Our North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce, is our most requested recipe EVERY WEEK!!! North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce, This may be one of the Best Carolina style sauces I have ever had. This is a VERY BOLD sauce and is MAGIC on Pulled Pork! I like to splash it on almost any pork and chicken dish. It’s also great as a mop…
Fiesta Chicken con Queso is a fiesta for your tastebuds. Just a little zippy and a whole lotta yum. It was easy, too, because we used prepackaged fajita veggies, southwestern cheese sauce from a jar and freshly made salsa fresca from our local supermarket. We stuffed it with shredded mozzarella cheese, but you can use any shredded cheese you like. And seasoned with Chef…
Firehouse Stuffed Meatloaf, Winter weather, even in California, begs for meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Our friend Pete makes award winning sauces and rubs. One taste and you’ll know why. We also really like that salt is never the first ingredient. Of course, if you’re making this recipe for your local firehouse you might want to triple the recipe. Patti and I have set one…
Old School Pork Spareribs! If you are ever lucky enough to visit a “Real Old School” BBQ shack you will notice that they do the whole rack of spareribs. They do minimal trimming and you end up with bigger meatier ribs. You waste a lot of good meat when you cut these down into “Saint Louis” style ribs. Just cut the chime bone off,…
Our Blackened Half Pound Burger is a big ½ lb. burger slathered with our “Smoked Garlic Sauce” as a binder for the seasoning. Then, seasoned with Zatarain’s Blackened Seasoning and a nice coat of coarse ground black pepper. We love cooking with smoky garlic and black pepper and this was A BIG Juicy Burger with most basic cooking ingredients. Then with our “Smoky Garlic…
Curried Chicken Breasts, Ken loves curry, any kind of curry. Patti always stocks up on different cuts of chicken when it’s on sale. Voila, a match made delicious. Patti served it with brown rice made with coconut milk instead of broth or water with a "Kiss of Smoke". Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night.…
Creamed Garlic Soup with Toasted Cheese Topping, we love garlic, just about every way it comes. I had been thinking of doing a smoked garlic soup for a few weeks now. Rich, creamy and a garlicky sweet treat. So, I thought I would make some for our special Christmas Eve dinner. This may have been a little rough on our dogs. Not having…
Uncle Bubba's Brandy Bacon Jam. I can’t say it enough “Everything is Better with Bacon”! Our jam is a pound of bacon ends and pieces, slow cooked with onions, smoked garlic, and brandy in to a sweet and spicy burger topping. (Have you ever heard me say I LOVE BIG BURGERS!) Rich and savory, a great appetizer, topping on cheese and crackers,…
Pile O’ Ribs on the Tailgater, we both love ribs and tailgating! The problem is that rack of ribs take up a lot of space and tailgating grills tend to be on the small and portable side. I can triple the ribs on our little grill with a good rack. And that gave a lot of folks a big smile, they were tender and…
Fire and Ice Cajun Chicken Sticks. Tonight’s Date Night dinner is something my mother loved. We grilled up some Fire & Ice Cajun Chicken Sticks, with a Fire & Ice dipping sauce, Wings o’ Fire with a good blue cheese dipping sauce and a batch of Teriyaki Shrimp Skewers. Fire and Ice Cajun Chicken Sticks, my mother loved to get the whole family together…
Prairie Fire Redux, I have worked on this recipe for over 35 years, (hard to believe that I’m that old) and have fine tuned it to a religious experience. These are great for tailgating and Super Bowl parties and just great eats. These are creamy, tender beans with a thick, rich smoked cheddar cheese sauce and a bit of zip to them. I have…
Tenderloin Steaks for Date Night, so tender we could cut them with a spoon. Prime Meats are the perfect way to relax for a fine meal after a long week. Their tenderloin steaks came in a two pack of 8 ozs. each. We complimented them with some Butcher BBQ Private Seasoning and after a few minutes on our grill we had a “prime” dinner.…