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Having only two little markets in this small town, you never know if the meat of the week is going to be of great quality or not. Having a way to tenderize is a must. I have been looking to replace my OLD Jaccard for a while and found these on ebay for about half ( two for $41) of what you...

When I lived down in the Valley, way out on the east side, there was a little butcher shop called The Pork Shop. About anything and everything you could do with pork, they did it. Anyway, they made all kinds of snack sticks and from the name...all pork. My favorite was their Pepper Sticks. They...

To go along with the Canadian Bacon in the gift baskets, The wife suggested (Ya know what I mean) that I smoke of some Pepper Jack and Sharp Cheddar. She loves smoked cheese but does not like a heavy smoke, so the wood of choice...Cherry. A Link to the CB smoke...

The local market had pork loins on sale for $1.69 lb. so I figured that a little CB added to the smoked cheese and cracker baskets that my friends get every holiday season. This time I used the basic dry cure method: Per Pound 1Tbs TQ 1Tbs Brown Sugar  And trying something a bit different...

Dried Beef has always been one of our family favorites and the supply was getting a bit low. So, the wife suggested that I make up a new batch. We use it in appetizers, sammies and of course the old standby dish known to all as SOS.  It is fairly simple to prepare and saves you huge $ as...

I'm going to be riding from AZ to Niagara Falls NY to join up with the Legacy Run, then back to Indy, the Black Hills and back home. The route takes me diagonally across the country and figure you folks know of some awesome BBQ joints along the way. In doing these runs in the past, I have found...

What was I thinking? When a local charity asked me to smoke up "some" pulled pork for a fund raising event, I figured why not, How much do ya need?  Oh, somewhere between a hundred and 150 pounds and by the way, the event will be on a weekend that you will be gone. My mind started spinning...

After the weather man said that we were going to get our first snow of the season, (yes Arizona gets snow) the calls went out for everybody coming to the annual Halloween gathering bring a pot of chili. Been to these things before, and  some is good stuff , but most look and taste more like stew...

Just another Todd to join the group. I’m one of those food enthusiasts that have been lurking in the background for several months now, like what I have seen, so decided to join. About me….I have been in many a cookoff, BBQ, Chili, Buffalo Wings, Salsa, well you get the idea, and even won a few...