I was fortunate enough to win a custom Disc-It grill for the Dia del Perro sauce Label Art / Grand Prize Marketing & Advertising Division.
Picked it up in ABQ a couple weeks back, but hadn't had time to break it in & cook on it. That changed today.
Breaking it in was a 3-beer experience. Fired it up, salted it (to help diffuse heat & keep smoke low) and added a couple Tbsp of lard. With tongs & a rag, I worked in the oil for a few mins until the pan started to darken. After a few mins, I moved the top over so the flame was hitting another part of the pan. Lather, rinse, repeat - salt, lard, heat, rag - 2 beers, salt, lard, rag, fire, 3 beers, salt, lard, rag, heat and voila. The surface was darkened and ready to cook.
PSA: Do not wear sandals. I did, and when I got a little overzealous with the towel I knocked a molten salty drop of lard onto my big toe, right below the nail - instant sizzle/blister. Avoid if possible (or at least not dumb like me)
Once the grill was seasoned I had to cook on it - so I marinated some pork in a pastor marinade (found one online). After wiping the lard/salt clear oiled the surface with olive oil & dropped in the pastor to a pleasing sizzle.
What I love about this surface is that it's got the cooking evenness & characteristics of a flat-top, but with hot and cool spots so you can use different temperatures to different effects. So I could sautée the peppers in the middle while browning the pastor at a lower temperature and warming the tortillas on the sides.
Once the peppers were to my liking, I folded them into the pastor & continued to cook, periodically rotating & flipping the tortillas while scrambling up the pastor.
The end product: spectacular tacos al pastor with Brown Label, Volcanic Peppers "Lava" hot taco sauce (terrific - get you some!) and Dia del Perro.
Glad I took a half day off today. I highly recommend the Disc-It Grill - really fun to cook on, and I am excited for the possibilities this thing offers. It's shallower than I thought, which makes it a taco machine. Also highly recommend Volcanic Lava taco sauce.
Picked it up in ABQ a couple weeks back, but hadn't had time to break it in & cook on it. That changed today.
Breaking it in was a 3-beer experience. Fired it up, salted it (to help diffuse heat & keep smoke low) and added a couple Tbsp of lard. With tongs & a rag, I worked in the oil for a few mins until the pan started to darken. After a few mins, I moved the top over so the flame was hitting another part of the pan. Lather, rinse, repeat - salt, lard, heat, rag - 2 beers, salt, lard, rag, fire, 3 beers, salt, lard, rag, heat and voila. The surface was darkened and ready to cook.
PSA: Do not wear sandals. I did, and when I got a little overzealous with the towel I knocked a molten salty drop of lard onto my big toe, right below the nail - instant sizzle/blister. Avoid if possible (or at least not dumb like me)
Once the grill was seasoned I had to cook on it - so I marinated some pork in a pastor marinade (found one online). After wiping the lard/salt clear oiled the surface with olive oil & dropped in the pastor to a pleasing sizzle.
What I love about this surface is that it's got the cooking evenness & characteristics of a flat-top, but with hot and cool spots so you can use different temperatures to different effects. So I could sautée the peppers in the middle while browning the pastor at a lower temperature and warming the tortillas on the sides.
Once the peppers were to my liking, I folded them into the pastor & continued to cook, periodically rotating & flipping the tortillas while scrambling up the pastor.
The end product: spectacular tacos al pastor with Brown Label, Volcanic Peppers "Lava" hot taco sauce (terrific - get you some!) and Dia del Perro.
Glad I took a half day off today. I highly recommend the Disc-It Grill - really fun to cook on, and I am excited for the possibilities this thing offers. It's shallower than I thought, which makes it a taco machine. Also highly recommend Volcanic Lava taco sauce.
on the base it says the "LUCKY DOG HOT SAUCE" on one side & has the Scovjes logo on the other.