BBQ Junkie

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 [...]

lets face it, deep fat frying was so last year… all of the cool kids are smoking their turkeys this year.

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 smoke a whole turkey soon, hopefully before Thanksgiving. Click [...]

Great BBQ is always made better by adding a great side dish. Sylvie over at Soul Fusion Kitchen blog has a terrific recipe for Potato salad posted. While you are there read up on her and Ziggy’s (her pet dog) Los Angeles food adventures. Her husband has also been known to throw down some BBQ [...]

What’s better than beer can chicken? Three beer can chickens, duh.

The Albany Democrat-Herald is offering up a few recipes from the Western BBQ Association. The recipes included are for BBQ ribs, chicken, shoulder and pork loin. enjoy. Get the recipes.

Great recipe for authentic Kalua Pig using pork butts, banana leaves and salt.

I made some kalua pig this weekend in my smoker; the recipe will be posted soon. In the mean time here is an excellent article that I found that takes you through the process of making your own Hawaiian-style underground oven also known as an imu. Not only does this article show you how to [...]

I saw this recipe while watching Everyday Italian on the Food Network the other day. It looked amazing. You actually grill the lettuce. I will definitely try this one out sooner rather than later The recipe I told Jill of Da Grill about it and she mentioned this recipe for a grilled salad with herbed [...]

Here is an article in which J. Scott Wilson takes you on a step-by-step journey of creating your very own smoked pork butt. Included as part of his recipe is a brine to make the pork that much more juicy. Check out the article