Get Your Grill On

It has been announced that BrooklynQ of WhiteTrash BBQ fame will be assisting Smokin’ Joe Mizrahi, proprietor of the 20-year-old critically acclaimed Smokin’ Joe’s True-Blue Texas Barbecue Inc. and Stephen Harkavy, his long-time BBQ buddy and fellow Pitmaster on the grounds of Staten Island’s bucolic Historic Richmond Town to teach the secrets of being a […]

I usually hate it when a classic food reinvents itself. Anybody else out there remember New Coke or Coke 2? We all know how well that turned out. If it ain’t broke why fix it huh?
So you can understand that I was a bit skeptical when I heard about the new Lea & Perrins - […]

Let’s get this out of the way, barbecue is not sauce. Barbecue is a method of slow cooking meat over low heat and smoke. You can’t put “barbecue” sauce on a carrot and call it Barbecue. The sauce is just a condiment on hopefully good meat.
That being said, let’s talk a little about barbecue sauce. […]

If you don’t want to get out the grill and smoke up your yard, here are 10 restaurants recommended for their barbecue by Bon Appetit magazine’s July issue.

Stacy’s Smokehouse BBQ in Phoenix at 1650 E. Indian School Road
Bulldog Barbecue in North Miami at 15400 Biscayne Blvd.
Rolling Bones BBQ in Atlanta at 377 Edgewood Ave., SE
The […]

OK, I know it’s not a spice. It’s a spice blend or maybe you could call it a rub. Oh, but what spice blend this is.
McCormick Spices Worcestershire Ground Black Pepper Blend.
I’ve been using this stuff for the past couple of weeks wherever I’d use Worcestershire sauce. I’m very very happy with it.
I bought […]

Barnes and Noble suggests that you give your backyard grillin’ ol’ dad a new cookbook for Father’s Day this year. It’s not a bad idea if dad is into cookbooks, but if he’s like most of us guys, he won’t follow the directions! I know I rarely do. Recipes are for inspiration, not copying.
Here’s the […]

She-Smoke
A Backyard Barbecue Book Julie Reinhardt, Co-owner of Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ, a Seattle joint.
Seal Press
I’ve been reading She-Smoke by Julie Reinhardt. This is a great, cheap ($16.95), educational and fun little book. Julie provides a great introduction to barbecue and grilling for beginners, but adds enough expertise to intrigue the expert.
Ms. Reinhardt goes over […]

With Father’s Day rapidly approaching in the United States, I have a recommendation for all you kids out there. If your dad uses charcoal to grill and barbecue, got out and buy him a Weber Rapidfire Chimney Starter. It uses only crumpled up newspaper to light the coals and gets the fire going in minutes. […]

Way back in February, I picked up an Orion Cooker for an amazingly low price of $37 when the list price was $139. I didn’t think too much about why the price was so low, it being February and all. I just figured they were clearing out last year’s “summer” inventory.
Un-boxing the cooker, I discovered […]

America’s Best BBQ
100 Recipes from America’s Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses and Restaurants
Ardie A. Davis, PhB and Chef Paul Kirk, CWC, PhB, BSAS
Andrews McMeel Publishing Released: May 1, 2009
Wow. This May is turning out to be a great month for barbecue cookbooks. I don’t remember a summer where so many […]