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Brazilian Barbacue For Fast Meal

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Hello folks...because barbacue use wood sources (heat source) in some countries I would like to share one video for do it using an Airfryer. Sometimes we need a small amount of meat only and this is very fast.
This cut I never saw in US or Europe but is very popular here in Brazil.Picanha.

You don't need to understand Portuguese to learn how to do.
I believe you can do it using American cuts...the tip is make full size and not slices...so the fat will penetrate at fibers.
His Airfryer is jurassic but the meat is amazing at the end.

Mynwife prefer well done (picanha is mortal enemy of well done...must to be one step before or will be "hard" and no soft )...hard here still soft but not outstanding.
I did many times.


Adjust the time for less if the piece of meat is less than 1kg
Here at video was 1100 g
Picanha (#8) below:
2 pieces per animal.
Brazilian names for com meat:

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Picanha
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First part at fat
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Other side
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Final Cook at fat cover
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(Delicious)³
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To eat together just fresh rice
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Small pieces of onion...tomato and green peper
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If you don't like green you can use yellow or red...all good for healthy but green makes the better contrast (we call this vinagrete).
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The picanha cut has been around, but not something routinely found in grocery stores unless they have their own butcher. In English it is the top sirloin cap, and has always been around, but not specifically marketed, nor necessarily cut as a single muscle.

With the current grilling craze in the U.S. (World?) you see it often on social media so it is available. Part of the problem here though is that people have become so fat adverse that the fat cap is routinely trimmed off and at that point it's not worth grilling or cooking as you have. That trend is slowly being reversed though.
 

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Only one place I can get picanha here. Haven't bought it because it's rather expensive, and the fat cap has been trimmed off. Maybe will ask for it for my burfday!
 

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Only one place I can get picanha here. Haven't bought it because it's rather expensive, and the fat cap has been trimmed off. Maybe will ask for it for my burfday!
You need the fat...will be maybe your best piece of meat ever...slice thin like 2mm maximum.
Picanha is the most expensive piece here as well
 

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Here we pay around $23 per Kg...but all must to have the fat.
No more than 1kg or youbare paying for second level meat together...I am at grocery store now...
Divide by 5 for US$
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Emerson ( @Asssiss ),
What do you call the hump from the Brahma bull in barbeque? That's one of the best cuts of meat I've ever had.
 

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I think in Brazil it is call cumin or something like that. Both sexes have the hump, so it could be a female hump also. I've always wanted to try one, but never have seen one for sale, and never went on a determined hunt for one either. They are way down on the list of breeds raised in this area. Supposedly, the hump has very high fat content and lots of marbling and needs to be treated like a brisket. The pics I have seen of it sliced looks like a burl - A beef burl!!!!
 

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Emerson ( @Asssiss ),
What do you call the hump from the Brahma bull in barbeque? That's one of the best cuts of meat I've ever had.
In Brazil hump is cupim.I love hump too but picanha is another level in terms of flavour,softness and texture.Is better than " filet mignon" (my personal opinion)...one thing I can say...I visited USA many times...if Americans eat picanha at our style ...will be the best seller meat in your country.

By the way.Cupim is the name of termite in Brazil as well.


I only ate Nelore and Red Angus meat...never other race.In Brazil 80% of our meat come from Nelore.Hump of both (Nelore or Angus) are so tasteful.

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BBQ in an air fryer. :redcard:

I was going to suggest that you reread the Wood Barter rules again because there must be something in the fine print against that.... an air fryer, really.

Although that looks very yummy!!! :adored:
 

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BBQ in an air fryer. :redcard:

I was going to suggest that you reread the Wood Barter rules again because there must be something in the fine print against that.... an air fryer, really.

Although that looks very yummy!!! :adored:
Sorry but I can't understand the main part and maybe the most important..."in the fine print against that"...it means I am doing something wrong against WoodBarter Comunity?
 

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Sorry but I can't understand the main part and maybe the most important..."in the fine print against that"...it means I am doing something wrong against WoodBarter Comunity?
You are not. You are getting teased because air frying meat does qualify as bar-b-que.

In the US, BBQ types (meats, rubs, and sauces) differ by region but how the meat is cooked is the same. Low temp and slow cooking with wood smoke. To use an air fryer would be blasphemy to BBQ aficionados.
 

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Sorry but I can't understand the main part and maybe the most important..."in the fine print against that"...it means I am doing something wrong against WoodBarter Comunity?
You are doing nothing wrong! He was making a joke about using an air fryer (versus grilling it). :wink:
Sometimes things (especially humor) really are lost in the translation.
 

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You are doing nothing wrong! He was making a joke about using an air fryer (versus grilling it). :wink:
Sometimes things (especially humor) really are lost in the translation.
Thanks for help me...to me the most difficult thing in English is understand the jokes...I almost never smiled
 

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You are not. You are getting teased because air frying meat does qualify as bar-b-que.

In the US, BBQ types (meats, rubs, and sauces) differ by region but how the meat is cooked is the same. Low temp and slow cooking with wood smoke. To use an air fryer would be blasphemy to BBQ aficionados.
Here in Brazil is the same but in US many homes has a grill or good quality bbq stuff for good prices ...here Airfryer became a very good friend for people wich live an apartaments or with limited time to cook every day...I now the two words I can tell you...Airfryer did a very tasteful and fast "bbq"

Thanks for make clear the joke....lol...with a little delay
 
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