BBQ at HOT LUCK FEST, Again! 2023 RECAP
Here is a quick look back on a quick trip from London to Austin, Texas to cook for 2000+ people for the BBQ event of the year. It’s such an incredible honor to be invited back to the World Famous, Hot Luck Fest (Again – two years in a row!), cooking with some of the most talented Chefs in the grilling and barbecue world. We’ve been honing our Wicked mushroom cooking techniques for over a decade and are proving that meaty Mushrooms are the new hero in town. When done right, they are worthy of taking center stage on any menu, at any event. Gone are the days of just being a side dish, it’s the fungi’s time to shine! It was great to partner with the Mushroom Council, and cook alongside brother Chad and the Wicked team at this Chef-driven event.
On the menu we prepared:
BBQ Burnt Ends
Grilled Lions Mane Steaks with Garlic Herb Butter
Black Pearl Poke with Soy, Yuzu, fried shallots, toasted rice & herbs
Shawarma tacos with Harissa Spiced Portobellos, Tzatziki and Marinated Tomatoes
Grilled Marinated Steak Tips with Lions Mane
Huge appreciations to the whole Hot Luck crew and founders Mike Thelin and the smoking ace himself, King of BBQ, Aaron Franklin of Franklin’s BBQ, for being so open and inviting us back for a second time as the only plant based/vegan chefs. It’s about amazing, delicious food, the chef craft, and that is what we are about at Wicked.
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Mushrooms from: @hifimyco and Kitchen Pride
Partners on the Shroom House with @MushroomCouncil
Huge thank you to the found and host of Hot Luck @BBQwithFranklin
#mushroom #vegan #bbq
00:00 London, Goodbyes.
00:26 Wicked Chocolates in WHSmith
00:38 Lots of shrooms
01:12 Steak Prep
01:51 EVENT DAY
02:36 Menu
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Changing the world one square mile of mycelium at at time 👌🏻
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You and your brother are the reason why I eat, NO love mushrooms now. I'm so proud of you and your bro sharing your love, passion, and knowledge of mushrooms! Truly appreciate you ❤
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All those plant based vegan steaks look delicious derek. I hope you guys are going to be in Austin Texas next year. I would definitely make a trip out there to support you guys. Wicked kitchen is awesome. And thank you for caring about all animals because animals deserve to live and enjoy freedom also. I hope you and Chad come to Illinois some day and come to an event with your mushrooms. I love mushrooms myself, they are delicious. It is always good to eat plant based.
New sub from Barbados… saw you on spicy mustache
It all looks fantastic, congratulations. I do think Whole Food Plant Based is much more enticing and alot less intimidating than the word Vegan. Love the Shroom House Sign, would make a great fridge magnet, hint hint😉
Amazing to see so many people enjoying a harmfree meal!! Any chance of an upcoming video with that lions mane technique to get the marinade to penetrate like that? I've come back to watch this video a few times now, can't stop thinking of how you got them to look like they did at 1:25 in the video!
I’m obsessed with the texture and flavor of lions mane, which i’ve learned to cook from your channel. but if I could see how you get that COLOR on the inside I’d be forever grateful!!!
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At a BBQ fest in Texas it was a good call not including "vegan" at your booth. Don't think many people's egos would open them up to the possibility of mushroom based dishes. Those looked absolutely wonderful btw
I'm 🤤 DROOLING! Omgosh, I found ya'll……I LOVE MUSHROOM STEAKS! Always have since 1999
I had a perfectly marinated/seared Giant Portabello shroom next to my medium rare steak…..GAVE THE STEAK TO MY EX HUBBY & I just ate that Portabello with JOY!
Congratulations. It looks like it was a blast
I'm from Texas and making the switch to plant based eating. Really inspired by all your amazing mushroom dishes! Luckily I found a source close by for great Lion's Mane mushrooms.
So awesome!
Although, I am 100 percent plant based for many years, I avoid the word vegan too. I often just say plant based or vegan if someone pushes me to clarify since that is a more recognizable term.
Thank you always…for your love of all animals🐾💖🥰…and for your love to create such delicious food!! I absolutely love mushrooms…I wish you would come to Greensburg Pennsylvania so I could experience your masterpieces!! I really love watching Wicked Kitchen videos!! Take care….🍄🍄🍄😋✌️
So amazing always killing it 😮❤
great showing! Thank you for highlighting the animals too. Love your stuff.
Ohhh that booth is 🔥!!! If only I knew, I’d driven then 5 hours just to taste those
Looks absolutely delicious. Those cows look too skinny. What's wrong? Are they not being fed? Feed them shrooms.
Man i juste love this channel so much!!! ❤
You use these mushrooms but I can't even get king oyster mushrooms in any if the surrounding Tesco's…where do you get them?
I hope you'll be back next year, unfortunately couldn't make the trip this year. Have prepared many of your recipes at home in Denver. They have been a huge hit with friends and family. Hi-Fi Mycology is my go to source for monthly Lion's Mane shipments 👍 Keep your outstanding videos coming. You are much appreciated. 😊
Was that Peter C i spied at the 0.56 mark? 😂
Great work on getting plants out there… you guys are amazing! 💚
So good to see you both. Old school HSH here TM here! Lol. Still do y’all recipes but at home instead of at work. ❤️🔥🔥
Those mushrooms look delicious. That double cast iron pan method is my fav way to cook them. I must thank you for introducing it to me with your videos.
Made my first pressed Lions mane steak today, yall were right the results are crazy delicious
Please open a restaurant in London, would love to try your cooking!
WTG!!!
How could you not be invited back?!
The shrooms looked soooo freekin delicious!
All the best!
All looks fantastic. I love lion's mane. Your pulled bbq black pearl oysters has been so amazing, I kept it on rotation. I serve it over fries like I used to get pulled pork over fries at Six flags.
I am totally gonna look for your other steak and burnt end recipes as we go into summer here.
Congratulations guys im so stoked for you that it went well considering the huge effort you all put in. I cant wait to start my shroom journey soon
Will you please come to Memphis TN or Southaven Ms, they don't have Vegan options here😢
I appreciate your efforts to convert people to a plant based diet and hopefully a vegan lifestyle. I could not be around all that dead animal flesh 🤢the smell 🤮
Congrats, Derek! Thanks for caring about animals: they would thank you if they could! ❤
Such a blast bro! Cant wait to do it again next year
We all got your backs, beautiful cows and steers. It's a shame the word "vegan" has taken on a negative connotation for so many people. Love Love Love to ALL of the animals on this planet.
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