This past weekend I competed with Pork Barrel BBQ at the Safeway National BBQ Championship in the heart of Washington, DC. We had a blast. We cooked chicken and brisket on Saturday and Ribs and Pork on Sunday. We had a great showing. Read below to see the results. After turn ins on Saturday they [...]
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Yesterday I cooked with Pork Barrel BBQ in the Second annual Middletown Delaware Barbecue Cook-Off. We ended up winning Reserve Grand Champion. It came with some nice trophies. Besides winning the large trophy we also came away with a second in Pork Shoulder, fifth place in Brisket, ninth in Chicken and twentieth in Ribs. Heath, Brett and I had a [...]
Last week Dana and I went a Korean Barbecue and we ordered the short ribs. They were delicious, but they served them differently than I normally get them. Instead of having the ribs flaken style, they cut them like normal short ribs. Then they cut the meat off the bone swiss roll style. It was [...]
The other day I smoked chicken drumsticks. I ended up make more than I could eat. So I decided to turn the rest into a tasty pizza. This smoked chicken pizza has a nice smoky flavor and a little kick from the spicy barbecue sauce that I used as the base. Topped with roasted red peppers, red [...]
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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, Recipes, Ribs, pork Tags: BBQ, how to start a fire, how to trim ribs, Recipes, rib rub, smoked ribs, smoker 6 Comments »Pork in the Park – April 16-18 While not exactly in DC this festival is about a 3 hour drive away from DC. Follow your nose to Maryland’s Eastern Shore for the Pork in the Park BBQ Festival at Winterplace Park in Salisbury, Maryland on April 16-18, 2010. This family-friendly Maryland barbeque event has grown [...]
Posted in Things to do in DC Tags: BBQ, hanks oyster bar, leeds, pork in the park, top chef, top chef dc 2 Comments »Happy Fourth of July!! For the holiday’s I like to do a big post with great food. Since this is the summer and the 4th of July is such a big grilling day, I decided to make burgers and fries. Not just any burgers, firecracker burgers. Not just any fries, sour cream and chive fries. [...]
Posted in Burgers, Events, French Fries, Potatoes, Recipes, Vegetables, beef Tags: 4th of july grilling, 4th of july menu, BBQ, burger and fries, chipotle ketchup, firecracker hamburger, fourth of july menu, Grilling, homemade fries, homemade sour cream and chive fries, Recipes, sourcream and chive fries, sourcream fries 6 Comments »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, Recipes, Tips and Tricks, pulled pork 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 [...]
Every friday I pick the best culinary events in the DC area for my readers to enjoy. This weekend there are some great events to attend in and around the DC metro area. Kids Restaurant Week in DC – (June 13-21) Cookie and Gourmet invite you to join us for Kids’ Restaurant Week 2009! Week-long [...]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending Food and Wine Festival at National Harbor. It was a lot of fun. There was wine tasting, beer tasting, liquor tasting and food. Lots and lots of food. Plus, I got to hang out with Carla and Ariane from Top Chef Season 5. The National Harbor was the [...]
Posted in Cooking, Events, Things to do in DC Tags: BBQ, Beer, cheese, Food, food and wind festival, fun, national harbor, stella artois, Things to do in DC, wine 5 Comments »My parents came to DC this weekend and my father loves to barbecue. So I decided to go to restaurant depot and grab some ribs. The ribs at the depot are amazing. They are cheap, they are untrimmed, and they are meaty. Remember to ask your butcher at your local supermarket for untrimmed meat when [...]
Posted in BBQ, Picnic Classics, Recipes, Ribs, pork Tags: Barbecue, barbecue ribs, BBQ, bbq ribs, dry ribs, how to barbecue, how to bbq, picnic, Ribs, rub, sauce, smoked ribs, smoker, wet ribs 1 Comment »
