Tembo Tusk Scottle Recipes, Tips and Tricks
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I thought I had but it looks like they don't work. I am heading out on a wild Raspberry picking expedition. Going to camp a few days and do some canning of preserves and hopefully start a batch of home made Mead with them.
I'll try to repost the pictures when I get back next week.
I'll try to repost the pictures when I get back next week.
That is kind of cool. Similar ideas. From what I can tell the Scottle is a little more like wok than a flat griddle. So I am sure there are arguments to each depending on what you want to cook.
The Scottle is more self-contained and I would say looking at it, lighter. The Mojoe looks to have a few more heat source options but for me I am liking the simple set up and go of the Scottle. At the end of the day, I can have the Scottle set up and cooking in about 5 minutes.
I really like some of the recipes I am seeing on the Mojoe site and think they would translate to Scottle. I tried Pizza a little while back and it did not turn out so well. I was thinking of the using a Pizza Stone and I saw they were doing that with the Mojoe.
If you get a chance to check out the Scottle you should. If you are a wealthy gear junky try them both and let us know.
Here are some pictures as requested of the Chuck Wagon Beef & Pasta Skillet.
I am afraid it is not much to look at but it is yummy. Maybe next time I will get some different colored Peppers to visually spice it up.
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Anyone have some tips on cooking up finger food like mini Chimis, Mozzarella sticks or maybe Jalapeno Poper type of stuff? We are cracking open some wine tomorrow at the office because it is Friday and well.... It is Friday. It thought I would maybe cook up some happy hour type food to go with it.
I heated up some Pizza Pocket things out on a that turned out okay but nothing spectacular. They probably has as much to do with what I was cooking as to how I did it.
I heated up some Pizza Pocket things out on a that turned out okay but nothing spectacular. They probably has as much to do with what I was cooking as to how I did it.
Herbie
Rendezvous Conspirator
I've done frozen Shumai and pot-stickers with good success, and the Costco potato & onion pierogi are simply amazing.
Heat Control
So I returned last Sunday from a 10 day camping trip. First time out using (experimenting with) my new Scottle. I found that my Coleman stove needed to be set on the lowest setting to prevent burning. That's just one click from being off. I tried to cook with the next click up, but was challenged with the high temperature and typically would burn the food. By the last couple days I seemed to have it worked out, but would like to know what technique you guys and gals use for heat control.
Do you ramp up the temp to totally heat the Scottle and then back off for cooking? Do you find that you need to actively control the burner level while cooking? Are any of you going full bore with the burner?
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Stitch "The Burner of Food"
So I returned last Sunday from a 10 day camping trip. First time out using (experimenting with) my new Scottle. I found that my Coleman stove needed to be set on the lowest setting to prevent burning. That's just one click from being off. I tried to cook with the next click up, but was challenged with the high temperature and typically would burn the food. By the last couple days I seemed to have it worked out, but would like to know what technique you guys and gals use for heat control.
Do you ramp up the temp to totally heat the Scottle and then back off for cooking? Do you find that you need to actively control the burner level while cooking? Are any of you going full bore with the burner?
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Stitch "The Burner of Food"
TemboTusk
Rendezvous Con
Stitch,
The biggest mistake people make with the Skottle is cook with the burner set too high. I will set it high to warm up the pan and dial the burner way down to cook. I find cooking to be an active sport. I'm always moving the food around. I do it on the home stove as well.
The biggest mistake people make with the Skottle is cook with the burner set too high. I will set it high to warm up the pan and dial the burner way down to cook. I find cooking to be an active sport. I'm always moving the food around. I do it on the home stove as well.
TemboTusk
Rendezvous Con
Skottle IGT Insert
The IGT Insert has been reworked to play nice with all the other Snow Peak inserts. We shortened it by a little bit more than 1/8th inch. The Skottle Insert will now sit flat when used on the larger IGT tables with other inserts in place.
For those waiting for the update, it is ready to ship now!
If you bought one already, send me an email and I will swap yours out for the new improved version.
The IGT Insert has been reworked to play nice with all the other Snow Peak inserts. We shortened it by a little bit more than 1/8th inch. The Skottle Insert will now sit flat when used on the larger IGT tables with other inserts in place.
For those waiting for the update, it is ready to ship now!
If you bought one already, send me an email and I will swap yours out for the new improved version.
TemboTusk
Rendezvous Con
My friend Paul experimented smoking ribs with his Skottle!
He soaked mesquite chips overnight in water and a bit of balsamic. Set the Skottle on low with the chips in the middle, lots of moisture, put the rack in the pan with the ribs and covered it all with the lid. Every 15 minutes added more water and cooked for a bit over an hour. At the last ten minutes, he put on some BBQ sauce.
Hmm Good!
Thanks, Jerry, the technique you describe is about what I arrived at towards the end of the trip and was satisfied with the results. I think the key piece I was missing was to get the entire pan nice and warm before backing off on the heat. I was just using the low setting to heat up the pan before I started cooking and that seemed to result in a concentrated cooking area with not much help from the rest of the pan.
Very happy with my Scottle, though, and I look forward to improving my ability to realize its full potential. Hopefully this discussion helps future Scottle users.