November 2005
The New Diner
Mr. BBQ lover over at The New Diner has a quick little post on The Pig, Memphis style BBQ. While you are at his blog you can also read up on some of L.A.’s famous hot dog stands.
Rose Bowl BBQ Competition
There is an upcoming BBQ competion at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on December 29 & 30. I will post more information as it becomes available.
The CBBQA has some additional info on this event:
KTLA BBQ Turkey clips
The adventurous Gayle Andrson, from KTLA morning news, along with Barbecues Galore have some great BBQ Turkey video clips from this morning’s show. If you haven’t started frying or BBQ’n your turkey, check these out.
Have a great Thanksgiving
I am a little bummed right now because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Our kitchen, which is currently being remodeled, is preventing me from cooking anything for this festive occasion. This has been going on for the last few months and I have to say that it is interfering with my BBQ’n and blogging as well. But fear not, I have compiled a few recipes for you to try over the holiday.
This cranberry relish is pretty easy to make and is a nice alternative to the regular sauce. It is sweet with a nice little citrus zing to it.
If citrus isn’t your thing try this cranberry chutney. It’s sweet and savory at the same time. This non-traditional sauce goes very well with the traditional foods.
Found this recipe for sweet potato pie a few days ago. I love sweet potato pie, and I am a little disappointed that I won’t be making any this thanksgiving. So are the people at work, since I usually make a few to bring in to the office. If you click on the link you will find Elise who walks you through her first sweet potato pie.
Sylvie, over at Soul Fusion Kitchen walks you through making a turducken (a turkey stuffed with a duck that is stuffed with a chicken). For those of you who never had turducken, let me just say that it is a pretty tasty Thanksgiving dish.
All Star Thanksgiving smoked turkey
I was just watching part of Food Network’s All Star Thanksgiving and I saw that Alton Brown made a honey brined smoked turkey. The turkey looked delicious, but I wasn’t too keen on his presentation with the mashed potatoes. If you happened to think that the show was a bit rushed, like I did, here is a link the recipe.
Apologies
BBQ Junkie’s hosting service was having some technical issues this morning that resulted in this site being down for a few hours. Everything seems to be back to normal. Thanks for your patience.
BBQ beer can turkey
Have you’ve heard of beer can chicken? Well, here is beer can turkey. A nice article from the Cooking For Engineers website that takes you step by step on how to prepare that glorious bird on your grill. And lets face it, deep fat frying was so last year… all of the cool kids are smoking their turkeys this year. Enjoy, and let me know how it goes.
Grandpa Fred’s BBQ
I had been hearing many things about a little joint out in the West Valley called Grandpa Fred’s BBQ. I got some emails and many comments posted to this blog, so I felt it was my duty to give this place a proper review. A few months ago I had try to stop in and have lunch, I knew the general area where it was located, but I could not find this restaurant. A BBQ restaurant located on Victory Blvd. shouldn’t be difficult to find, right? No luck.
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BBQ Team Names database
O.K. you have finally made that financial leap and bought your first custom BBQ trailer. Before you secure any sponsorships or compete on the competition BBQ circuit you are going to need a team name. How are you going to make sure that the team name that you have chosen isn’t already taken? The BBQ team name database is how. Check out the following link enter your name into the database or use their search function to peruse the competition.
Smoked turkey breast
I found a great step by step recipe for smoking a couple of turkey breasts in a WSM (Weber Smokey Mountain Smoker) courtesy of the Virtual Weber Bullet website. There are great instructions with photos that guide you from brine to BBQ. I will try to do a whole turkey soon, hopefully before Thanksgiving.