BBQ Kielbasa Tailgating with Davy Crockett. Who doesn’t like Kielbasa? This is a simple crowd pleaser that everyone will love. It’s great for tailgating and parties or just backyard BBQ. It’s easy to serve on buns, in a tortilla or just on a plate, not much hope for leftovers. You can make this at home and bring it with you or it’s easy enough…
Slow Smoked Santa Maria Roast Beef because there is nothing like the flavor of slow smoked beef seasoned with our new Santa Maria Rub (out soon). We smoked this 7 ½ pound roast for 9 hours for that “Kiss of Smoke” and a beautiful smoke ring. An awesome dinner for friends and the holidays. We will be enjoying shredded roast beef sandwiches and tacos this…
Slow Smoked Sirloin Tip Roast, tender, juicy and melt in your mouth good. We were wanting BIG MEAT for our Date Night Dinner so we went shopping. Patti and I looked at steaks, short ribs and then we saw this 5 ½ pound Sirloin Tip Roast. We smoked it for an hour in Green Mountain Grill's Gourmet Blend Pellet Blend then, put a little…
Garlicky Stuffed Patty Melts are the ultimate garlic lovers treat. We always enjoy a good burger and we love Ken’s Garlic Lovers Grilling Sauce. Patti loves patty melts because it’s not a plain old burger on a plain old bun. We made these patty melts stuffed with cheese and Garlic Lovers Grilling Sauce, then topped with more cheese and grilled onions. For another blast…
Tex Mex Big Beef Ribs have the smoky flavor of chipotle with “Big Beef”. That’s about as good as it can get!!! Texas BBQ is as simple as it can get, too. They go to the meat for flavor verses any rubs or sauces. Using mainly only salt, pepper and garlic for their seasoning and serve any sauce on the side. We added a…
Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip. How good does a Dove’s Chocolate anything sound? Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip was out of the ball park good. The Dove’s cocoa rub along with some chipotle chili powder and then a garlic pepper crust wasn’t like anything I have ever experienced! When the taste of beef layered with all the flavors of the grill is what you…
Sriracha Burger, nothing says Big Beef Flavor more than a burger made with lots of tender, juicy shredded beef. This tops the chart with the OMG factor. The Sriracha Burger is piled high with Southwestern Shredded Beef covered with Pepper Jack cheese, tomatoes, feathered red onions and drizzled with Sriracha sauce. OFF THE HOOK !!! We get a large Chuck Roll every month that…
Mom’s Texas Red Chili, Ken’s Mom loved chili and being this beautiful and awesome lady was from Texas, this was her recipe. It had just the right amount of spicy zing for Ken with lots and lots of meat. Over the years Ken has zinged it up a bit. Patti, as usual, needed to add a bit of sour cream to hers. After all, she…
Art of BBQ Cookbook by Date Night Doins BBQ For Two Our cookbook “Art of BBQ” Beef is a “How to BBQ Picture Book” It's FREE on Kindle!!! Over 300 pages, 54 recipes packed with 462 color “Step by Step Pictures” to show you just how easy it is to do a Great Beef on the wood pellet grill/smoker. The “Art of BBQ” will show…
Swedish Style Meatballs, the weather here has been gray and wet calling for something tasty and hearty from the stove. Our friend Brian shared a family recipe for Swedish meatballs and with his outline we added some of our magic like SteakBurger ground beef, and came up with a creamy and satisfying main dish. SteakBurger ground beef guarantees your meatballs recipe will be lean…
Tri Tip Slow Smoked with Mushroom Wine Sauce Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood burning stove, little lights, candles, lanterns and…
Taco Taters Casserole, I love Tacos, I love Taters. My love of "South of the Boarder" foods is where our "Skillet" Dinner came from, a grate one pot camping or tailgating meal! Lot's of tater tots covered with Uncle Bubba’s Shredded Beef!!! This week Uncle Bubba made some of his Shredded Beef. One of the things I like about camp is camp cooking and…