- Can a pellet grill, cook some carne asada?
Today we're in Central Plumbing and Electric,
we're here to answer that question.
We're doing a demo with the
Green Mountain Grills.
We got a band out here.
We have the whole community coming out.
We're gonna be cooking a bunch of meat
feeding a bunch of folks.
It's gonna be a really fun time.
But the main reason we're here
is to answer the question,
can a pellet grill cook carne asada?
So what is traditional carne asada?
For most people,
it's not really about the meat.
It's generally about the backyard barbque.
It's about hanging out with family and friends.
It's about throwing some meat onto the fire
putting it in a taco and
serving your family and friends.
It's really more about hanging out
and having a great time.
And that's what we're doing today.
We're gonna cook a bunch of carne asada,
on the Green Mountain Pellet Grill
and share it with the community here
at Central Plumbing and Electric.
We're also gonna tackle a couple of myths.
Some people say the Pellet grills don't get hot.
We're gonna show you guys today
that they do.
People say they can't cook fajita or steaks.
We're gonna show you guys that
the pellet grill can do that.
Especially this Green Mountain Grill right here.
This grill's running at 550 degrees right now.
It's plenty hot to cook some
good old carne asada.
So let's get this thing going.
Now remember if you're looking,
you're not cooking
on a pellet grills
that's especially true.
Good thing is we got a window here.
I can actually look inside.
I don't have to lift the lid.
That's pretty cool, man.
All right Vince
it's only been like two minutes
but we're cooking at 550 degrees.
So we're gonna take a quick look at this meat.
(whistle)
Check that out.
Look at that we already got
some nice little grill marks.
We're gonna put it back on
close the lid and let it cook
while we're waiting we're gonna go ahead
and season up a little bit more
of this meat here.
All right so we're using
the Wow Seasoning and I created
especially for barbecue and grilling,
as it turns out
this stuff is awesome on everything.
All you want to do is put a nice
generous coat on here,
pat it down, flip it over and
do the other side.
We're also gonna put a light coat of OG.
OG is a very simple salt, pepper, garlic.
This is the original season all.
That's what my grandpa and my dad used to use.
This is the traditional carne asada seasoning,
just salt, pepper, garlic.
That's the old school way.
And so we enjoy using this on meat too.
Now the extra garlic,
the extra pepper
really brings out that old school flavor,
which we call carne asada too.
All right, here we go.
Let's flip this meat.
Remember I'm a big proponent of the flippity flip.
You want to keep that meat moist
flip it over a couple of times.
Depends on how thick your meat is.
The thicker it is
the longer it takes to cook, obviously.
So you wanna flip it a couple
of times and give it a chance to cook
both ways that keeps the moisture
inside the meat.
As soon as you flipped
(lid closing)
close the lid and give it a couple more minutes
then we're gonna come back,
flip it again.
People say the pellet grills don't get hot.
This puppy's running 550 degrees.
My suspicion is the plate in there is closer to six.
Go ahead and plug in your smell-o-vision.
If you were here
you would already be smelling
the amazing aroma
and the deliciousness
that's cooking in here.
We have some nice looking grill marks already.
So the meat's cooking really hot and fast.
It's gonna be done in just a couple of minutes.
Then we're gonna throw another round in there.
One of the cool things about pellet grills
like this is that you can
cook really hot and fast,
like we're doing today as you're seeing
but you can also slow it down
and cook low and slow.
Another really awesome thing
about today's modern pellet grills
there wifi and Bluetooth capable.
I have the app on my phone.
All I have to do is push a button.
I can go inside in the air condition,
turn it up
turn it down depending on what I'm cooking.
And I don't have to work quite so hard
or sweat quite as much.
Took a whole five minutes to
cook the first round of fajitas.
Let's see what they look like.
(whistle)
Look at that.
Beautiful, nice color,
hot and fast baby.
Look at those grill marks.
That looks really nice.
Look at all that juice running off of there.
Just freaking fantastic.
Who says pellet grills can't cook carne asada?
