Nick Batts

Vulture…

Tomahawk… 2lbs… smoked for 90 min then reverse seared at 500 deg. Finished off with some homemade garlic herb compound butter while it rested.

First time doing a prime rib. It’s not my go to cut of meat but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do because I know others enjoy it. Smoked this 7lb’r for 5 hours at 225 deg. With a compound butter exterior. Then reverse seared at 500 deg. Came out a touch more done than I was shooting for but it was perfectly fine overall. Or at least everyone was full and happy which is always the goal.

Lil Châteaubriand for Xmas eve dinner. Smoked then reverse seared. Garlic stuffed in the tenderloin with salt, pepper, rosemary

Time for an upgrade!!! What’s better than being able to smoke meat? Smoking more meat at the same time!!! Total guilty pleasure buy. I didn’t need it but I wanted it. It’s a new Peak model. About 1/3 bigger than my previous green mountain with a few more bells and whistles. Now with my original smoker I have an extra smoker for side dishes or pizza oven. Ya know. For when I gotta feed a small army and all that.

First run at a pot roast! Took a 2-ish pound chuck roast. Smoked it for about 3 hours. And then tossed it in a pan with potatoes, mushrooms, little onions, a crap load of garlic (of course), carrots for color and a couple big sprigs of rosemary. Back into the smoker for another 3 hours or so. Turned out really good!!! The kid had a couple bites which is pretty much a win around these parts.

Your 2021 IPL WORLD CHAMPION!!! This is what years of the most precision focus and determination results in. Simone has put in so much work to get here. It’s so much more than what athletes do in the gym that make them champions. Its the diet, pushing calories when you don’t think you can eat anymore, let alone eating what you need, not what you want. It’s the recovery, sleep, regular chiropractic visits not to mention your own protocols for keeping injuries to a minimum. It’s the week in and week out mindset of moving weight that can literally destroy your body and defeating that weight every time, everyday, for years… these results don’t happen by accident. Not by a long shot. Simone deserves everything she accomplished because she truly manifested this every hour of every day for years. She set a new world record in her weight class for squat at 337lbs as well as an insane world record deadlift at 440lbs. All at 120lbs bodyweight. All this combined secured her title as overall best lifter making her the 2021 WORLD Champion. Shes one of the top 10 strongest women in her weight class IN THE WORLD!!! I couldn’t be more proud as a coach and friend. Thanks you to for always being in her corner and .mcgue for being one of the best dudes I know and taking care of her so well. What’s next ?