Kickin Cajun Brats, I enjoy making sausages and playing with all the flavor profiles that match your taste. I am working on a “Zippy” brat that I will keep on hand just for snacks. This is a good one, but I want a little more heat. At this point Patti won’t even taste these so, I guess that just leaves more for me and Rat……
Bacon Wrapped Apple Pork Loin slow smoked for 4 hours, succulent and delicious. Thanks to Raider Red Meats for the best in boneless pork loin. We stuffed it with apple pie filling and wrapped it in a bacon weave and seasoned it to perfection with Butcher BBQ Honey Rub. With just a few ingredients we created a meal guests will love. Patti and I…
Alabama Blue Burger because we love blue cheese mixed in our burgers and nothing is better than having a big, beefy burger robed in our Alabama white sauce. Patti wanted to call this our patriotic burger because it was red (onion & tomato) white (our Alabama white sauce) and blue (cheese). Plus, we topped it with American cheese. I love Big Burgers and this is…
Down & Dirty Prime Rib because most folks think this cut of meat is way too expensive and way too difficult. Patti was at the market the other day to buy hamburger which was $4.35 a pound, next to it was prime rib roast at $4.77 a pound. A definite “no brainer”. Plus, our gas grill has a rotisserie. Perfect! We used our Date Night…
Bison Cheddar Burgers, I love Big Burgers and these are on the top of the list, tender and juicy with our Green Mountain Pellet Grill/Smoker. These were big and juicy burgers with lots of sizzle thanks to Green Mountain Sizzle rub. We mixed in shredded cheddar with the meat adding more than a little extra layer of flavor. Patti served it with the usual…
Shredded Roast Beef, we love the Big Beef flavor of chuck roast. There are tons of recipes you can do with shredded, smoky roast beef. There was a lot of beef here -16 pounds- that we smoked for 7 hours. It was so big that I cut it into 3 large roasts that I smoked at the same time so I didn’t need to do…
Fresh Raspberry Grilling Sauce with berry season here and we get lots of fresh juicy berries of all kinds. Patti makes a fresh raspberry sauce. It’s easy, delicious and beautiful. Patti makes lots of sauce to use in other things like over ice cream. She even mixed it with fat free mayo and a bit of chipotle powder for her salad dressing. It was all…
3 Ingredient Smoked Ham 3 Ingredient Smoked Ham, we've had requests for an extra easy ham dinner. So, we made a ham with just three ingredients including the ham! It was extra simple and extra delicious. The sweet comes from brown sugar. The spicy comes from the mustard. Ken prefers the horseradish or jalapeno mustard, Patti likes the spicy brown or Dijon. Patti and I…
Mild Southwestern Brats! This week we thought we would take a trip into the southwest with a mild Southwestern flavor using Chef of the Future’s Southwestern Rub and Seasoning. I am working on a brat that I can make my house brat. Meaning there is always some in the fridge for snacks and sandwiches. So, we did this one using both natural casing and collagen…
Coffee Infused Buckboard Bacon, our new love is makin’ bacon. There is something special about making your own bacon. It’s very easy to do and better than any store-bought bacon we’ve ever had. That said there is no such thing as “Bad” bacon, just some is better than others. It’s Bacon Candy… We cured it for 14 days, and then we did a 2…
Review of the Pit Barrel Cooker on Date Night Doins BBQ For Two. We have heard so much about the “Pit Barrel Cooker” we thought we would take a hard look at one. Here is what we found… This cooker is well thought out and made of all steel. The packaging was also thought out so that the unit arrives with no damage. I have…
Orange Cranberry Rotisserie Turkey on your Gasser. We brined our turkey in an Orange Cranberry Brine overnight and then we put it on the rotisserie with a wedgie for a “Kiss of Smoke”. Four and a half hours later we had an Orange Cranberry infused Turkey that was moist and delicious from the rotisserie on our gas grill. ” Slow smoked and seasoned to perfection…