking at those pics. Nice job!

 

[Robert-R]

That's a grate set-up! Bet you will be live fire in no time.

Oh yeah.... the stew & bread look sensational.

 

[James Bea]

What did you use for your liquid?

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

What did you use for your liquid?

It was the beef broth shown in the first picture James.

 

[Bob Ivey]

Cliff, that is one beautiful dinner. Making me think about that Santa Maria attachment. Love the concept.

 

[Bob Correll]

Terrific looking stew, SM/DO setup, and photos Cliff!

 

[JeffG]

Great looking setup for cooking that tasty beef stew, Cliff.
Ill take a bowl of that right now please.
Might have to get me one of those SM style grill grates after all.

 

[Brian Bronnert]

Wonderful cook. Nice dutch oven. Where would one look at the santa maria for the kettle if they were interested in purchasing it?

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Wonderful cook. Nice dutch oven. Where would one look at the santa maria for the kettle if they were interested in purchasing it?

Here you go Brian.

http://gabbysgrills.com

 

[Kevin L (NKY)]

That is fantastic Cliff, it looks to be the prefect thickness to eat and sop up with your bread.
Nicely done love a good stew on cold days.

 

[Clint]

It was the beef broth shown in the first picture James.

A masterpiece! It just gets better & better.

 

[Jørgen Hansen]

amazing.... i really like your surroundings... i looks like i placed i would like to get old

 

[ChuckO]

And that's how it's done! Done quite nicely too

 

[Rich Dahl]

Great looking beef stew Cliff, I make mine the exact same way. Except for the Santa Maria kettle attachment of course, which I showed to Barb who said no.
Sure like the looks of your place. Barbs brother used to live in Redding and we stayed with them for a few nights in August once. Place was like Death Valley with lots of humidity. But I did like Shingle Town a little cooler up there.

 

[Barb D]

Cliff that is one outstanding cook. Love beef stew and you did it right. Like the SM set up but to much for just the two of us. Maybe if our ship came in but with our luck there would be a dock strike.

 

[Pat G]

Nice use of that Santa Maria Cliff. That thing looks to be built like a beast. Beef stew looks wonderful.

 

[Chris Hosston]

That looks killer!

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Great looking stew!
And the Santa Maria upgrade looks amazing!