Get Your Grill On

All things Greek are quite delicious and flavorful to me, hence my passion and love for cooking with fresh ingredients.
This cookbook will fire the grilling passion within you when you look through the recipes. You will see that grilling goes hand in hand with cuisines of the Mediterranean, opening a whole new realm of […]

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 […]

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 […]

In going over my current recipe selections, I’ve come to utilize this cookbook for many ideas, concepts and menu planning. It was published in 2001 and remains a quality addition to both my professional and personal kitchen in that I’m always looking to it for new ideas.
With over 5,000 recipes to choose from, the […]

I ordered in some Beef Brisket, nicely trimmed, with just the right amount of fat left for flavor. I took the brisket and headed to the smoker. First I rubbed the brisket down with pepper, garlic, salt, and a blend of Asian Smoked Seasonings. I was going to create an east meets west brisket and […]

I recently set up my new Char-Broil Double Door Smoker/Grill combo and was eager to get something on the grill! So I followed the seasoning instructions, coated the interior of the grill with vegetable oil and built a small fire in the firebox and let the smoker get up to temp and sealed it […]

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 done cedar planked scallops before on Get Your Grill On, but I wanted to add this, too. Why add salmon to the mix? There are a couple of reasons:

It’s very good
It’s very easy
Did I mention it’s very easy? And very good?

I was actually at a restaurant today in Cincinnati called Palomino’s, […]

This is not a recipe for those who are looking to get dinner on the table in a hurry. That being said, despite the fact that it takes two days to make, this brisket doesn’t require a lot of hands on time and the results are well worth the wait. Plus, unless you’re hosting a […]

artisanal ar‘ti·san·al (är‘tĭ-zə-nəl, -sə-, är’tĭ-zăn‘əl) adj.
(def.) Made by hand by a person skilled in an art.
I’ve been trying to categorize what I think I’m trying to attempt to kind of do. I found a book over the weekend called ‘Artisanal Cooking’, and, as I thumbed through it, I realized that I found the right […]