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. […]

1 cup MUG® Root Beer
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons (packed) dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon mild-flavored (light) molasses
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Combine all […]

With Father’s Day fast approaching I’ve teamed up with the folks from MUG® Root Beer to offer five lucky fathers a chance at receiving a Father’s Day Brew-B-Q kit. Each kit includes a cooler, apron and recipe ingredients to make MUG® Root Beer Southern Specialty Brew-B-Q Sauce.
All you have to do is send me […]

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. […]

When it comes to grilling I truly love the flavor of flame chard meat. I just so happened to have a few delicious center cut 6 oz fillets that were begging for some attention. I took them out of the packaging, and let them rest for about 30 minutes before rubbing into them […]

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 […]

All things Greek are quite delicious and flavorful to me, hence my passion and love for cooking with fresh ingredients.
This cookbook will fire the grilling passion within you when you look through the recipes. You will see that grilling goes hand in hand with cuisines of the Mediterranean, opening a whole new realm of […]