Get Your Grill On

OK boys and girls, Sunday is Father’s Day. Does dear old dad like to grill or barbecue? Still don’t know what to get him? Well, I have a few recommendations for the outdoor cook.

A Weber Charcoal Chimney Starter. It’s only about $10 and will allow dad to light the fire without charcoal lighter. He’ll notice […]

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Great BarBeQlossal BBQ contest in Des Moines, IA. It is an all Pork contest as it is associated with the World Pork Expo held at the Iowa State Fair grounds each year. The entries for the contest include Pork Ribs, Pork Loin, Pork Shoulder, and […]

So I had The Husband cracking up, hysterically laughing last week … at me. Nice. He was late coming home from work, and I had a bunch of chicken that was ready to go on the grill. I’ve never used any of our grills because The Husband and I have a deal […]

In my recent BBQ Restaurant Pet Peeves post, I talked about “award winning” barbecue, effectively saying that you’ve got to take these awards with a grain of salt. Now don’t get me wrong (or as Roger Clemens likes to say, “make no mistake about it”), I have the utmost respect for both restaurateurs and competition […]

One of my favorite rituals over the years when preparing chicken, pork or beef for barbequing or grilling is the use a good mustard slather as part of the preparation process.
Does mustard make a difference? Will it give your food an overwhelming mustard taste, taking away from the grilling and smoking ? This article will […]

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For $19.95, you receive two different gourmet […]

Here’s something I really don’t know anything about - what wine to drink with BBQ. Oh sure I know red is for meats and white is for fish, chicken and sea food but what are the nuances of wine and BBQ and grilled foods?
I’m a dyed in the wool beer drinker with Bass Ale, John […]

My mate Leigh was peering over my shoulder as I wrote an article for Get Your Grill On. “I’ve got some pictures you can use” he said and downloaded pictures of one of his many campfire cookout breakfasts he and his mates regularly make by the bank of the mighty Murray river, Australia’s biggest and longest. […]

Unless you are in Pork country like Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, etc., you probably haven’t encountered a pork burger. Same idea as the beef version, but made of pig. When cooked, it appears a bit more red or pink than beef. Texture is about the same since it’s just ground meat. Taste is, well, […]