Pork Tenderloin Stuffed Portabellas

Pork Tenderloin Stuffed Portabellas Pork Tenderloin Stuffed Portabellas, the pork tenderloin is one of our favorite cuts, tender and juicy. One of the only things that can make them better is having them wrapped in bacon. To our delight that’s just how they come from Zaycon Fresh. Each tenderloin is 5 ½ ozs. making for consistent cooking times. So, it’s easy to cook them to…

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Oriental Turkey Breast

Oriental Turkey Breast Oriental Turkey Breast was born when we were gifted with a fresh boneless turkey breast and told to have fun with it…so we did. It came with an attached wing piece which made it more interesting. It was the perfect size for the two of us, made even better seasoned with Swimmin’ in Smoke salt free Chik Bait and grilled on our…

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Smoked Orange Peel Chicken

Smoked Orange Peel Chicken Smoked Orange Peel Chicken, this moist, tender whole chicken was easy with only three ingredients and lots of flavor. Ken spatchcocked the chicken to grill it faster and Patti made a glaze better than our local Chinese restaurant. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Spatchcock chicken Spatchcock, otherwise known as “spattlecock” is poultry or game that has been prepared for roasting or…

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Date Night Garlicky Pot Roast

Date Night Garlicky Pot Roast Date Night Garlicky Pot Roast proves any night can be a one pot Sunday night dinner. We proudly made it awesome using our new Date Night Doins seasonings and Ken‘s Smoked Garlic Sauce. We braised a big 5lb. chuck roast in some beef broth, but first we generously seasoned it with our “Date Night Heat” and “Date Night Gourmet Steak”…

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Leg of Lamb on the Kamado

Leg of Lamb on the Kamado Leg of lamb is something most folks have on special occasions. For us date night is a special occasion once a week. Plus, we just love lamb! Our butcher has them is assorted sizes and we picked one just right for us. Grilled on our Char-Griller Akorn Kamado and seasoned with Big Dick’s Big Kahuna Seasoning it was most…

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Honey Baked Ham

Honey Baked Ham Honey Baked Ham, who doesn’t love it? We were asked to do the hams for our community Christmas party. So we did 2 spiral cut hams with 3 simple ingredients. Honey Baked Ham for 50 people. We gave it a “Kiss of Smoke” with a smoke tube filled with Pecan/Peach pellets made by Pacific Pellets and filled the hopper with Mountain Maple…

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Raider Red Prime Rib Eye Steaks

Raider Red Prime Rib Eye Steaks Raider Red Prime Rib Eye Steaks from Raider Red Meats don’t just call their meat prime as a buzz word. This beef (they have pork, lamb and lots of other fine meats, too) is genuinely graded USDA Prime! Raider Red meats were introduced to us from Jason at Green Mountain Grills because he knew we’d love the great taste…

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Pizza Burgers

Pizza Burgers Pizza Burgers were fun because we could add our favorite pizza toppings. Ken likes loads of pepperoni and Patti prefers sautéed mushrooms and spinach. We mixed pizza blend cheese into lean ground beef, seasoned with Butcher BBQ Steak & Brisket Rub. Then, when these beauties were grilled to taste with a “Kiss of Smoke” using Pacific Pellet Gourmet BBQ Pellet Smoked Hickory pellets.…

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Lemon Dill Grilled Salmon

Lemon Dill Grilled Salmon Lemon Dill Grilled Salmon, it was 90 degrees here today so a light fish dinner was definitely on the menu. Patti made a simple sauce with fresh lemons and fresh dill from the Murrieta Farmer’s Market. She seasoned it with Green Mountain Roasted Garlic Chipotle Seasoning Blend which just added to the bright, fresh taste of the salmon. This seasoning rub…

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Lama Stew from the Dutch Oven

Lama Stew from the Dutch Oven Guest Chef Denis Posted by Denis February 27th, 2017 no comments Dutch Oven, Lama, Stew Lama Stew from the Dutch Oven, It happened that my brother came along with some pounds of nice lama meat from his local butcher. You need to know that we’re always looking out for something special to put on the grill, into the smoker…

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Western Bacon Cheese Burger Pizza

Western Bacon Cheese Burger Pizza Our Western Bacon Cheese Burger Pizza was another perfect marriage because one of us wanted pizza and the other had to have a western bacon cheeseburger. Patti really put the cheese in cheeseburger with a full pound of shredded Mozzarella cheese added to the two pounds of lean ground beef. Ken likes his bacon cheeseburgers with BBQ sauce so we…

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