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Pastrami on the Grill

post #1 of 47
7/12/10 at 11:46am
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My boy Arthur is at it again. This is his first non Latin recipe. The brother has mad skills on the grill. If you are a pastrami fan, why not try to make your own rather than buy it at the store? I promise that you will not be disappointed.

Here are the step by step, picture by picture instructions of how he did it.

And of course here are the tasty teaser pictures:

The corned beef (as pastrami is just smoked corned beef) on the grill for the first time:


Ready to carve after being smoked with cherry and pecan:


And a pastrami sammich you just can't get in most delis:
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post #2 of 47
7/12/10 at 12:02pm
wow.
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post #3 of 47
7/12/10 at 12:45pm
My god...that sammich!
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post #4 of 47
7/12/10 at 1:04pm
Impressed.
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post #5 of 47
7/12/10 at 1:07pm
dayum.
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post #6 of 47
7/12/10 at 1:32pm
Looks great. I like how the article mentions "The Hat". That's the place I think about when talking about pastrami sandwiches.
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post #7 of 47
7/12/10 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by GrillinFool View Post
The corned beef (as pastrami is just smoked corned beef)


Though it can be, pastrami is rarely brined. Nonetheless- looks tasty.
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post #8 of 47
7/12/10 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Cary Grant View Post
Though it can be, pastrami is rarely brined. Nonetheless- looks tasty.

Isn't pastrami smoked corned beef?
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post #9 of 47
7/12/10 at 2:59pm
That looks like the greatest thing ever. That page has been bookmarked because I will be attempting that at some point soon. That looks like it would be perfect for when football season rolls back around in the fall.
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post #10 of 47
7/12/10 at 4:40pm
that looks so amazing!
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post #11 of 47
7/12/10 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by GrillinFool View Post
Isn't pastrami smoked corned beef?

No. Generally the same cut (not always) and pastrami generally prepped with a dry rub while corned beef is first brined.

If prepped the same way, then it's pretty close to "smoked corned beef", sure.
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post #12 of 47
7/12/10 at 5:09pm
While it looks delicious, somehow this just seems sacrilegious to me.
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post #13 of 47
7/12/10 at 6:57pm
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While it looks delicious, somehow this just seems sacrilegious to me.

Why?
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post #14 of 47
7/12/10 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by Cary Grant View Post
No. Generally the same cut (not always) and pastrami generally prepped with a dry rub while corned beef is first brined.

If prepped the same way, then it's pretty close to "smoked corned beef", sure.

All of this comes from the brisket. If you put a rub on a brisket and smoke it you have smoked brisket not pastrami. Brisket has to be corned (brined) first before it can become pastrami.
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post #15 of 47
7/12/10 at 7:10pm
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Originally Posted by Cary Grant View Post
Though it can be, pastrami is rarely brined. Nonetheless- looks tasty.

I'm afraid that is incorrect. Pastrami is almost always brined. You "corn" the beef, which is done by placing it in a spiced brine for an extended period of time. You then dry off the corned beef, coat with a spice mixture and smoke, or in the case of the famous Katz Deli, steam, the corned beef to turn it into pastrami.

Fool, looks great. My only disappointment is you didn't corn the brisket yourself. Mild quibble to what looks like a stunning success.
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