BBQ Junkie

Big Mista getting his ribs ready. here is a letter that my BBQ teammate sent me about an event happening this weekend in the Pasadena area: Hey! I just wanted to send out a quick note to let you know that Bigmista’s Barbecue will be cooking at the 31st Annual Pasadena Fall Arts Festival. The [...]

I’m not one who usually forwards along the funny joke or video. I’m just not that guy. But this one seems more than appropriate for this blog. The thing that makes it interesting is trying to guess the name of the actor. When you get tired of guessing you might want to take part in [...]

One of my favorite smokers for creating delicious BBQ is on sale at Amazon ($179). Not sure that you will be able to get it before Memorial Day, but Fathers Day is right around the corner. Check it out [ad#content]

BBQ Junkie is not pictured … see all of the photos here The Wishland Foundation’s BBQ Competition, Que’n For The Kids, that took place this last weekend was pretty awesome. It was my first competition where we had to do a peoples choice category and we won it with a decisive “landslide” victory. People’s Choice [...]

The Wishland Foundation along with the California BBQ Association are putting on Orange County’s first-ever BBQ competition on Saturday April 19th. The festivities go from 11am to 4pm at Canyon RV Park at Featherly Park (91 Fwy. At Gypsum Canyon Rd. www.canyonrvpark.com) and are free to the public (parking is $5). Music, entertainment and a [...]

Yeah, the BBQ Junkie has been a bit of a hermit lately. The good thing is that my love of BBQ is remains alive, it’s just my love of writing is what’s giving me problems (actually it’s just finding time to write). I was just looking at my blog and noticed that my last post [...]

Smoked Thanksgiving Day turkey with a BBQ rub. This was one of my first smoked BBQ turkeys; the other one is on the bottom grate. I was trying to get out of doing the turkey all together just because of all the craziness that having a new baby brings, but my family wasn’t going to [...]

First place brisket turn-in box. I had the opportunity to participate in a BBQ competition this weekend, along with the rest of the Four Q BBQ team, up in the lovely city of Moorpark. Overall we did pretty good, 1st place brisket, 3rd place pork, 5th place ribs, and 6th place chicken. 6th place chicken [...]

A little something for your Thursda before lunch. Wish there was a Mr. Spriggs BBQ around here… it’s got me thinking about ribs right now.

Video from the last neighborhood BBQ Just got this one from a BBQ friend, Nichola (pronounced like the Ricola commercial): The QuickSilverEdition Mission is hosting another neighborhood BBQ this weekend. The last one sounds like it was a good time had by all… food, music and Jack Daniels as part of the prize. For more [...]