Saw this article in the LA Times Food section on great food deals in L.A. What a nice surprise to have a BBQ restaurant listed as the #3 pick. The restaurant is the Swinging Door in North Hollywood and they have an amazing deal that serves up to eight people for $56 dollars… not bad [...]
October 17, 2006
What is up with the BBQ Junkie?
Took a little time off from blogging… work was getting the best of me. Now, I figure it’s time to update the site and create some posts. I started by updating my WordPress software and now my BBQ Junkie header has vanished. It looks like I’m going to have to go in and edit some [...]
September 8, 2006
BBQ Judging Class
The California Barbecue Association is holding a BBQ judging class on October 20th at 2nd Annual Smokin’ In The Park Barbecue Championship. This is being held in Alpine, CA… a little east of San Diego. I made it down there last year in a couple of hours, it’s not too far. These BBQ judging classes [...]
August 20, 2006
Silent Valley IBCA Competition Results
This weekend’s BBQ competition was an unforgettable event. Our team, Four Q BBQ, had an agreement that was pretty much signed in BBQ sauce. Winning the competition didn’t matter at all, we just wanted to get together and barbecue with other peeps that were out to do the same thing. We put way less pressure [...]
August 14, 2006
Getting ready to BBQ this weekend
Our competition BBQ Team, Four Q, had practice this weekend and everything went pretty good. It has been a while since we had last gathered. Our nerves were flying at the last BBQ competition we did… we are feeling much more comfortable now. One of the biggest mistakes that we did last time was in [...]
August 2, 2006
BBQ competition near Banning
It’s been a while since I’ve posted… been busy with work and trying to keep cool in this summer heat. I am happy to inform you that after a few cancelled competitions, the Four Q BBQ team will be competing in our second event. This competition is happening on August 18th & 19th and will [...]
July 17, 2006
BBQ blog goes down in California
For a good portion of today this website’s hosting company was experiencing server issues. This temporarily led to the inability of the world to access the BBQ Junkie blog. Sorry for the inconvenience Everything seems to be working now and the world can now continue celebrating the art of BBQ by reading the pages of [...]
July 12, 2006
BBQ in the 805
People are always asking me where can they taste some authentic slow smoked BBQ. Without going as far as inviting them over for an afternoon of deliciousness, I usually refer them one of the local BBQ competitions. They will usually have a tasting booth available to the public. Regrettably, a few of those have been [...]
July 10, 2006
Suburban Cylinder Express
Some people prefer propane to charcoal because of the convenience that it offers. Get home, flip the switch and you are cooking dinner in less than time than it takes to say BBQ tri tip. But using propane can have it’s own set of downfalls… like, lets say, running out of gas in the middle [...]
July 6, 2006
Natural-Born Griller
Thanks Benny for referring me to this month’s edition of the AARP magazine. It features an article by Steven Slon that is written after attending Steven Raichlen’s 3-day BBQ course. He offers up some tips, recipes and a few anecdotes about his experience. At the end of the three days it seems we’ve cooked everything [...]

October 18, 2006
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