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6638647 No.6638647 [Reply] [Original]

Does this dude know his shit, or is he like all the other food channel losers who can't cook good food even with off camera chefs helping?

I want to make some ribs but I have no grill or smoker and his oven recipe seems good, but I'm leery.

>> No.6638653

>>6638647

Smart and funny. The only TV show I've ever purchased on DVD. You could do a lot worse than to follow his suggestions. Good place to start.

>> No.6638658

Alton Brown is a real nigga

>> No.6638661

>>6638647
I've tried a few of his recipes, and I wasn't impressed. YMMV.

His show is based on Harold McGee's On Food & Cooking. It's more or less an adaptation of that material.

Alton has said time and time again that he's not a cook, but a filmmaker. That's why all his shows have references to film. He did the cooking show because he wanted to get into film making and nobody else was explaining the science behind cooking on television in an entertaining way. Nowadays he's like a Gallagher/Bill Nye act touring the country and putting on a cooking extravaganza.

As for doing ribs in the oven, go for it. The flavor is going to come all from the sauce, so pick a sauce you really, really enjoy.

>> No.6638662

use your fucking brain jesus christ

he has some good recipes some bad ones but if you don't consult other resources on the subject you are a retard

>> No.6638663

If youre an amateur or just starting out his show can be really helpful. But if youve gone to school for cooking or have been doing it a long time then you might see some holes in his teachings/etc.

Any recipe ive used from him though has been good/great.

>> No.6638669

I think he's pretty good. I think his grilled cheese sandwich is more complex than it should be with no real benefit whatsoever though. I just remember watching the video and being pissed off by it

>> No.6638672

I find him kind of annoying but tolerable due to the "depth" and random tidbits. Haven't tried any of his recipes yet.

>> No.6638738

get ribs

apply dry rub generously.

wrap up in plastic cling film

3-4 hours in the oven at 250 degrees Fahrenheit. plastic wrap won't melt at this temp.

remove from wrap. apply sauce. back in the oven under high broiler for 5 minutes or so.

rest a few minutes

>> No.6638752

>>6638738
>muh xenoestrogens

>> No.6638794

>>6638661
>He did the cooking show because he wanted to get into film making and nobody else was explaining the science behind cooking on television in an entertaining way

This. I like his recipes, but his main thing isn't making THE BEST EVAR FOOD, it's demonstrating the principles behind all good food (why brine works, maillard reactions, etc).

>> No.6638816

I just wanna cook some ribs

>>6638738
Now I can't say with 100% certainty, but this sure seems full retard

>> No.6638821
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6638821

>>6638816
Yeah, it's full retard.

>> No.6638836

He's a fag with a "cultivated" pretentious look and will try to get people to spend 4 hours making some base shit that they can buy in 10 seconds. His show and him is pathetic.

>> No.6638837

>>6638738

I'd go for five or six hours at 230F, depending on the rib. Also, I wouldn't put sauce right on the rib - I'd just slather a mix of salt, brown sugar, and black pepper all over them - sometimes I put in chili flakes and garlic powder as well.

>> No.6638841

>>6638647
He basically a food geek that then goes and tells you what he learned. He was a cinematographer for music videos before that.

>> No.6638851

>>6638841
He's not a geek, he's a pathetic fag.

>> No.6638853
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6638853

I definitely have tried new things just from watching his show. He got me into sardines, avocados, corning beef, smoking meats and really just trying new ingredients here and there. You may have different preferences though.

pic related, doesn't look appetizing at first, but the first bite was heaven and I've been trying different things ever since. Nowadays I like my sardines with hot sauce, bit of brown mustard, squeeze of lemon, all on a buttery round cracker.

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6638855

>>6638851
What's your tv show, anon?

>> No.6638859

Typical food channel and travel channel fags, useless and pretentious. Food channel used to be good when all they did was replay BBC and PBS stuff, but even BBC and PBS has become bullshit. None of those shows have stable camera angles anymore, they have shit background music that makes no sense, why does a cooking show need music? The weird moving camera angles are for ADHD weirdos who have the attention span of gnats.

