Onion Crunch Burger, look what Patti made for me with tons of onion flavor! I love taking pictures and then eating big, big burgers. Patti put chopped sweet onion and Swimmin’ in Smoke Cattle Call on the inside and topped it with red onion and crunchy French fried onions. To make it extra special she used my smoked cheddar cheese in thick slices. Then she…
Orange Ginger Pepper Pork Loin, tender and juicy with a hint of pineapple and ginger. Pork loin is one of our favorite cuts of pork, boneless or bone in. There is so much you can do with them. We often cut 2 inch chops that we grill BBQ or smoke or do the same with a loin roast. We had our butcher Juan cut…
Smoky Salisbury Steak, Ken's idea of Comfort Food. Ken’s friend Ed was coming for dinner. He’s a real big guy with a real big appetite for hearty home style food. Patti was also thinking Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes. The Salisbury steaks looked more like small meat loaves with gravy. Not a problem! They were delicious, very filling and seasoned just right with a "Kiss…
Buffalo Chicken Tenders make a really delicious tailgating or camping meal or snack. Easy to make with only 2 ingredients! We marinated 5 pounds of chicken tenders in “Frank’s Garlic Wing Sauce” so there was no heat just flavor with a nice “Kiss of Smoke”. We normally make our own buffalo sauce but we wanted to keep this one tailgating easy. Patti and I…
Wild Wings Dipping Sauce for our Wings of Fire. Ken loves to make his chicken wings of fire on our Green Mountain Grill/Smoker. Patti makes a cool, creamy sauce to cut the heat, the perfect complement. Also, a great dip for raw veggies or shrimp cocktail. Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually…
This Buffalo Sauce Recipe is delicious, easy and beautiful sauce to have in your kitchen that works well to baste chicken, pork chops or ribs on the grill. And it makes a great dipping sauce and can be served either hot or cold. Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on…
Southwestern Frito Pie because at our house Taco Tuesday isn’t just about tacos. We were invited to a southwestern themed tailgating party and we wanted to make something a little different and not spending much money. Plus, most of these ingredients we had on hand. Ken likes the chili cheese Fritos and Patti likes the regular, so we used both. A nice thing about…
How to Cold Smoke Garlic, we use a lot of garlic in our recipes and have found that “Smoked Garlic” gives your cook “A Kiss of Smoke”. Every month we cold smoke 3 or 4 pounds of garlic that we either use as whole, mince or make into our “Garlic Sauce”. We also make a “Chipotle Garlic Sauce”. Our garlic sauce is creamy and…
Chicks Rollin’ in Smoke was a delicious dinner. I can’t believe just how they flake apart tender and juicy. These chicks were kissed with honey and apple smoke. We made extra so we could be chillin’ with chicks the next day for a picnic lunch. We injected our chicks with Butcher BBQ Bird Booster Honey Flavor. A little secret: the directions call for 2…
KC BBQ Kielbasa Sliders were easy to make for feeding a Tailgating crowd. This is an easy one and you can adjust larger or smaller to fit your needs. We made it larger so we could enjoy these sliders during the week. We smoked some Kielbasa in our new Smokey Bourbon Bacon KC BBQ Sauce, a sweet sauce with a hint of spicy heat,…
Easy Smoked Piglet, we did a 35-pound piglet on the Green Mountain Grill this week. I have to say I was surprised at just how easy it was to do. In fact, the hardest part of the whole process was getting the pig here in Southern California. Like trying to find Tri-Tip in South Carolina, you can do it, but it’s an adventure!!! I…
I make a great garlic mayo that we enjoy and my friends are always asking for more. I can’t keep up with the requests. A few weeks ago I was talking with my friend Michael Wright, I got the idea of doing a Garlic Blue Cheese Mayo. He has a Blue Cheese yogurt sauce that Patti says looks wonderful, and she wants to try…