Get Your Grill On

My shelves have enough BBQ books to start a small library. Ray Lampe’s Big-Time Barbeque Cookbook and Paul Kirk’s Championship Barbecue Sauces are among my favorites. I’ve probably made 75% or more of the sauces in Kirk’s book. The latest reads are the BBQ Queens Big Book of Barbeque and Peace, Love […]

In the first post on Marinades we established that those with high acid levels can “cook” or de-naturize your meat proteins before they even reach the heat of the pit or grill. High acid marinades include those with citrus or vinegar, like our favorite Italian dressing. Let’s look at some low acid options […]

In many of the BBQ books I own from well known and well respected barbeque experts, they all warn about using marinades and the pitfalls that await if you don’t know how to use them.
Great, but how do I use them?!?!
We’ve all used the bottle of zesty Italian dressing to marinade our chicken before grilling […]

Did you know that Kingsford has a University that teaches grilling? Yup, the makers of that old standby, Kingsford Charcoal runs a University out at Rancho de los Caballeros, a dude ranch and spa set on 20,000 Sonoran desert acres outside of Wickenberg, Arizona.I wish I knew how to attend some of these classes. I […]