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…
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…
Chipotle Chili Bowl, I have been going through “Chipotle Withdrawals” these last few weeks. I love the sweet smoky flavors of Chipotle on the grill. Everyone here (Patti) has been saying “NO More Chipotle for a while, It’s too hot”. I don’t understand this, chipotle is just a smoked jalapeno, and these are mild sweet peppers that are AWESOME on the grill. Well, I just…
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.…
Date Night Surf and Turf, this week we had a lot going on, Rat’s birthday (our 6lb. toy poodle rescue) and Date Night. So, we thought we would do a special dinner to include everyone. We did a nice 2 inch Sirloin, Garlic Cheddar Cauliflower, Smoked Chipotle Garlic and some skewers of Ginger Teriyaki Shrimp. All made for a beautiful night. Rat was happy,…
Grill Master Cheddar Cheese Bacon Burger, Out shopping last week we saw these Johnsonville Grillers. These were Cheddar cheese and bacon mixed with a sausage patty. We haven’t seen these before and never had anything from Johnsonville that we didn’t like so we through a few packages in the cart and here’s the story… Perfect. There aren’t a lot of ingredients because folks like…
Uncle Bubba’s Alabama Double Stack Bacon Cheeseburger. Hands down I LOVE BIG BURGERS!!! This BIG BURGER has everything I love on it with more than a half pound of beef, smoked cheddar cheese, a ton of thick sliced pepper bacon. Piled up on lettuce, tomatoes and a slab of sweet onion. Then, Uncle Bubba’s Alabama Sauce… All with a “Kiss of Smoke”. Pure Burger…
Rainy Day Chicken Fried Steak, tonight we had to cook inside. I know it never rains in California. But, we got so much rain our patio roof collapsed. It sounded like an artillery round going off. All that water almost washed the fish out of their pond. We have wanted to do some country fried steak and here was our chance to do a…
Smokin’ Chuck Wagon Chili, with the weather being so cold and dreary around the country we’ve been in the mood for Chili. So, I thought I would make my Smokin’ Chuck Wagon Chili, slow smoked with Texas Blend BBQ Pellets. I have been making chili for 40 years now with little or no measuring I guess you could call it a dump Chili thus the…
All American Presidential Burger was made to honor our all American President who, like us, loves a great burger. We formed our ½ pound burgers from ground Bison and, of course, topped them with American cheese, onion rings and bacon. All with a “Kiss of Smoke” using our wedgie loaded with Bourbon wood pellets. So Good… Patti and I have set one night a…
Cajun BBQ Beef Sandwiches, we love BBQ beef sandwiches with big beefy chunks of meat is a rich BBQ sauce. These are so rich, flavorful and simple you’ll love it and folks will sing praises to your skills as a Grill Master. We are having so much fun coming up with recipes for our shredded chuck roast 5 lbs of BIG BEEF! Ken made…
Our South of the Border Burnt Ends and Tips were a bit zippy. I nailed it! These were like a ZIPPY meat candy. Note: Ken’s idea of zippy is a true tongue scorcher. Depending on your heat level you may want to tone these down. Patti and Rat (our little dog) couldn't eat them. For me, off the hook and jam packed with all the…