Get Your Grill On

Its time for another Monday’s Leftovers. I have a young family so we have a lot of leftovers when I fire up the smoker. Then there’s all of the leftovers from a BBQ competition. Its called Monday’s Leftovers because after a weekend of BBQ you want a simple meal to use up whats left […]

Field Guide to Meat (aff.)
by Aliza Green
Quirk Books
This a great little book that covers virtually every cut of meat available in the United States, be it beef, chicken, quail rattlesnake or alligator. It explains where the meat comes from on the animal, how it is cut and how long it can be stored. The book […]

A sharp knife is a cook’s best friend. A dull knife is actually a danger in the kitchen. A dull edge forces the cook to do the work instead of the knife and accidents can happen. Blade material and quality means as much to keeping the knife’s edge as how it is maintained.
Forged vs. Stamped
I’m […]

Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to experiment with some of the rubs and get your own mojo workin!
This week is back to the basics. This is one of those rubs that you can start with as a base and then branch it out into many others for specific needs. This is what I […]

My shelves have enough BBQ books to start a small library. Ray Lampe’s Big-Time Barbeque Cookbook and Paul Kirk’s Championship Barbecue Sauces are among my favorites. I’ve probably made 75% or more of the sauces in Kirk’s book. The latest reads are the BBQ Queens Big Book of Barbeque and Peace, Love […]

I had the pleasure of attending Char-Broil’s 2007 product launch in mid-October with our illustrious editor, Robert of Whitetrash BBQ. The event showcased new products from Char-Broil and TEC with two professional chefs cooking 5-star food right under our noses. No matter how much Char-Broil talked about accessories, the double-door smoker, or any fancy quick […]

I woke up at 7 am, and it was cold, in the low 20s, and my bed was telling me to stay put. The air in the house was chilled, and I knew it was much colder outside. Since I don’t get up as spryly as I did in my youth, I moan and groan […]

As barbequers, we love love to feed a crowd, right? We cook on our rigs with the love oozing through our bodies, constantly searching for new and better ways to prepare our food for families and friends, so that we can think to ourselves, we fed them and fed them well. What if I was […]

After a weekend of smoking BBQ and grilling, there’s often leftovers. The classic brisket or pulled pork sandwich is always great, but there’s a lot of other ways to reuse that leftover barbeque.
A great way I use leftover pulled pork is Pulled Pork & Veggie Soup for a cold winter Monday family dinner. One of […]

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