Search results

Hi All! The wife and I flew to the big easy this morning and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions on places we should eat at or go see. We'll be here through Sunday mid day. Went to Acme Oyster House for lunch. Hoping to head to Oceana for dinner. Thanks in advance.

First game my wife and I went to this year. We sold/donated our tickets in order to spend more weekends with our 15th month old son. Last year we didn't go very often. We wanted to keep them so we decided to sell some off. Anyway, to keep things simple we just did some chuck eyes and fried...

We had a food day last week and I volunteered to smoke a turkey as long as I could work from home. The boss agreed. Brined with salt, brown sugar and apple juice for 8 hours. Smoked at 250* with Royal Oak lump for heat and apple and hickory for flavor. The bird was 19.87lbs. Outside was coated...

Getting one last big cook in for the year. Smoking briskets, butts, ribs, chicken and pork chops for friends, family and co-workers. It's fun to do, plus it gets me more time to practice this art of BBQ. Fired up the smoker last night just after 5PM, hoping to be done with everything by 4ish...

I've been MIA for the most part as the summer months have gotten busy, but haven't quit cooking. Put together this cheese steak sammie. I thought over cooking the sliced ribeye would make it more tender, but I was wrong. Next time, I'm sticking to medium rare! Had some fingerling potatoes...

Trying to cook a lot of the things I've seen on here over the past few months. Started with clams. Took a bit of effort to open the darn things (only stabbed myself with the butter knife I was using twice :shock: ), made a butter, minced garlic & cayenne pepper mixture, cooked on the grill...

Spotted some chuck eyes at the new grocery store nearby. Remembered seeing a post that ScottyDaQ did about a year ago about chuck eyes and wanted to give them a try. Seasoned with kosher salt, black pepper and Tone's steak dust. Cooked mine to medium rare using the reverse sear method. It had...

This past weekend I fired up the smoker to cook pork butts for a K.C. Royals tailgate party my wife and I throw each year. It keeps getting bigger and bigger. This year we have 85 folks joining us for the tailgate and 78 going into the game!!! It's a lot of fun. Knowing I was going to fire up...

I had a honey chipotle rub/glaze in the cupboard that needed to be used. It had a nice bite to it, but because it's a ham that bite was only on the outside pieces. It's hard to beat a bone-in ham regardless how it's cooked. "Cooked" this on the grill with a chunk of apple. Took about 3 hours...

I was trying a couple of things out in regards to grill placement on the chops and ended up charring two of them a bit more than I would want. Temp wise they didn't get over 158, so I know they're still juicy. Talked the wife in to having a grilled salad with dinner as well a la Pattio Daddio...

Enjoy your day when the family reflects on how great you are! This year is my first Father's Day and I'm loving it!

We had company over tonight and for dinner I grilled bacon wrapped filets that I hand cut to 1 1/2" thick. Seasoned with kosher salt, ground black pepper and Tone's Steak Dust. Grilled directly over coals to start and then moved the meat indirecty to finsh. Potatoes where thrown in foil with...

I extended the offer to a few coworkers to smoke some food for them and this is what happened. 6 Briskets, 2 Pork Butts, 4 slabs Baby Back Ribs, 2 slabs St. Louis style baby backs, 12 Chicken Lollipops, 6 Pork Chops and 1 whole Chicken. It was a lot of work, I enjoyed it!

I no longer can just cook a burger. I've got to have a Jucy Lucy!!! We had company over and burgers & dogs were on the menu. So why not enlighten our guests with Jucy Lucies and Bacon Wrapped Dogs?!? :) Had to make a couple of regular burgers as one guy doesn't like cheese :shock: :roll: ...

Here's Sunday's dinner. I had been craving seafood, so... Prepped and ready for the grill. The Ribeye was seasoned with Tones Steak Dust. Corn on the cob and Ribeye on the grill to cook Larry Wolfe style (that Cappy invented)! Add Lobster Tail and baste with some garlic butter Finish over...

Cooked with a buddy of mine this past weekend in Sugar Creek, MO. It was a KCBS comp and it was his second ever. I've been helping him get into competing this year and it's been quite the learning experience for me too. I've never had to do boxes before, until these last two comps. It's a lot...

The wife really liked the Jucy Lucy's I fried in a skillet, so I made them again, but this time I got to cook them on the grill. Man are these good!

I had an engagement free weekend, so I thought it'd be fun to fire up the smoker and play around a bit. The one thing I was most excited about was trying out some chicken lollipops! They were labor intensive, but worth it. All the neighbor kids LOVED them. They were asking about them the next...

The wife wanted burgers and after seeing ScotyDaQ's "Jucy Lucy" post I had to give it a try. I've stuffed burgers with japs before, but never really thought about cheese. :shock: :oops: :roll: Grilling was out of the question due to the weather, so I had to fry them. The good thing, I...

Dredged chicken in seasoned flour (salt, pepper, garlic, paprika and chile powder). Fried in an electric skillet @ 350* Sauteed zucs in butter with parmesean cheese and bacon bits. Almost eatin' time! The plated pic. One of my favorite things about this meal is the left overs. :D...

Brisket trimmed and rubbed (Smoking Guns Hot). Getting everything in place. Fire in the hole! Used chunks of oak and apple for this cook. Brisket on. Smoker temp 250. Ham on. Sausage on. Don't forget the Spam! Gotta have a snack. :) The start of burnt ends. & on the smoker with some...

This really wasn't the plan, but I decided to be a bit creative with what we had in the fridge and the wife agreed. She didn't want to have the recipe she bought the ingredients for and with her agreeing, off I went... We both were happy with the results. One thing that's nice with these...

Couldn't hold off the steak craving any longer, so... Asked the wife to pick up a butternut squash while she was at the store. It'd been quite a few years since I'd cooked a squash and after seeing Larry Wolf's pics a while back I had to try one again, but this time on the grill. In my mind I...

Pork chops were seasoned with Smokin Guns Hot and fried with a little vegetable oil in the skillet. Sauteed the zucchini in butter with parmesean cheese and real bacon bits. Plated. Sure did hit the spot.

Got a chance to try another Suckle Busters seasoning this past Sunday that I received from my Secret Santa. With it being so darn cold here and all the snow on the ground I thought the chili sounded real good. I got the ingredients and went to town. Didn't take much time to prep at all. I also...