Okay now pellet grills come in different sizes.
This is the Jim Bowie edition.
This is one of the larger ones.
We're gonna go ahead
and just load it all the way up
so we can get ahead
of the game here.
We have four slabs heat down there.
Now we're also gonna add some chicken fajitas.
Woo baby.
All right, baby. we've got about
12 pounds of meat in here right now.
We've got it loaded.
Here's the cool thing that comes
with most of your pellet grills nowadays.
They come with meat probes.
This one comes with two of them.
All you gotta do is plug it in.
This is especially important with the big meat.
You stick it through the side here
and then you stick the probe into the meat and
it'll monitor the meat temperature while it's cooking.
But we don't need the probe today.
Cause we're cooking fajitas hot and fast.
Doesn't take but about five minutes per slab.
We're gonna throw some tortillas on the other
Green Mountain Grill start warming
'em up for our taquitos.
One big slab of beef fajitas coming right up.
This how you slice fajitas folks.
You want to cut 'em with the grain first.
Then you want to turn 'em sideways.
You can stack a couple at a time
and then you cut it
across the grain.
Make sure you have a really sharp knife.
Makes all the difference.
Folks, look at these fajitas.
Look how gorgeous that looks.
I'm sorry folks.
I gotta go first.
- Ooh, there you go Arnie!
(cheering)
- Mm that's good stuff.
Wow. This is carne asada friends.
Put you a big old pile of meat on your taco.
Now you can use a corn tortilla or
a flour tortilla today.
Right now we're using flour.
We actually have both on site here,
and we have two different kind of salsas.
Who's the brave guy that want the red salsa.
I believe it has a little bit
of habanero
and jalapeno, avocado, salsa.
We need a couple volunteers,
- exed out.
- Good stuff, man.
Time to flip the meat.
Whew, that looks good.
I can smell it.
Check this out.
- Now I tasted that fajita a while
ago and it just tasted like a
good South Texas carne asada taco.
It was really delicious folks.
It had the color, it has the flavor
and it only took about five minutes
between flippity flip
to get it done.
Look how juicy that is?
That looks really incredibly juicy.
Folks check that out.
It don't get no better than that.
This is the good stuff.
Look at that.
It's just gorgeous,
flavor, fantastic.
Now folks we know there's no such thing
as a true chicken fajita.
These are chicken thighs
but look how gorgeous that meat looks.
It looks fantastic, man.
Perfectly cooked.
Totally juicy.
Let's find out.
Oh yeah baby.
Oh yeah, baby.
That looks great.
Now I like cooking 'em
with a little bit of the skin on there.
It gets nice and crispy.
That's the added flavor folks.
Really good stuff.
I can hear that thing crunching
just a little bit.
And I haven't had breakfast.
So I am gonna have me a carne asada taco
with a little bit of chicken
and a little bit of beef
cuz I like 'em both.
And this will give me some,
the protein power I need
to cook and serve for the next two hours.
Good stuff.
Cheers.
Mmm.
Wow. This is fantastic.
You can taste the beef.
You can taste the seasoning on the meat.
You can taste how he got a little bit of that
maillard reaction
really gave it that nice little char.
The chicken is phenomenal, super juicy, super moist.
It really tastes fantastic.
So can a pellet grill cook some carne asada?
Here's the proof.
Mm mm
Alright friends I'm finishing up my taco.
Today we just failed some of the myths
about pellet grills.
If you're ever interested in looking at one or buying one
come see my friends here
at Central Plumbing and Electric
in Westco, Texas.
They have seven locations in the
Rio Grande Valley.
So look 'em up online.
Give 'em a call.
Tell 'em Arnie Tech sent you
Until then I got a lot more food to cook.
We have a bunch more people coming.
So keep the smoke light and make it work.
Boom, the meadow guy, Clement Rosales guys, a badass.
This man can cook.
Look him up on Facebook under Rosales Catering.
We're ready to make some taco.
All we need is some cold beer now.
(chuckling)