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  1. mcokevin

    Quick Chicken Tacos

    Threw together some quick chicken tacos last night - one of those "kitchen sink" meals to use some up some veggies. They were pretty good. Nowhere near as good as the carnitas tacos I make, but I think a lot of that is down to the texture of the carnitas giving it a bit of a crunch, and the...
  2. mcokevin

    A couple of pies in the mountains

    Took a few weeks off in July and spent some time at my parents' cabin in the PA Mountains (among other places!). We took our pizza oven on vacation and did pizza nights for my wife's family in Michigan and mine in PA. Great at cooking for a crowd and keeping the hot cooking out of places with...
  3. mcokevin

    Too Much Q?

    Ever have one of those weekends with maybe a little too much Q? Had a buddy and his wife staying with me this weekend. They love bbq, so when they stay it is the focal point of the menu... Friday night was ribs, and of course I smoked way too many. Saturday for lunch was an all you can eat...
  4. mcokevin

    Pulled Pork Pizza

    Bunch of leftover pulled pork so we made a couple pizzas today. BBQ sauce instead of pizza sauce, mozzarella, and plenty of PP. One with pickled onions, one without. With onions was the winner, but the dough on the one without was a better recipe. Happy Sunday to all EDIT: I should add, these...
  5. mcokevin

    First Few Pizzas

    My wife enjoys making pizza, so got her a pizza oven for Mother’s Day. First couple of pies here. Did a poolish dough yesterday - that is the way for sure. They’re a lot of fun, and the oven cooks up a pizza in about a minute! These are all my wife’s work. Pepperoni Carnitas pizza...
  6. mcokevin

    Pulled Pork for son’s birthday

    One of these days I’ll stop disappearing for months on end! Got a couple shoulders on today for some pulled pork my son’s birthday party is next weekend, we are hosting a pool party with a few of his close friends and their families to celebrate. We’ll be serving pulled pork sandwiches and...
  7. mcokevin

    Work Friends BBQ

    One of the reasons I haven't been posting much the past year or so is that I've been neck (and sometimes eyeball!) deep in a very intense construction project here in Central FL. We're coming out the other side now and getting towards the end of our scope, so we're having a bit more time to...
  8. mcokevin

    Restaurant Quality Smash Burgers

    Work schedule has been pretty brutal lately and haven't had much time to get proper smokes in, but have been able to get a good many cooks in on the griddle. We had an old friend visiting town stop by for dinner last night. I made smash burgers. Served the kids at the bar and my wife and our...
  9. mcokevin

    Outdoor Kitchen & Bar on a Budget

    Well I’ve taken the plunge. Ive enjoyed cooking in the Blackstone so much that more and more of our meals are moving outside. A few weeks ago I had a thought like “man,it would be great to have a bar and breakfast counter out here”. But no way I’m dropping $15k+ on an outdoor kitchen, and...
  10. mcokevin

    Mexican Street Tacos

    Threw some of these together for dinner last night and we liked them so much I did another round tonight. Chicken thighs cut into small pieces, seasoned to taste (I used some fajita seasoning). Onto the griddle, then chopped into smaller pieces with the griddle scraper when mostly cooked...
  11. mcokevin

    Diner Breakfast at Home

    Keeping up on using the new Blackstone this weekend. This time a diner breakfast of buttermilk pancakes, bacon, and eggs. My wife made the batter from scratch. These really turned out good. Thanks for looking.
  12. mcokevin

    A Blackstone Weekend

    Rather than inundate you all with a bunch of posts I figured I’d roll everything from this weekend into one. Really enjoying the Blackstone so far, so much so that zero meals were cooked indoors this weekend. Everything turned out really good. Friday night was smash burgers, which I already...
  13. mcokevin

    [Mega] Smash Burgers - Take Two

    Continuing breaking in the blackstone and did smash burgers again tonight. These were a bit on the mega side, with each patty being about 1/4 lb - so 1/2 lb smash burgers. My pants have been a little loose anyway. First time they were good but a little too greasy for my taste, so I focused on...
  14. mcokevin

    Breaking in the Blackstone

    First cook on the new blackstone. Simple weeknight dinner and one I've been wanting to try: smash burgers. Bacon swiss with sauteed mushrooms, added lettuce and raw onion after the picture. They had a great flavor, but too greasy for my taste. I think I was too worried about food sticking...
  15. mcokevin

    Newest Member of the Family

    Blackstone pro 36“. Picked up on clearance today from Walmart. Looking forward to a new style of cooking.
  16. mcokevin

    Lazy Ribs

    Had a rack of babybacks in the freezer unused from a larger meal I cooked a few months back. Decided to put them on today. Rode my bike to Publix this morning with my daughter (7) to pick up some stuff for sides, walked past the spice aisle. Normally make my own rubs but said screw it and...
  17. mcokevin

    Blackstone with Pizza Oven / Air Fryer?

    Thinking about picking one of these up from Walmart. Anyone have one? Does the oven / air fryer work well? Not worried about the griddle working well, I know that will work. https://blackstoneproducts.com/collections/griddles/products/36-griddle-with-pizza-oven-air-fryer-edit
  18. mcokevin

    Hello Again

    Whoops. I disappeared for a year. Work has been hell! A thousand sorries and happy to be back! What did I miss? 🤣
  19. mcokevin

    I asked Chat GPT how to smoke ribs

    Kicking around some ChatGPT prompts with coworkers today and thought this would be funny. I entered the prompt "What's the best way to smoke ribs?" . Here is the response: Not bad for a computer :emoji_laughing:
  20. mcokevin

    Smoked Chuck Roast

    For the first time in history I (a professional working schlub) have a holiday off that my wife (teacher) doesn't. It is always the other way around. It's a hurricane makeup day here in Orlando so schools are in session - wife and kids are out of the house and it's just me here today, so I'm...
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