Get Your Grill On

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Are you kidding me?  I get the whole craving for grilled meat.  I get the convenience has its price.  But seriously… this Tabletop Grill from Eva Solo for $340 is just crazy. 
Even crazier still, a picture on their site shows that it just about fits one zucchini.  So for the convenience of tabletop grilling, it […]

Started with a chimney of Lazzari Mesquite Lump. Man this stuff sparks like nothing I’ve ever used before. I don’t think I could use this in the summer months because of fire danger.

This new 26 inch kettle is huge. Here it is with a whole bag of lump in it.

Got a nice rib eye, seasoned […]