news from home of economy home of the guaranteed lowest price grand forks gator grillin recap thursday august 04 2016 posted by robert it manager on 08 04 at 11 47 pm on thursday july 28 2016 home of economy in grand forks prepared and served up a whole 4 foot alligator for tasting samples . the gator went on the the grill wednesday evening and roasted overnight . for those who were there for the preparation we also made deliciously smokey samples of l and m meats sausage and pizza from papa murphy s all prepared on the traeger wood fired smoker grill . and what a day it was we want to thank everyone who was our guest for the event . thank you for coming and thank you for all the kind words and compliments . all of us at home of economy enjoyed the event . attendance exceeded all expectations and we truly appreciate the positive feedback . we expected about 50 people we hoped for 100 we prepared for 200 and we served over 900 we scrambled a bit but we sure enjoyed it we will do another gator event in the future but are also open to suggestions of other things you might like us to try . we look forward to your ideas to make our gators as delicious as possible we prepared a spicy cornbread crawfish and sausage stuffing that went in the gator first . then the critter got a rub down with olive oil to help it absorb the smoke to keep it moist and to help the spice rub to stick . the next step was to give it a good rub with traeger salmon shake . salmon shake is great on salmon but it is also great on a lot more . traeger recommends it on burgers meatloaf steaks tenderloin and brisket . we are using it because it is a sweet and spicy salty and savory rub that will caramelize nicely and compliment the smoke from the grill . once stuffed and rubbed the gator went into the traeger to smoke for four hours . the traeger is unique among grills in that set on smoke the temperature will stay low so that your dinner can have maximum time for the smoke to penetrate and mature . four hours gave us a half to three quarter inch smoke ring in the meat . every half hour or so we gave it a moisturizing spray of olive oil apple cider and vinegar . we did this to keep the smoke intense inside the grill but most of the gator is lean white meat and we needed to be sure not to dry it out . once the smoke had time to work on the gator we covered it in bacon . we could have done it without bacon but bacon made it easier to keep the meat tender and bacon is delicious . one of the great things about a traeger is the ability to set a controlled temperature that is maintained automatically without anyone having to stand over it just like the oven in your kitchen at home . we set the grill at a temperature of 230 f and let it cook . we like to use a traeger remote thermometer to keep track of exactly what is going on inside the grill from up to 500 feet away . with one probe monitoring the ambient temperature inside the grill and the other keeping tabs on the meat it allowed us to relax and let the grill do the work . just think what you could cook up at home with a traeger wood fired grill of your own images uploads 13669092 10155033905284947 4931378077930380841 n.jpg permalink thanksgiving thursday november 12 2015 posted by amy marketing coordinator on 11 12 at 01 25 pm we are pleased to announce we will be closed on thanksgiving day . this video says it best . this video will begin airing next week . permalink do you want to be named lefse master wednesday july 01 2015 posted by amy marketing coordinator on 07 01 at 08 16 am home of lefse is partnering with norsk hostfest to find the region s best tasting lefse . home of economy is your home of lefse and we are conducting a competition in 6 of our stores . we will have 6 winners 1 from each store to advance to hostfest for a chance to be crowned the lefse master . so dust off that grill and tie that apron . we want the best lefse makers in north dakota . for rules and to sign up go to homeoflefse.com and 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