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Operation Cold Smoke - Update #1


For the last 10 years I’ve dreamed about making a cold smoker. Bacon, ham, sausage, pork chops, fish and chile peppers, oh my! But cold smoking isn’t quite as straight forward as hot smoking, and the equipment is different. That spells big delays, especially since I am dead lazy. So, I’m only now taking the […]

Happy Holidays!


From the entire Get Your Grill On and Well Fed Network family, we wish you a wonderful holiday season with your friends and family.  We are on vacation until January 2nd, but will return then with a bounty of grilling, smoking, and roasting coverage.  Best wishes to you and yours.

Menu For Hope 4


It’s that time of the year, just as we are contemplating our Christmas dinners, when some people out there, families with children included, have no idea exactly where their next meal is coming from. The indefatigable Pim from Chez Pim felt this was an untenable situation and that perhaps us folk that blogged about food […]

2007 Food Blog Awards


This just in from our parent site, The Wellfed Network….
It’s that time of year again, time to recognize your favorite food and drink blogs with the annual Food Blog Awards.  This year, in the interest of the upcoming holidays, we’ve moved our schedule up a bit, so we can get it all wrapped up before […]

Grilled Roasted Root Vegetables with Figs


3 Sweet Potatoes
3 Yukon Gold Potatoes
3 Turnips
3 Parsnips
1 Dz Fresh small figs
2 bulbs peeled garlic bulbs (less is desired)
4 Tbsp Salad Oil (more may be needed)
Sea Salt, Pepper to taste

Preheat grill at medium high heat - indirect grilling.
Cut potatoes, turnips, and parsnips into quarter sized chunks. Toss in a large bowl with garlic, cleaned […]

Boston Butt


It’s too hot to do anthing today except eat barbecue. Boston Butt, baby. Pork fat rules!

Grilled Cheese


Grilled Cheese
…. not talking the one you are thinking of! This is a delicious Cypriot cheese – Halloumi, grilled and served as an appetizer or a vegetarian main course. Halloumi is available at Middle Eastern shops and more recently has been found at mainstream grocery stores. It is found in sealed plastic wrapping […]

Coming Soon to a Store Near You!


As you can see, we don’t mess about with the quality of our meat in Australia. If it’s good, it must be famous. If it’s hard to sell, it just might be famous too.

Here’s a quick quiz…can anyone name the odd meat out, and why? There are two possible answers, kudos to anyone who gets […]

Barbecued Salmon


My nephew went fishing a couple of weeks ago and landed a whopper, a 3.5 kg salmon. He was never going to miss, fishing as he was in a trout and salmon farm at Buxton. Not only did the fish bite hard at his bait, it also bit hard at his parents wallet, costing a […]

BBQ Games: Pass The Pigs.


No, no, no, it’s not what you think! - You pigs!

Pass the Pigs is a great little game using pigs as dice. This very portable “beer & pretzels” game comes as a pocket travel case containing 2 pig dice, two pencils and a scoring booklet that also includes the scoring table. The pigs are actual […]