Get Your Grill On

The next time you decide to smoke a Boston butt or a picnic shoulder you may want to consider an alternative to a simple rub. At most competitions you’ll see competitors viciously rubbing their pork with pounds and pounds of homemade rubs, the ingredients of which are a secret that they will certainly die for.
While […]

This weekend I took a road trip from Kansas City to Lynchburg, Tennessee with my brother in law and cooking parter, Randy. Lynchburg is the infamous home of the Jack Daniel’s distillery. I picked up a great cookbook called Cooking with Jack. As my wife thumbed through it, she kept exclaiming, “I […]

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 […]

Pronounced “hu’ mex”, this product of Mexico can be found in the latin foods section of almost every supermarket. Jumex comes in many different flavors including apricot, mango, and guava. The mango and guava can be used with salt for an easy pork or poultry marinade that will add flavor as well as […]