BBQ Junkie

I was a little envious at previous BBQ competitions when I noticed that a couple of the BBQ teams were using Dual probe thermometers. I guess you could say it was gadget envy. This was especially the case in the last competition when I had forgotten my meat thermometer/timer at home. Up until this point [...]

Swift loves BBQ. Mmmmmm, pork butt. Barbecuing for friends and family is always fun especially when you have your trusty dog and he is willing to help you with any scraps. The mid-week festivities threw me for a loop where I had to pre-cook all of my meat the weekend prior to the Fourth. The [...]

This year the 4th falls on a Wednesday, which sucks because I only get one day off for the holiday. I like having an extra day before to prepare and start to cook my BBQ. Our menu will usually consist of BBQ pulled pork sandwiches for lunch. These are great because I cook the pork [...]

The CBBQA (California BBQ Association) website has been updated. YES! And, it runs so much faster than it did before. There is a forum, which I am falling in love with all over again, and an all-new BBQ wiki. Check out the site, post a comment, ask a question, make a friend and have some [...]

Yay, team First place ribs Not only 1st place ribs, but we also placed 5th in BBQ brisket at this weekends Go For The Gold BBQ Competition. YAY Four Q! I believe that the brisket we turned in was the best that our team had done, I wish that we had gotten first place. Oh [...]

We, Four Q BBQ Team, will be participating in the Go For The Gold BBQ Championship this weekend. I really don’t know too much about what else is going on at this event aside from there being some food vendors and such. It’s at the San Bernardino County Fair Grounds out in Victorville, CA. If [...]

I was getting some questions about the KTLA segment where we showed bagels being cooked in a BBQ pit. The long story short, Professor Salt used the WSM (smoker) as an oven. He’s been working on the perfect bagel recipe… I thinks he’s pretty close. I caught him on film (sd card) talking about his [...]

Set your TiVo because it looks like another competition BBQ show has just started on the Versus TV (DirecTV #608). Here is the description: Presented by Kingsford Charcoal, this competitive bracket-series tournament features the world’s top BBQ chefs vying for $100,000 in prize money – the biggest in ‘cue history. The meats have been marinated; [...]

We’ll the Autry is over and we didn’t place. It doesn’t matter too much because we had a great time cooking, chatting, meeting new peeps and just hanging out with other BBQ enthusiasts. Remember it’s not how you play the game… yada, yada, yada. Congrats to the winners and all who participated, it was a [...]

Just a reminder that this Saturday Four Q BBQ Team, comprised of four SoCal food bloggers, will be competing at the Autry BBQ competition. Also, if you happen to watch KTLA morning news, Gayle Anderson will be doing a report on this competition and a few of the teams that are there (which just by [...]