What meats are good to get for BBQ?

[NormanTheCow]

I am gonna do a BBQ later on today or tomorrow. Need to buy meats, pultry, seafood, etc..
What's best foods to buy without break a bank?

I am basically doing this for a large group of friends. I want good food, but don't need to spend so much money on it. I don't need to buy NY steak or lobster.

Any receipes would be nice too

Thanks for the inputs!

 

[tm37]

Boneless Chicken marinaded in lemon pepper marinade and then hickory smoked = bliss

Or just make up some burgers with lipton onion soup

 

[isekii]

chicken wings

 

[Lyfer]

Go to costco, they are the best BBQ headquarters. Get some Italian Sausage, 24pks are $8, Spareribs $15 gets you alot, $20 per park of baby back ribs, get 2-3. Also get tri-tip and some side dishes and your set.

 

[NormanTheCow]

Originally posted by: tm37
Or just make up some burgers with lipton onion soup

btw....No burgers....



thx!

 

[gregshin]

just get some carne asada or ranchero meat and some pollo asade and its game ovahs

 

[vi edit]

Chicken is pretty cheap, and is easy to cook. Just baste on some BBQ sauce as you are grilling and you are good to go.

You can buy huge bags of bonless chicken breasts for around $10 at a grocery store. Ribs are nice, but they are expensive, and hard to cook well.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Pork ribs
Chicken quarters or thigh+legs
New York steaks barbecue well
A good sausage (hot dogs wither, but brauts and polish sausages stay plump)
Tri-tip roasts

 

[nater]

pork and chicken are great bbq'd...if you're looking for seafood, you could always do grilled shrimp or some other fish. My friends and I grilled some Tilapia the other day and it was great. Just melt some butter and brush it on while grilling...maybe use some lemon pepper too.

 

[UNCjigga]

DO NOT BARBECUE STEAKS!!!

Barbecue is best suited to larger, tougher cuts of meat: beef brisket, ribs, pork shoulders, whole chickens, etc. If you want to cook steaks, burgers, fish, drumsticks etc, you want to cook them on the grill. Grilling = direct heat, open top, medium to high temperature, less time. Barbecue = indirect heat, covered, low heat, lots of time (but its worth it!!!)

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

buy some pre-marinated boneless skinless chicken breast... they cost more, but save you tons of prep time. Plus while they cost more per pound you are NOT paying for skin and bones. Plus they cook better because they have a more consistent thickness.

also consider some keilbasa or sausage.

maybe some flank steak? salt and peper or a dry rub. slice before serving so people just just grab a few strips of it.

 

[NormanTheCow]

Ok, right now I am thinking I should get some tri tip, boneless chicken, italian sausages, and perhaps some clams...
sidedish would be mash potatoes, cole slaw...

What you guys think?

btw, i was looking into grocery ads, they had meats such as chuck steak, top round lond broil, rib eye, t-bone, tri tip, etc...

which meat is best for bbq?

 

[UNCjigga]

Recipe for dry-rub barbecue seasoning:

- one part salt
- one part fresh ground black pepper
- one part dry mustard
- 1/2 part chili powder
- 1/2 part paprika (preferrably the sweet kind)
- 1/2 part garlic powder
- 1/2 part onion powder
- 1/2 part dried basil
- 1/2 part dried oregano

In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix. The amounts aren't exact...just keep the ratios right! For 5 pounds of ribs you want about 2 cups of mixture.

Rinse pork and towel dry. Peel skin off back of ribs so rub can get inside all the nooks and crannies (skip if you're lazy!) Lightly rub the mixture into the meat with small, circular motions (you wanna gently press it into the meat and have it sit there, not come back out in your fingers!) Be liberal! Let meat sit in fridge for a couple of hours before cooking (overnight is best!) 3 hours before you want to consume the meat, start cooking over indirect heat on your grill with the cover down and temp set as low as possible (around 150-175F for a rack of ribs, or 200-212F for larger cuts of meat.) Don't open the cover too often...just do it once halfway to check the meat and flip it. 3 hours later, dinner is served!!!!

Recipe from brian's belly

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

isn't cooking something "on the grill" the same thing as barbequeing?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: NormanTheCow
Ok, right now I am thinking I should get some tri tip, boneless chicken, italian sausages, and perhaps some clams...
sidedish would be mash potatoes, cole slaw...

What you guys think?

btw, i was looking into grocery ads, they had meats such as chuck steak, top round lond broil, rib eye, t-bone, tri tip, etc...

which meat is best for bbq?

thinner meats are quicker to cook obviously.

i like to cook flank steak (they are about 1" thick) and weight between 1.5 to 4 pounds adn cost between $3-6/pound. you serve by slicing across the grain, so that you end up with strips of meat like what is found on fajitas. Try a dry rub to season (available at any butcher.)

 

[Toasthead]

Tri-Tip

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
isn't cooking something "on the grill" the same thing as barbequeing?

Only if you're west of the Rockies, east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon line...

 

[psianime]

Originally posted by: Lyfer
Go to costco, they are the best BBQ headquarters. Get some Italian Sausage, 24pks are $8, Spareribs $15 gets you alot, $20 per park of baby back ribs, get 2-3. Also get tri-tip and some side dishes and your set.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
isn't cooking something "on the grill" the same thing as barbequeing?

No. Cooking something on the grill is called "grilling out".

DUH!

 

[BatmanNate]

Salmon on a cedar plank is good. Steak of course. Ribs, pork, burgers, chicken, and tube steak too. Corn on the cob and portabellas are also good on the grill.

 

[rh71]

Do the asian thing - pork chops.

 

[amnesiac]

ribeye steak.

coat with a bit of oil and plenty of salt and pepper.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Burgers, Brats, If Steaks are on sale you can sometimes find NY strip or Porterhouse steaks for $3.99 or $4.99 a pound .... or Boneless/skinliss chicken breasts are always good grilled (dont pay more than like $3 a pound)

 

[glen]

I normally buy a whole pig.
Cost is around $1 per pound, and a whole hog feeds about 50 folks.
They take forever to cook.

A few weeks ago, i cooked a whole Lamb.
it was a lot more expensive, but it sure was easier to cook taking only around 5 hours as opposed to 16 for a hog.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Remember that BBQ, the real stuff, takes all day. You cook at a low heat for a long time. Almost always, some smoking is done to the meat.

What many people mean when they say BBQ means grill. I do grill steaks, but I use lump charcoal which burns very very hot. I can get 800 degrees out of my setup, but I almost never go that high.


Doing ribs today. (baby back that is)