Sous Vide on a Budget (Poor Man’s Sous Vide)

https://youtu.be/R_hkhfTL77A Sous Vide on a Budget (Poor Man's Sous Vide) If you have ever heard of the Process, Sous Vide is a wonderful way to tenderize a steak, without using any artificial ingredients or chemicals. However, a Sous Vide Circulator can be hundreds of dollars. Here is a way to try out the process and really see if you need to shell out the extra…

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Beef Tenderloin with Garlic Sherry Sauce Video

https://youtu.be/t2dqEz3PL9U Beef Tenderloin with Garlic Sherry Sauce Its date night and we wanted to celebrate with something extra special. Patti found a beef tenderloin and made a special garlicky wine sauce for it. Patti cooked up some bacon to add the drippings to the sauce and used the crispy bacon in mashed potatoes. Ken got a new toy from Char-Griller: a Smokin’ Stone that we…

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Bacon Squares Perfect Burger Topper

https://youtu.be/RjFD4ZqJvII Bacon Squares Perfect Burger Topper We love bacon and have discovered Zaycon Fresh Bacon. Some of the best we have ever had. Thick sliced and flavor packed. I like to pile so much onto burgers and sandwiches and it is always falling out or off. The dogs love that part. We like bacon in every bite of the whole sandwich and this makes that…

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Kamado Tri Tip Video

https://youtu.be/6GUZo0QkD4w Kamado Tri Tip Packed with “Big Beef” Flavor Tonight’s dinner was packed with “Big Beef” flavor with a wonderful peppery crust and a kiss of smoke flavor. We love the taste of big beef flavor and nothing says ‘Big Beef” better than Tri-Tip. Tri tip is a very tender cut of beef and full of rich beefy flavor; to give it another layer of…

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Raspberry Garlic Marinated Chicken Legs Video

https://youtu.be/qtVGw18vTeE Raspberry Garlic Marinated Chicken Legs We’re having a few Veteran friends over to celebrate Memorial Day. They wanted something “kid friendly” for the kids, of all ages, we know love our barbecued chicken grilled on our Char-Griller Akorn Kamado. The ultimate finger food is gooey chicken legs grilled to perfection. Patti made a simple three ingredient marinade and served the chicken with Ken’s famous…

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Bacon Candy Video

https://youtu.be/qSynbfkXF2E Bacon Candy Bacon Candy! This stuff is CRAZY GOOD and will be ILLEGAL when the food police hear about it! For a special treat think about this. Bacon Candy is so simple to make, only 3 ingredients. Sweet, smoky and just melts in your mouth. Patti and I came to the conclusion that Bacon Candy is just plain Dangerous in a really delicious way.…

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Buffalo Style Meatballs Video

https://youtu.be/8krH90wAMR8 We were invited to a neighbor’s potluck and asked to bring an appetizer. Ken wanted to bring little meatballs “Buffalo style”. Using our favorite ground beef aka Zaycon Fresh, which is so very lean, our meatballs didn’t shrink the way ordinary fattier ground beef does. So, instead of golf ball size we had more like tennis ball size. Ken seasoned them with Swimmin’ in…

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Spinach & Blue Cheese Stuffed Pork Video

Spinach & Blue Cheese Stuffed Pork Video https://youtu.be/s7l_rxWgZ4I Spinach & Blue Cheese Stuffed Pork Video Patti found a huge, (13lb.) extra lean pork loin on sale; we named it “porkenstein”. Ken cut it into three pieces and this is our first recipe with this hunk. The strong flavor of the blue cheese permeated the pork and the fresh spinach added color and hid a nice…

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Chipotle Bacon Bombs on a Stick Video

http://youtu.be/eOT-2nykh_I?list=UUiQQgeeiljVzZFv966eI91Q Chipotle Bacon Bombs on a Stick Patti and I are still working on a few treats to serve “Off The Grill” for tailgating parties. These are a big hit at the Super Bowl parties also. With us, it has to be something smoked off the grill. A great start for anything we come up with. How about Chipotle Bacon Bombs on a Stick? We…

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