Apple Bourbon Pork Steak Apple Bourbon Pork Steak, because a pal of Ken’s was coming to dinner and his beverage of choice is Jack Daniel’s. So, Patti followed that theme in a delicious glaze for our pork steak. To go with it Patti made her garlic mashed potatoes and green bean fries. It was a savory and simple dinner and a huge hit. Patti and…
All American Burgers This 4th of July we wanted to do something simple All American Burgers and really tasty. We were given some seasoning rubs from Pirate Jonny’s. We found that Pirate Jonny’s Scorched Pirate Rub was a really excellent addition to our burgers. We grilled some bacon, tomatoes and sweet onion slices alongside the burgers to add more of that rich smoky flavor to…
Amazing Hot Wings Patti and I cook at the Murrieta Farmer’s Market every Sunday, mostly chicken and ribs. A few weeks ago just for something different for the Super Bowl we thought we would do up some hot wings. Boy, did those wings fly out of here. Something like 10 pounds were gone in less than 30 minutes. Folks are making such a fuss over…
Horsey Mustard Sauce Horsey Mustard Sauce, we enjoy the robust flavor of mustard and like the flavor it ads to your meats as they roast. We have used it as a base on pulled pork, and big beef, always good. Tonight we were doing a prime rib roast and thinking a mustard crust was sounding good. Patti made a Horsey Mustard Sauce with just a hint…
Raider Red Ultimate Breakfast Burger Raider Red Ultimate Breakfast Burger! We love this burger, it is a “Big” burger packed with our favorite breakfast goodies. As your devouring this burger you experience the savory sausage with a kiss of blueberry sweet, smoky bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, crunchy hash browns all topped with an egg and wrapped in Texas toast. All with the perfect “Kiss of Maple…
Smoked Pork Chops with Maple Pepper Glaze Smoked Pork Chops with Maple Pepper Glaze, tender, juicy, and sweet with a “Kiss of Maple Smoke” all through it. This is “Part Three” of our 3 part recipe on Cold Smoking Pork on the Sawtooth Grill. We’ve all seen smoked pork chops in the grocery store. They bring me to tears, cut so small, priced like gold…
How to Cold Smoke Pork How to Cold Smoke Pork: We’ve all seen smoked pork chops in the grocery store. They bring me to tears, cut so small and priced like gold and full of chemicals. My thought, why not make your own? And we’ll show you how to do that one step better on the Sawtooth grill. We are going to do “Piggy Prime…
BBQ Pork Loin Chops Tonight we want to do some BBQ Pork Loin Chops on the Akorn Kamado. The chops were very tender and just made for an easy and simple date night dinner. I dusted the chops with Big Dick’s “Big Kahuna” rub and sauced them up the last 5 minutes of our cook. Patti and I have set one night a week just…
Southwestern Mac & Cheese Southwestern Mac & Cheese, we have to laugh, of all the recipes we get asked for from gourmet to down home, what we get the most requests for is macaroni and cheese. Our date night was coming up so I asked Ken what he was in the mood for thinking he would say steak or ribs. Nope, he wanted a creamy…
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…
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”…
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…