Smoked Steaks question

[bozer]

I just put a porterhouse and filet mignon in the Bradley and smoked it with no heat for 1 hour. When I took them out, they looked a tiny bit cooked with some red blood showing (not much). Then I wrapped them in plastic wrap and plan to grill them tomorrow night. Is it bad that they cooked a tiny bit? Don't want to end up sick. I figure when I grill it, it will get so hot anything bad would be eliminated.

[Wildcat]

Any idea on meat and cabinet temps and how long at those temps?  If this is an unknown, I would recommend going straight to the grill with them.

[Habanero Smoker]

I will smoke NY Strip steaks on occasion, and if you don't detach the generator for a cold smoke setup the steaks will turn grayish. If you only have a few steaks in the cabinet, the generator produces enough heat to change the color, and partially cook the surface.They are still perfectly safe grilling or frying, and eating. :)

[bozer]

Hmmm.. I thought cold smoke just meant that you don't turn on the tempature slider thing?

I hope I didn't fail again here. I like my steaks medium rare and plan to cook them tonight for dinner. Hopefully I didn't ruin them =(

[Wildcat]

Should be fine since you only had them in for 1 hour.

[Ka Honu]

The smoke generator also heats up the box and can thereby "partially cook" your stuff.  You should either get or jury rig a cold-smoke adapter to offset the smoke generator from the box if you're going to use the technique again.  Also, unplug the heating element rather than just using the slider to turn it "off."

Having said all that, you should be okay on this round (but if you die, can I have your Bradley stuff?).

[FLBentRider]

They are just barely cooked on the outside, one step beyond tartare.

Grill them as usual, if you time them maybe cut 30 seconds off each side.

[Habanero Smoker]

Hmmm.. I thought cold smoke just meant that you don't turn on the tempature slider thing?

I hope I didn't fail again here. I like my steaks medium rare and plan to cook them tonight for dinner. Hopefully I didn't ruin them =(

Sorry, if you misread my message. The way you applied smoke to the steaks are fine for grilling or frying. You just have some discoloration, if you don't want the discoloration then detach the generator.

You can use a cardboard box, and hook it up like this.
Cold Smoke Setup

[Ed1978]

what i do when cold smoking steak is turn off the cabinet heat, fill up the water bowl and the tray with ice and put the meat on the very top rack (if you don't use all the racks). I usually only cold smoke steak for 15-30 minutes so the ice is more than enough to cool down the heat from the smoke generator. I find cold smoking steak more than 30 minutes will make the meat too bitter, but that's just me :)