Get Your Grill On

If you’re in or around Lexington, North Carolina at the end of the month, or want a good excuse for a road trip, you may want to stop by their 24th annual Barbeque Festival on October 27th. Called “one of the top 10 food festivals of the US” by Food & Leisure Magazine, you’re […]

The South will rise again. Or will the North kick some ass? This looks really cool and I’m a sucker for anything that has this type of history. This article and pictures come to us from the Walker County Messenger of LaFayette, GA.
Fire up the smoker for BBQ contest in Chickamauga.
New this year: Chickamauga […]

Iron Skillet Experience - Marshalltown 2007

I was lucky enough to be chosen to cook in an “Iron Skillet” competition at a BBQ contest earlier in the summer. An “Iron skillet” contest is a Friday evening event starting to crop up at some BBQ contests around the country. It uses Iron Chef America as the premise […]

Entered this at a BBQ contest in Burlington, Kansas and placed 3rd out of thirty teams. I got the idea from Good Eats. The capers and lemon zest were add ons to Alton Brown’s recipe. The sauce was made on a Weber Kettle grill in a sauce pan. I’ve never made […]

When you become addicted to the BBQ you tend to do a couple of things. First you talk to as many individuals as you can who are either successful in cooking BBQ or who consistently win in contests, and begin picking there brain hoping to find that one secret of success that would make you […]

1 lb. Boneless American Lamb leg or shoulder, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
24 grape or cherry tomatoes
24 chunks of onion
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 bunch of fresh oregano
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Combine garlic, oregano, lemon juice, and olive oil in a small bowl. Season marinade with kosher salt […]

Barbecue competitions can get really hectic, and I’m really there to fix the meats that I’m going to turn in. However, Friday night usually requires that we fix ourselves something for dinner.
The last thing I want to do is spend a lot of time fixing fancy stuff for a Friday night dinner. One […]

It’s been a while, but I’m back! I’ve just added a new cooker to my arsenal. I actually traded in my original Kamado on a new large Big Green Egg. And I’m eggcited about it! I’ve already done a couple of cooks. This thing can smoke low and slow, or […]

Here are some more of my thoughts while judging the KCBS barbecue contest at the Anheuser-Busch grounds in Merrimack NH.
Scoring Challenges
When I first started judging, I was always the last judge at the table to submit my scorecard. I’m still among the slower judges, because I want to do the best job I can. There’s […]

Last Sunday I judged the KCBS barbecue contest at the Anheuser-Busch grounds in Merrimack NH. The weather was perfect, the barbecue was good and it was a great opportunity to make new friends and re-connect with old ones. Here’s just a sample of what was trickling through my mind as I judged.
The scoring
Each of the […]