Bacon Bourbon Pork Sirloin Chops, Off the Hook!!! Patti picked up these beautiful chops and I wanted to try something a little different. Thinking I would put a cast iron griddle on the grill and see what happens. The Bourbon Bacon sauce caramelized nicely, adding a ton of flavor to these moist and tender chops. We did these on our Louisiana Grill/Smoker with Mountain Maple…
Cold Smoked BBQ Pork Chops on your Gasser. Cold smoked pork chops are a real treat and even better when grilled with a good BBQ sauce. Today we are going to show just how easy they are to smoke on your gas grill with a Wedgie (Our Store) loaded with apple pellets for that sweet “Kiss of Smoke”. Patti and I have set one…
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…
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…
Homemade Jalapeno Cheese Bratwurst, my love of sausage making continues. I was surprised at how little heat there was in these brats, but they were jam packed with flavor! Sausage making is easier than you might think, keep in mind that man has been making some 3000 years before Christ. They had only stone tools then and today you can get a decent grinder/stuffer for…
Homemade Beer Brats! My love of sausage making has been on hold for 32 years. I was waiting for life to slow down a bit. Then it dawned on me just what am I waiting for? So, I got my meat grinder/stuffer out, dug up my old recipes and started making sausage. I made these Beer Brats for Patti. Sausage making is easier than you…
Petunia’s Enchiladas were to honor Petunia Pig coming for dinner and she was delicious. Two of Patti’s beautiful friends were coming over and we wanted to fix them something special. So, we cubed a lot of our smoked pig and our smoked cheese to make an easy dish you can make the day before. Patti and I have set one night a week just for…
Spicy Rotisserie Pork Loin, we love pork loins, always tender and juicy. Tonight, we wanted to kick things up a bit with Cindy Lou’s Black Label Dry Rub and Grandville’s Spicy BBQ Jam. We did an hour and 20 minutes on the Rotisserie with a “Kiss of Smoke” using our Wedgie loaded with hickory pellets. This was a “Test” cook for some friends that are…
Luau Pork Sliders Go Tailgating, delicious and extra easy with some ready made Asian slaw that Patti added some extra crushed pineapple. Sweet and crunchy salad next to tasty pork burgers were a definite win-win for tailgating with our GMG Davy Crockett! Easy with Raider Red ground pork and sourdough slider rolls. Folks ask how we come up with our recipe ideas, well this was…