Silence of the Grilled Lamb

Friday!  It only means one thing:  we're grillin'.  But for Friday we have to do something special.  We debated.  Meatloaf?  Maybe.  Tri-tip?  Always.  Lamb?  Definitely!  So, we got on the phone and called Harter House Meats.  To our surprise, not only did they send us succulent lamb chops, but they also threw in a wonderful ground sirloin wrapped in bacon.  However, because there are four of us, we decided that we would need something else as well.  Unfortunately,  the something else we got was not purchased from Harter House, and, instead was purchased from a chain that begins with Price and ends in a verb for the action of slicing things in two.  Needless to say, the sirloins from this grocery chain were sub-par and wafer thin.

Gorgeous lamb and ground sirloin.  Sad, flimsy looking sirloin in the background.

We fired up the trusty Uniflame...

We're located in an alleyway downtown.  Anything more valuable and it's stolen.

 Loading it with our favorite charcoal....

Nothin better.

And waited for the coals to glow red. 

We decided to try a new seasoning we had never used before and was pleasantly surprised.  Red Monkey Pomegranate Spice Rub, and man, this stuff was good.  Located in Mt. Vernon, MO, it was nice to use a local company for our spice needs.  It accented the meat really well and really helped with the paper thin sirloins overall flavor.

 

Once the grill was properly heated, it was time to get to cooking.

The lamb would not take very long at all, and the top sirloin would take even less time given the 1/4 inch thick cut, but the ground sirloin wrapped in bacon would definitely need just a little extra time on the grill.  We were looking about 5 minute on each side for both the lamb and see-through sirloin, and about 8 minutes per side for the bacon-wrapped ground sirloin.

Already looks good enough to eat.

Notice the difference in thickness between the two brands?  There is only one reason for this:  Quantity versus Quality.  Harter House Meats cares about the meat it sells you.  The other guys would rather get as many steaks from the animal as it can, with no regard to what they are selling you.

It takes two of there steaks to equal a Harter House steak.

The meal was delicious, and the lamb was out of this world especially paired with the Tabasco Brand Jalepeno Jelly.  Harter House had actually given me another jelly to use, but I accidently dropped it and it shattered over the concrete floor of our office.  I'm sure it was delicious and look forward to giving it another try soon.

A good replacement

The team working on our next masterpiece:

And discussing the greatness of Red Monkey Rub.