Get Your Grill On

I fired up the Char-Broil smoker this past week and put together some of the most unique mouth watering brisket I’ve ever tasted. I marinated 4 briskets in two separate sauces for 24 hours before smoking.
The first sauce was a Tikka Masala from Phillips Seafood. It’s a hearty tomato based sauce with […]

I know, I know, many backyard grilling enthusiasts state that gas is gas and wood and charcoal are better but let the statistics speak for themselves - 17 million grills were purchased in 2008 and 70% of grills sold use gas. With that being said many cookbooks walk a fine line between gas and charcoal […]

On Saturday I lit the fire in the Bubba Keg, oiled the grates and the dome’s vents, burned off any miscellaneous packing materials and played with the fire. Dinner on Saturday was some chicken legs and grilled asparagus and Sunday was grilled rib eye with homemade potato au gratin. Man, cooking on the Bubba […]

Wow. That was fun. Putting the Bubba Keg together is pretty simple, once I downloaded the assembly instructions. Why aren’t they included in the box? Also, I was missing two screws. Not a good sign of quality control boys. I
t took about 20 minutes to assemble the beast; almost as long as it does […]

I recently received a Bubba Keg and while I still haven’t had time to cook on this beast, and it calls to me constantly, but here’s some pictures of un-boxing and assembling.
On the left, here it is as delivered. Looking at the box, it’s not much smaller than an 18 1/2″ Weber Smokey […]

In going on my third round of antibiotics for my sinus infection, I’ve found myself going through more cookbooks than getting time to step outside and grill. I’ve been able to glance over many cookbooks that have become staples on my barbecuing idea shelf, and BBQ USA is such a book. Steven Raichlen’s BBQ USA […]

Steven Raichlen certainly has put forth some mighty fine effort in producing several notable cookbooks in the area of grilling, smoking, sauce, ribs and rubs. This addition (Ribs, Ribs, Ribs) published in 2006 is a staple of my professional collection at Shepherd University. Before I stepped into the kitchen many a time before, I found […]

Yes folks, a barbecue brush. I know it’s a mundane piece of equipment, but every good cook knows that you need clean grills to produce great food. Towards that end I bring to you The Grill Wizard Barbecue Brush.
This brush was sent to me back in the fall for review. The Grill Wizard Barbecue Brush […]

With the weather outside dipping into single digits and the wind kicking up the slightest dusting of snow it seemed like a good time to get some beef going on the indoor Char-Broiler for dinner. The flank steak was ordered in trimmed and ready to go, about 50# to be exact, hey it was […]

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 […]