Get Your Grill On

Right out of the bottle this sauce hits you with spiced up flavor mirrored with a wonderfully rich tasting mouth-feel. It’s not watered down like store bottled ketchup nor is it as sweet as many familiar brands on the market. A simple scan of the ingredients shows that the lineup is entirely organic and gluten-free, […]

A few weeks ago l cooked up what I’m now calling SPAM “Burnt Ends.” I had been looking for an interesting take on SPAM that I could serve at a luau my wife and I are planning for later in the summer (SPAM is huge in Hawaii, so it would make a novel appetizer). […]

I’ve got a huge problem with Plowboy’s Yardbird Rub.
It’s too good.
I am a charter member of the BBQ Brethren Forum and, due to some family circumstances, I recently took a two year sabbatical from the website. During the time away I started collecting various spices and rubs to use in satisfying my BBQ cravings. Upon […]

Today I’m reviewing Rod’s Rub Original.
Before testing, I visited Rod’s website to try and learn a little about the rub and about the creator himself. I enjoyed reading the history behind Rod’s Rub and learned quickly that we share a few things in common. First we both have careers in Law Enforcement, and second were […]

I guess I’m a real sponge for information. I’m always asking questions, jotting down notes, cutting and pasting information from internet forums and highlighting passages in cookbooks. It’s funny because the little tricks or tips that I find interesting are usually one-liners, they are easy to miss in conversation or overlook in print.
Today […]

A little while ago, I did a post on slavinks, which are basically sausage mince wrapped around with streaky bacon. Unfortunately at the time, there were no photos, but that’s no impasse to posting around these parts. Recently a jar of barbeque rub, Rod’s Rub, Sweet Mesquite, came my way to try out. After messing around […]