I've never been a fan of Meat from Coles...

that was until recently...

they now have a range of quality cut meats and sausages.. etc...

the Angus Meats... and omg... they are sensational!!! 

these porterhouses were like an inch and a half thick...



from the packet to the Weber



to the plate..



just look at the juices on them.. dear lord, those steaks were heaven!!

Go to a butcher TB...supermarkets are rubbish.

they claim all HORMONE FREE....I like the sound of that..

god only knows what they do to animals now,

almost no fat where all the taste is...every year I look for a leg of ham with a good layer of fat..... its almost impossible to find...

The Coles range is really good and very tasty.  Much much better than what my local butcher has and much cheaper too.

Meatloaf etc needs much more seasoning nowadays because there is so little fat, which gives it taste,  in the ground beef.  I cut every inch of fat off my steaks though.

I don't know who copies who but they both tend to follow each other.

I prefer the idea of hormone free meat and I know Coles advertises that along with sow stall free pork (not that I really eat pork).  Not sure about Woolies.

Wow, that is some expensive meat!

From a supermarket????

Wonder what the hell they put in that meat?

Fat is where the flavor comes from.

Glad to see you use charcoal in the weber, not, yuck, gas!

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 11^th, 2014 at 12:58pm:


hmmm I have not seen that ... yet

Your charcoal kettle, if doing a roast or ribs, add some chunks of hickory or wood from a fruit tree or a bay tree, close the baffle and let the roast sit in the smoke.

Best time to do this—when the roast has been in the kettle for half an hour or so when the surface of the meat is dry. With hickory I would add some more after the first lot have stopped smoking.

Fruitwood—apricot, peach and plum a nice light smokyness

Hickory—very subtle hence the longer smoking.

Lemon—different smoke flavot

Bay — very good, haven’t used it yet but am trimming the tree and will try this summer.

Rosemary—excellent flavor.

I bought an offset smoker from BBQs Galore, $400. This is the picture from their website (rather plastic looking food!)


Excellent with feral pig ribs!