Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I want to give my annual quick tips. Thanksgiving can be a stressful time for any cook. Accepting or asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It can the one thing that keeps you sane during this sometimes stressful holiday. Below I have listed a [...]
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I don’t know about you but I think the price of meat is ridiculous! So when I see boneless skinless chicken breasts for $2 a pound, I buy a ton. But what if you don’t need it right away? Well you need to freeze it. I know what you are thinking but there is a [...]
Posted in All, BBQ, Tips and Tricks Tags: Beef, best way, Chicken, freeze, freezer, how to freeze meat, individual, individually, no freezer burn, Pork 2 Comments »
There are a few tips and tricks to making any BBQ the perfect BBQ. Fuel Make sure to have enough fuel. There is nothing worse than running out of propane or charcoal in the middle of a cookout! Everyone will remember. Don’t screw it up! Charcoal With charcoal it is easy to determine how much [...]
After Thursday Blog about Jalapeno Cheddar Bratwurst, I recieved a bunch of emails regarding sausage casings and where to get them. FYI- I started to make my own sausages a couple of months back after receiving the sausage making attachment for my Kitchen Aid Mixer, and also after taking a sausage making class at the [...]
Posted in BBQ, Helpful Hints, Sausage Making, Tips and Tricks Tags: casings, kitchen aid, Sausage 3 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, [...]
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed a cookbook by Ardie Davis on barbecuing. In the book he had a recipe for butt in a bag. Due to the name alone I had to make it. Basically you smoke a pork butt like normal, but halfway through you place it in a paper bag. The [...]
Posted in BBQ, pulled pork, Recipes, Tips and Tricks Tags: Barbecue, BBQ, bbq rub, butt in a bag, homemade rub, paper grocery bag, pickles, pork rub, pulled pork, sandwich, sauce, smoking with a paper bag 4 Comments »I grill and barbecue all of the time, but I usually don’t make my own sauce. It is quite easy to do, but I never seem to use the right ingredients to make it tasty. I have done it in the past and it really hasn’t turned out that great. I usually make the sauce [...]
In the last two weeks I have been getting a lot of emails regarding my rib recipe. The number one question is, “How do I do this in my apartment”. To get the real deal, there really isn’t a shortcut. However, I do have a great rib recipe for making ribs in the oven. Yes, [...]
Posted in BBQ, pork, Recipes, Ribs, Tips and Tricks Tags: Barbecue, barbecuing indoors, indoor barbecuing, indoor ribs, oven ribs, Ribs, ribs without a grill, smokey ribs, tender ribs 2 Comments »When I started grilling I grabbed a bag of kingsford charcoal and lighter fluid. I doused the charcoal with the fluid lit a match and watched as my eyebrows dissapeared in mushroom cloud. I knew that there had to be a better way. Adding lighter fluid causes crazy fires and further adds unpleasant flavors to [...]
Posted in BBQ, Smokers, Tips and Tricks Tags: Barbecue, BBQ, chimney, grill, how to barbecue, how to smoke meat, lighter fluid, smoker, starting a fire 7 Comments »Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for smoking by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and this seemed right up my alley. Artie A. Davis Artie is an award winning expert with his own barbecue university. [...]
Posted in BBQ, Book Reviews, Tips and Tricks Tags: 25 essential techniques for smoking, Barbecue, BBQ, Book Reviews, Grilling, help, how to barbecue, meat, Recipes, smoking No Comments »When I started BBQ’n and making sausage I had no idea where to find good meat. I started by going to the Safeway grocery store by my house and picked up prepackaged Pork Butts and Briskets. Then I went to a specialty butcher which cost two to three times as much. I decided to call the butcher [...]
