Get Your Grill On

I’ve been in the mood for surf and turf, so when my dear wife picked up some nice beef fillets and some truly exceptional sea scallops, I was more than happy to throw them on the grill. The only question was how to prepare them?
For the scallops, I decided that simple is best and just […]

Welcome back to the Chilebrown smokehouse. We are continuing to Makin Bacon. The bellies have been curing for eight days in the refrigerator. I have turned the packages over three times. The next step is to rinse some of the salt off. I took a large pan and added fresh water to rinse the bellies. […]

I love having breakfast for dinner. The Husband? Not so much. So it’s with recipes like Grilled Tuscan Steak with Fried Egg and Goat Cheese that I can get away with it. I caught an episode of Giada DeLaurentiis’ show, Everyday Italian, recently, and this was one of the recipes she made. I love melty […]

I’m a Californian, born & raised. This, by sheer definition, means I don’t know what barbecue is. I can live with that, but it isn’t easy. I’ve fought through teeth & nails to read, listen and scour the net for help. Most of this I did back in 1998, as far as the net is […]

I’ve been wanting to try and duplicate the tasty red pork that we get at our local Chinese restaurant. After doing some research, I decided to start with a 13-pound pork butt (shoulder roast) thinly sliced into strips. Rather than use food coloring to get the usual red color, I went back to the traditional […]

I consistently receive email asking which smoker I would recommend for a beginner. The answers varies ranging from your experience in BBQ, where you live and how much you plan on preparing and sharing with family and friends.
With this in mind, I had the privilege of testing a smoker that could be used by the […]

When the Margaritaville Fiji Frozen Concoction Machine arrived it was a very easy setup. The instructions were straightforward and in no time the step-by-step set up had the machine ready to produce some delicious frozen beverages. The craftsmanship and quality were apparent at the onset, and the weight of the machine gave a certain feel […]

 
For Father’s Day weekend, we took a short, very short, camping trip.  We are fortunate enough to have two beautiful lakes within a couple miles of our house: Blue Springs Lake and Lake Jacomo.  Both have campgrounds.  This weekend, we secured a spot less than 50 feet from the playground at Blue Springs Lake.  Mom […]

I decided to do something a little different than traditional pulled pork - pulled ham.
I started with a 5lb half of a pork butt (a.k.a. Boston butt or pork shoulder roast) and cured for 5 days using a mixture of 5T of Morton’s Sugar Cure and 5t of Dizzy Pig Red Eye Express.
After curing, I […]

I had a little time recently in the Kansas City Airport so instead of sitting there wasting time I figured I would get me some famous KC bbq. I looked up restaurants and since I didn’t have time to make the drive anywhere else I headed off to Smokehouse Bar-B-Que. And since their […]