Every year for the past several years, I've been putting on a bbq for my flyfishing buddies. I have it behind a local fly shop and have a good time cooking and meeting and feeding friends. I tend to go overboard, but hey, you only live once! It is not a particularly bad part of town, but I don't want to spend the night there - so I have to do "cheaters" for the big meats. A menu for this year
Briskets, butts, beef sausage, boudin, brats, bacon wrapped hot dogs, meatloaf, moinkballs (2 types), green poppers, red poppers, bacon wrapped quail, bacon wrapped p. tenderloin (island style), bacon wrapped p. tenderloin (sweet and sassy), bacon wrapped p. tenderloin (buffalo style), smoked catfish dip, John Wayne Muffins, Sliced Unmentionables, chicken gizzards, bacon wrapped boneless thighs (island style), spatchcocked chicken, fatties (breakfast), fatties (fig n cheese), fatties (cheese n onion), cheeseburger stuffed pizza, hash brown casserole (ranch), hash brown casserole (Jalapeno popper) kicked up gnocchi mac and cheese. No dessert - I forgot. A few pics.
Smoker - trailer mounted horizontal off-set - an old Oklahoma Joe
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Mainly fatties and quail
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John Wayne Muffins
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Pork tenderloins
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Red poppers (ran out of bacon to wrap them.
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Bacon wrapped quail and a point of a brisket
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John Wayne Muffin
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Cooker
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Beef sausage, boudin, brats
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Pulled butt
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Meatloaf - I forgot the tomato sauce
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Gnocchi mac n cheese
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I got a free donut at a bait shop one time.................... ::)
If you go Orvis rather than Loomis - then you get the bbq! LOL
Quote from: Caneyscud on April 11, 2014, 06:45:44 AM
If you go Orvis rather than Loomis - then you get the bbq! LOL
touch'e!!
I'm actually not a flyfisherman, although I'm certain I would love it if I tried it. Just a humble bait rigger/jigging kinda guy, but I do love the feel of my Loomis rods!
Hurry, I need directions to this fine looking feed fest!
Now that's meatapalooza right there, great looking eats
What a spread! Your fishing buddies better be counting their lucky stars that they have you as a friend
I fly fish NE Minnesota, somewhere in collection I have an Orvis set. Do I qualify for invite?
Oh my goodness. I hate that I missed that Caney.
Unfortunately, or fortunately.....however you look at it, I was on the Holston River with clients all weekend. One of the bad things about being a guide is you must make yourself available every day 365. Maybe next year. It sure looks like you put on a feast worthy of any tweed wearing, chalk streaming, dry fly fishing, fish tale telling angler in the world.
Caney, that is just beautiful. My Dad introduced me to fly fishing at the age of 9yo in McMinnville, Tennessee. We fished the Caney Fork and Center Hill when it was completed. It was mainly bass and some local trout. That started a long career in fly fishing, and I still love it. Wish I could have tried some of your beautiful feast. Your buddies are very fortunate.
That's a great looking spread, what's the story on the John Wayne muffins? I've never seen them before.
Oh my look at all that goodness you got going on there! Haven't caught up with you in a while...good to see ya back!
Robert....if these are the same "muffins" that I saved from another post...http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=18258.0
Well worth trying!
Quote from: SiFumar on April 11, 2014, 07:12:26 PM
Oh my look at all that goodness you got going on there! Haven't caught up with you in a while...good to see ya back!
Robert....if these are the same "muffins" that I saved from another post...http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=18258.0
Well worth trying!
Thanks Sandy, bookmarked that thread so I can do these when I get some time.
Another Bang Up Job Caney!!
One heck of a spread Caney. Way to go! :)
Sorry Saber - got real busy putting out fires at work. But Sandy got ya covered. It evolved from a long time ago cooking for a big bunch of kids (100+) for a weekend - the breakfast casserole didn't go over all that well the year before, but that year I didn't have much help so still needed the ease of the casserole. The church we were at had a big bunch of big muffin tins. So decided I'd wrap the cup in bacon, plump some casserole in the cup and top with some hash browns and cheese. Did a test run and found I better brown the hash browns first, but they worked. and were liked - something different. 10+ years ago, decided to try them in the smoker, but didn't use the casserole mix. At the smoker temps the bacon wasn't getting as done as most like, so I came up with the "phases" One important thing is to fry or brown up the tater tots before you use them. I've also put the egg in and firmed it up in the smoker a bit, then layed a couple of jalapeno slices on top along with some kicked up cornbread batter then smoked and topped with cheese. One of my fly fishing buddies came up with the name.
Thanks for the history, I'm going to have to try these on the next camping trip.