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I was watching a show on Food Network - Big Daddy was the guy - and he put some pork chops in a brine, but did not heat up the brine. He even made a point of discussing why he didn't bother heating it up. I've always heated up my brines to help dissolve the salt. But, this does add about an hour...

hey folks,  It has been a while since I've posted anything - I got a new job at the end of last summer and it's eating up all my time, but I'm not complaining. Love the job and I've still been cooking and checking out the site when I have time, just haven't had time to participate as much...

I'm mostly a beer guy, so I have to admit I have no idea when it comes to mixed drinks. But, we're having some people over this weekend, I'm smoking a butt for the shindig and doing up some other BBQ goodies, and my wife was interested in having some sort of cocktail concoction to go along with...

I stumbled across this during some recent internet travels. I'm pretty impressed with this guy's build and thought some of y'all might appreciate it too.... http://z12projects.blogspot.com/2010/07/little-blue-egg.html

Alright, so I screwed up big time today. Our local fish monger had a sale on wahoo and I got two pounds of it. When I got home, I was anxious to get to work - I am a freelance writer, work from home and am really over-stressed about this particular deadline I'm on. Long story short, I left the...

Hey y'all...Forgive in advance if my pics are too large, I'm still learning ins-and-outs of the new platform. But, it looked OK in test area and my computer is loading them fine, so hopefully it's cool.  Anyway, got a bargain on some babybacks and decided to try them Asian style for a change. I...

Is this photo toooooo big? 

OK, so I had planned to enter the April throwdown. But, we've all had our "failures" in this hobby of ours and this time mine happened with something as simple as a sandwich. Regardless, I didn't see any similar entries (kudos to all entries, by the way!), so I thought I would share my...

OK, so bacon comes vacuum sealed in that nice tight package. Once you open it up, how do you store it until the whole pound is used? We tend to roll up what's left and stick it in a large ziplock bag, then force as much air out and stick it in the fridge. I just did that with a little less...

If you dig craft brews and have wondered what the perfect beer would be to serve with your pulled pork, grilled ribeye or smoked salmon...wonder no more! This is a fun little tool I was pointed to by a fellow beer enthusiast - http://greatbrewers.com/beer-sommelier Tonight I'm having some...

Anyone know exactly what the difference is between a chuck steak and a chuck roast? I've bought plenty of chuck roasts, but our local grocery store has a great deal on chuck steaks this week and I can't say I've ever had them. Is is just a smaller cut of a chuck roast? Any help appreciated.

Landed a skirt steak on sale, which means fajitas in my house. I wanted to try some of the peppers I've been getting in a rub. I had chipotles, guajillos and some little hot red peppers a friend brought back from Italy. All needed some more drying so I put them in the smoker at a low temp with...

Found some nice looking peppers at the farmer's market this weekend. Of course, some jalepenos and some aji dulce (sweet habeneros) that I had never tried and could not resist. I only wish I had bought more!! Stuffed them with Johnsonville mild Italian sausage and some cheddar..These lasted...

Hey Y'all.. I've been wanting to make beef jerky for months, but the summer is so damn hot here. So, I used the summer to get some cheap cuts of beef - all bottom round on sale - and finally got around to making it. It's fun and pretty easy, but I think I need to get a slicer for the future. I...

I'm having trouble with fires starting in my wood box when I use woods that I've collected myself from trees (as opposed to chunks or chips that I've purchased). It has happened to me twice already - once while using some small branches of hickory and yesterday when I tried to use some small...

Funny, seems like chuck roasts were being smoked everywhere this weekend. This was my first try at smoking it. I just rubbed the meat with EVOO and sprinkled on some Alpine Touch seasoning from Montana that I got in an exchange with TasunkaWitko - man, that stuff is great on beef! I smoked it at...

I smoked a 4-5 racks of spare ribs on the weekend that I had trimmed to St. Louis style. The ribs themselves, for the most part, were eaten that day. But, I had all of the trimmings that I had also smoked, so I made a nice stew last night that I thought I'd share - quick and easy! Used the...

Hey all, I did a whole mess of chicken in the smoker this weekend, but Sunday's dinner was pasta primavera with smoked chicken, since we also had a good haul of veggies from the farmer's market on Saturday. I used these split breasts that were on sale for the pasta dish... I injected them...

The other night I smoked a meatloaf and a few chicken thighs. We had the meatloaf that night, but saved the thighs for an easy dinner later in the week. We were going to just have BBQ chicken pizzas, but the old lady had a better idea... Here's the chicken...It was rubbed with the Strawberry's...

We were having some pork tenderloin for dinner last night. We had a lot of different veggies, but not very much of any one of them - so, we decided to just cook what we had to clear stuff out (OK, we were just too lazy to go to the store ). The pork was marinated with a hoisin bbq marinade...