BBQ Junkie

I have been having issues with charcoal briquettes lately. I usually pick up double pack of Kingsford charcoal briquettes while I am at Costco picking up some meat to BBQ. On a recent trip I come to find out that my local Costco only carries the Kingsford Match-Light Instant Light Charcoal. I’m not a big [...]

A while back had the pleasure of escorting Kevin, a freelance writer for Variety Magazine, to a couple of BBQ joints around Los Angeles. He was on a BBQ odyssey of his own in this great city and I was fortunate enough to accompany him to a couple of his pit stops. He offered me [...]

BBQ practice was great… we finally got the entire team together and Ziggy too. Sylvie was kind enough to open her home to us and we barbecued all day. It was a truly beautiful sight to see, except for my chicken. We were chewing the fat so much that I got a wee-bit distracted, and [...]

Putting some finishing touches on some sauce and getting my brine ready for tomorrow’s BBQ practice with Four-Q. As the say, “practice makes perfect.” I am going to have to get up early and pack the truck, hopefully it wont be raining. It will be our first gathering… I have met Big Mista and Sylvie, [...]

My BBQ team, Four-Q, has bestowed upon me the responsibility for BBQ’n the chicken in next months BBQ competition… man, we are in big trouble. So I have been tweaking my recipe around for the last few weeks trying to get it dialed in. I should have a final recipe ready to post shortly after [...]

…and we have a logo. Our BBQ team name is Four-Q, as you may know. And, as every BBQ team needs, we now have a logo. Drum roll please… Remember to come check us out over at the Autry on April 8th for our inaugural BBQ competition.

There is a short but interesting article in The Sydney Morning Herald, which suggests that barbecueing is instinctual behavior and not learned. It is definitely food for thought. I’m not sure who’s right but you can bet that this debate will continue on for years. Read the article

Today marks the official one-year birthday of BBQ Junkie. I am not sure what the dog-year equivalent is to blog-years, but it should definitely be more than a one-to-one ratio. I suppose it is a good time to reflect on the past year and possibly list some accomplishments and list some goals for the upcoming [...]

I have met up with most of our BBQ team members… minus Professor Salt. We are all busy working out our BBQ stategy. We have settled in on a team name, Four-Q. It’s about the FOUR of us getting together and Q’n. And, it also explains the reason that we are entering this competition… FOR [...]