>> No.6638860

>>6638855
None anymore. I like the old ones when they're on but that's getting rare and it's too easy to just download the ones I want now.

>> No.6638865

>>6638821

>Cook the plastic right on your meat at borderline plastic melting temperature

Yes i'm sure this has no negative health effects at all

>> No.6638875
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6638875

>>6638860

>> No.6638876

>>6638875
It may sound that way but the old shows really existed to teach cooking techniques, the new ones exist to fill time between commercials. The new ones are more about showmanship then actual content. That's a fact.

>> No.6638927

>>6638876
>he still doesn't get it

>> No.6638928

>>6638876
Have you been diagnosed with autism?

>> No.6638933

>>6638928
Not as far as I know, have you since you believe in TV bullshit and don't quite understand that shows on food network are designed to fill time between commercials?

>> No.6638937

>>6638928
I guess that if I was then I'd be autistic and wouldn't know it, which means I'm likely not, unlike yourself.

>> No.6638958

>>6638933
>>6638937
Holy shit you're extremely autistic

>> No.6638969

>>6638928
Not him but he's only wrong about daytime food network, which is more food-focused in every aspect. Nightime, which most of the people watching food network watch, is quite competition-based, with the exception really of DDD

>> No.6638975

>>6638738
Nigga wut

>> No.6638976

>>6638969
Additionally, you have faggots like Duff

>> No.6639940

>>6638738
>plastic wrap
>Won't melt at 250 degrees
Maybe not, but it'll still taste like plastic. And smell like plastic. You might as well just eat the platic.

>> No.6640028

His live shows are more science and comedy oriented but his recipes are pretty good

>> No.6640045

>>6638853
Google just pulls up 2 /ck/ threads when I looked for this image.

Could you please tell me what this is, and how you make it? From what I can tell its some sort of fish with avocado.

>> No.6640050

>>6640045
sardines avocado parsley lemon bread

>> No.6640051

As many have said, you'll never see anything truly extraordinary from his cooking advice, but he certainly gives good information on basic cooking techniques and the actual science behind food.

He's really like the Bill Nye of food, entertaining and accurate, but perhaps not terribly in-depth.

>> No.6640089

>>6638853
You're damn right it doesn't
looks like absolute shite

>> No.6640113

Some of his stuff is way too complicated, like the ladder rig for deep frying a turkey or making chicken wings without a deep fryer. Other than that i still use alot of his techniques and recipes i learned when i was a wee little chef babby watching him on tv. I did the ribs like in his video during the winter when i couldn't use my smoker, and they turned out almost as good as the real deal.

I also happened to meet him a few times because i worked in a grocery store in georgia where he went to alot, and he's actually a pretty nice guy.

>> No.6640133
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6640133

I like him. He's entertaining and shares two of my hobbies.

>> No.6640134
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6640134

>>6639940
It is what this guy told some restaurant cooks to do.

>> No.6640147

Everyone who wants to learn how to cook should watch Good Eats.

>> No.6640203

>>6640113
>making chicken wings without a deep fryer

Haven't seen AB's method for this, but Chef John's works great.

>> No.6640215

>>6640203
He basically makes an elaborate steaming method to pre cook the wings using a bunch of steamers and screws so it doesn't make too much smoke when you put it in the oven.

It's stupid.

>> No.6640218

>>6640134
>robert irvine and guy fieri
vs
>brock lesnar and hulk hogan
who would win?

>> No.6640239

>>6640218
brock lesnar could beat all 3 np

>> No.6640249

>>6638855
the one where they bury the bodies

>> No.6640258

>>6640215
That is stupid. Chef John just has a dry rub you coat the wings with, then you cook them in the oven, turning them periodically. Shit works.

>> No.6640278

>>6640215
It's actually pretty smart but impractical. Lez be honest here.

>> No.6640752

His pate a choux recipe is terrible