Get Your Grill On

Thank you so much for making our site a part of your regular routine.  Without you, we wouldn’t be here.  We will be taking a short break to celebrate the holidays with our family and friends, and will resume regular postings on Monday, January 5th (the official kick-off of the annual Food Blog Awards!).
Happy holidays!

I needed something “new” for an event this past weekend so after a few conversations with other bbq enthusiasts and reading a couple of recipes I came up with the following: I smoked a bunch of chicken thighs rubbed with DDog’s “Apple Rub.” After the thighs cooled, I removed the skin and pulled the meat […]

Guy Fieri is one of the popular winners from The Next Food Network Star who has made it beyond the competition.  He has gone on to either host or be part of several Food Network shows since then, and his fame and popularity seems to be on a steady incline.  I love his exuberance and […]

Smoked two racks of ribs with indirect heat on the new 26″ Weber Kettle to find out how it performed on some low and slow bbq. Here’s the racks ready to go. Already trimmed and rubbed with Simply Marvelous Sweet and Spicy Rub.

Close up of the rub fantastic rub:

The ribs are on cooking over […]

“North Carolina is home to the longest continuous barbecue tradition on the North American mainland.” Whoa. Really? Them’s some pretty strong words. Some folks might say them’s fightin’ words. Some folks in Texas, Tennessee, Missouri and not to mention South Carolina may not take kindly to them words, but John Shelton Reed, Dale Volberg […]

Justin and Dave, of Bacon Salt fame, sent me some of their new Baconnaise to try out. I gave it a try on a couple of items.
Nice texture:

Went looking through the refrigerator for something to make a sandwich and found a leftover hard boiled egg. How about a simple egg salad sammie on good old […]

With all the holiday parties starting up and with the explosion of barbecue restaurants now open in New York City, where in the Big Apple can one get a whole smoked pig? I called around town using Pigtrip, which lists the BBQ joints in the city (not to mention just about every one from Maine […]

At long last, it’s that time of year again, time to recognize your favorite food and drink blogs with the annual Food Blog Awards.  This year, in the interest of the upcoming holidays, we’ve moved our schedule up a bit, so it will not get underway until after the holidays.On Monday, January 5th, we will put […]

We usually make up a batch of this recipe for the holidays. The cured salmon makes a great appetizer served on crusty bread spread with a little cream cheese and topped with capers.1 cup Kosher salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
Several grinds of fresh black […]

Started with a chimney of Lazzari Mesquite Lump. Man this stuff sparks like nothing I’ve ever used before. I don’t think I could use this in the summer months because of fire danger.

This new 26 inch kettle is huge. Here it is with a whole bag of lump in it.

Got a nice rib eye, seasoned […]