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Good afternoon, some of you have sent me private messages asking what I do for a living, here is a short video of what I do, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7j1xi0WsBM

So this morning I fly into LAX from a business trip to Aspen, Colorado (where I had a bad case of altitude sickness all week); I get home and my 3 sons and my beautiful wife suprise me with a new grill/griddle/oven unit to add to my BBQ arsenal. The boys promptly mixed up a batch of hotcakes...

This Sunday I woke up around 5:30am; I thought to myself that I really wanted to smoke up some meat as I've been traveling a lot (almost every week since before Halloween) and I just wanted to hang around the house and smell the wonderful smell of meat smoking. I picked up 2 racks of Baby-Backs...

So last weekend I can home and said to myself, I want to make some home-made/cured bacon; I picked up a couple of fresh pork bellies and a got them going with a dry rub of salt, sugar and celery juice. I let that cure for 7 days. I rinsed it for about 45-50 minutes (could have gone for another...

Tonights dinner was an impromtu event; I have been re-doing my garage these past few days (new cabinets, etc) and it's been a little warm (about 85*). So after working all day on the garage; the boys and I went shopping for dinner and burgers were our choice (with Bush's Bourban Beans). I mixed...

Sunday I took two of my boys fishing with my dad (My oldest had to work) and a couple other buddies on a 6-pack charter out of Huntingtun Beach Harbor for an overnight fishing trip to Santa Catalina Island. We were looking to catch some "Local" White Sea Bass on this trip. The moon was full the...

On July 3rd I started a 4 week vacation by renting a beach house for 10 days in Ventura, California (about 40 minutes from where we live). The house is located right on the sand (with a sea-wall barrier and staircase right to the sand) at Faria Beach. I started off by smoking up some Chuck Short...

So yesterday I was downtown and picked up some briskets and some chuck short ribs. I woke up this morning and was having a cup of Kona coffee when it hit me; "Hey Let's Smoke a Brisket Today" :D I threw a rub together and got the WSM going. The brisket went on at 8:20am and was done at 4:30...

You gotta Love It when you you give the kids a kiss goodnight and they respond with; "Dad you smell just like the BBQ Pit" "I Love that Smell" Good Night Dad; I love you! :D It brings a tear to my eye evertime! :D

After seeing Traegernators post from the other day on Hickory Burgers; it inspired me to make some grilled burgers myself. I mixed up some 80/20 ground chuck with some; 1. dijon 2. mayo 3. tarragon 4. seasoned salt 5. garlic 6. Onion 7. Black pepper 8. Paprika 9. Heinz 57 Steak Sauce let that...

So the Fresh Copper River Sockeye season has been under way for a few weeks now and I finally got around to getting some fresh fillets and putting them on the WSM. I put dry rub of brown sugar, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne, Slap yo Mamma dry rub and some chili powder on and let that sit...

So the fresh salmon season(s) have opened here on the West Coast :D and it is a very anticipated time of year. So the other day I picked up a beautiful piece of Columbia River King Salmon anticipating on grilling up that night . I got home and looked in the fridge for some bacon; we'll we only...

So a few weeks ago I bought some pork tenderloins; didn't get to cook them until a few nights ago. I mixed up a batch of "Honey Mustard sauce"; but I added in some tarragon and black pepper sauce to kick it up a little bit. I marinated the pork in it for a few hours (at room temp". I got the...

So this morning I woke up realling the affects of last nights beers and wine and said to myself "I need to smoke and grill today. I got up and headed out to the store after hiding the eggs and stuff for the kids and the doing the Easter Egg Hunt stuff. I picked up 3 lbs of 80/20 ground beef...

So I read yesterday morning that it was "National Grilled Cheese Day" (yesterday 4-13-11); so I went to the store and bought stuff to make grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner. I used provolone, swiss, mild cheddar, gruyere, black forest ham, maple bacon, watercress and grilled peppers, onions...

Last week I was gone all week on business and came home to an empty fridge. The wife had a very busy week as well and no shopping was done; :shock: So I pulled some King Salmon pieces out of the freezer and brined them up with a dry brine of kosher salt, garlic, brown sugar and chipotle...

Friday night I was thinking about what to do for dinner on Saturday; the wife was up in Big Bear with her girlfriends for the weekend. So me and the boys were on our own and spareribs came to mind. So I headed to the store and picked up a couple racks of ribs, a half a turkey breast and some...

Sunday as I was doing stuff around the house; I had a craving for some carne asada tacos (soft-shell) and some scallop ceviche. I thawed out some sea scallops, cut them up and got them marinating in some lime/lemon juice. I then went to the store and picked up some beef flap meat for the tacos...

Last night the wife was out with her friends so me an the boys made some "Bacon wrapped Fillets" with a balsamic marinade. I seasoned them with some Montreal seasoning and got the New Braunfels going. :D :D :D I then topped them with Pepper Plant Sauce when they came off the grill. :mrgreen...

This past Thursday I saw a flyer in the mail with fresh babybacks for $2.99 lb; I picked up 4 1/2 racks and some andoullie sausages to through on the smoker this Sunday. Friday night a started getting muscle spazums in my back and was totally layed up all day Saturday and most of Sunday with the...

Ok; since the weather was perfect yesterday (here in Thousand Oaks, CA about 80*) my wife and I said hey let's have the Keils over for dinner and drinks. The menu was as follows; Beer, wine (for the wives) and tequila 1. Chilean Sea Bass w/asian rub spice 2. Ribeye steaks w/mesquite BBQ spice...

The last two days I was in San Diego working; on the way home I was thinking to myself [Hmmm what shoud I do fo dinner tonight] that grilled Ribeyes would be spectactular for dinner. The weather is 75* (slight 20 mph breeze) and incredible :D ! I got home and a few minutes later my wife pulled...

I just got back home from traveling this week and when I woke up this morning I just had to smoke something; so I remembered I had a corned beef brisket flat that I got last weekend before I left town. So I fired up the weber bullet with Kingsford Mesquite briquets and lump mesquite and got to...

Last Sunday I smoked up a couple of pork butts (bone/in) for some smoked pork burriotos. We had a little bit of wind on sunday and it kinda messed with the cooking times. I had the pit steady at 250* for about 7 hours and the pork temp was hitting about 145*; then the temp started dropping in...

Hello all, After talking with Toby on Friday about the brisket that he was going to smoke on Saturday; I decided I was going to smoke a brisket on Sunday for a nice end to my 3 1/2 week vacation. Yes I went back to work today. So anyways; I picked up a 15 lb brisket and I put my own rub blend...