The other week the fine people over at RedEnvelope.com contacted me and offered me a chicken drumstick grilling rack to try. (Update – It is noted that RedEnvelope does not carry the drumstick grilling rack anymore, but it can be purchased from Amazon for around $15) I was only too happy to oblige as I [...]
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Tags: drumstick rack, Hot Wings, redenvelope, smoked chicken, smoked drumsticks, smoked wings 
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When you have a good steak, all you really need is salt and pepper. However, we can’t always have amazing steak lying around. So sometimes you need to season your steak to improve on its natural flavor. So I have been fiddling around with different seasonings and have found a great combinations of spices. The [...]
It has been a long and hard weekend here in DC. The temperatures were hovering around 100 all weekend. Special thanks to Mango Mike for bringing the Air Conditioned Bus. It would have been horrible without it. We competed in all four KCBS categories on Saturday and two of the three Memphis in May Categories [...]
This weekend is the Safeway National BBQ Battle right in the heart of America’s Capital. I am featuring this event today as I am competing in it with the Pork Barrel BBQ team. This event is awesome!! Not only because it is in my neck of the woods, but because it features both KCBS and [...]
So I have been trying to perfect ribs for a while. I am always on the lookout for new techniques or tools to make the perfect competition rib. Well I went back to basics and scored with an amazing rib. The key was a nice rub and a finely tuned barbecue smoker. The final ribs [...]
Posted in BBQ, pork, Recipes, Ribs Tags: BBQ, how to start a fire, how to trim ribs, Recipes, rib rub, smoked ribs, smoker 6 Comments »
I love meatloaf, but it has been so hot outside that I have not wanted to turn on the oven. So I decided to make a meatloaf on the grill. It is super simple and you get to be outside. I love cooking outdoors in the summer. OK it is not summer yet, but it [...]
Posted in BBQ, beef, Freebies, pork, Recipes Tags: bbq sauce, giveaway, grilled meatloaf, how to grill a meatloaf, meatloaf, pork barrel bbq, sweet sauce 11 Comments »Sorry about my lack of posts over the weekend. I thought I had enough prepared for my trip to Memphis. Unfortunately, I fell short. However, I have great news about my first trip to Memphis. I traveled to Memphis with the guys for Pork Barrel BBQ to compete in the annual Memphis in May Contest. [...]
Posted in BBQ, Events, Memphis in May Tags: Beale Street. Barbecue, Jambo Pits, Memphis in May, Mike Mills, Pat Burke, pork barrel bbq, pork shoulder, Tuffy Stone 6 Comments »
Well this past weekend I accompanied the Pork Barrel BBQ team to Pork in the Park for my first ever BBQ competition. It was a ton of fun and quite intense. The first day was quite relaxing then you realize that the next day you have to turn in all of your meat within a [...]
Posted in BBQ Tags: bbq competition, first timer, Pork Barrel BBQ Team, pork in the park, rub, sauce 1 Comment »I am always on the look out for new sauce recipes. This past weekend I dusted off the smoker and made some pulled pork. Dana’s family was in town and her Dad said he was a fan of Memphis style sauces. So I went around the interwebs and found this one. It was quick and [...]
Posted in BBQ, bbq sauce, Recipes Tags: Easy BBQ Sauce, how to, how to make a bbq sauce, memphis sauce, memphis style sauce, recipe 7 Comments »The weather here in DC has been all over the place. We have had snow one day and a sunny 65 degree day the next. Who knows what it is going to look like tomorrow. When it is nice, I like to take advantage of it, you never know when it is gonna snow. It [...]
Posted in BBQ, bbq sauce, Chicken, Grilling, Recipes Tags: balsamic barbecue sauce, balsamic chicken, bbq chicken, bbq sauce, grilled chicken, grilling recipes, Recipes 4 Comments »Every Friday I usually list the events occurring in DC over the weekend. But with Christmas so close I had to take a break and list the top gadgets and presents for home grillers. Granted in a majority of the country it is snowing, but if your friends, spouses or children are anything like me, [...]
I always seem to bbq an extra chicken breast every time that I grill. I have no idea why there is an extra one, but there is always an extra. So I decided to come up with a great way to use the leftovers. On a side note, this use of bbq chicken leftovers is [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Bacon, BBQ, bbq sauce, Chicken, Potatoes, Recipes, Vegetables Tags: bbq chicken potato skins, bbq sauce, pork barrel, pork barrel bbq sauce, potato skins, Potatoes, Recipes 6 Comments »The other week I ran into Aaron from Wagshals. When I was talking to him I found out that they could get a full brisket. The briskets that you get at a standard market are prepackaged briskets that are pre-trimmed and do not have the deckle or point attached. The deckle is the top meaty/fatty area on the [...]
Posted in BBQ, beef, Recipes Tags: bbq brisket, brisket, deckle, flat and point, full brisket, how to cook brisket, temperature brisket, whole brisket 4 Comments »
