Turkey, Smoked and Brined

  Turkey, Smoked and Brined, we wanted to do something a little different with our bird so we did a savory brine. We have turkey recipes on our web site and this is a nice one. We have Spatchcocked them, wrapped them in bacon, dusted them with chipotle and smoked every one of them. Talking with folks and reading a bit I thought I would try…

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Luau Pork Sliders Go Tailgating

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…

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Simple Sirloin Roast

Simple Sirloin Roast has four simple ingredients and is simply delicious. We love the taste of slow smoked big beef! This sirloin roast was a big, solid piece of moist and tender beef with a “Kiss of Smoke”! Really simple to do, just season the meat and toss it into the smoker for 3 hours. We gave it a blended “Kiss of Smoke” by running…

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Smoky Garlic Pepper Mayo

Smoky Garlic Pepper Mayo Smoky Garlic Pepper Mayo, Patti and I love garlic. Just about any way it comes. We have 3 different garlic sauce recipes that we use in lots of our cooks. Our Garlic Lovers Grilling Sauce is CRAZY GOOD. This is a great sauce anywhere you like mayo. You haven't lived until you've had this on a Big Burger, Pure Burger Porn...…

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Canadian Bacon

Canadian Bacon Canadian Bacon, our new love is makin’ bacon. It’s very easy to do and better than anything store bought bacon I’ve ever had. That said there is no such thing as “Bad” bacon, just some is better than others. This was a beautiful, lean Canadian bacon and there is something special about making your own bacon with your flavor profile. I love thick…

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Texas Bacon Dogs

Texas Bacon Dogs Texas Bacon Dogs is a great tailgating/camping recipe for kids of all ages. Easy to make, too. Not a lot of expensive ingredients, but lots of quality using Raider Red all beef franks. We loaded these up with our own cold smoked cheese and homemade bacon, a dash of Briggs True Texas mustard and gave them a “Kiss of Smoke” in a…

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Bacony Chili Cheese Brats

Bacony Chili Cheese Brats Bacony Chili Cheese Brats was a practice recipe for an upcoming camping trip. The first thing that goes in is the Green Mountain Davey Crockett. We love this mighty, but not heavy, tailgating grill. Ken made bacon from scratch and we’ve been working on all kinds of great recipes. We added some to our Raider Red brats and a delicious marriage…

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Makin’ Bacon

  Makin’ Bacon Makin’ Bacon, we love makin’ bacon. This was a beautiful, lean bacon and there is something special about making your own bacon with your flavor profile. I love thick cut pepper bacon and can’t get enough. We made 30 pounds of Maple Pepper Bacon!!! Enough for a few days around here. Pure Bacon Porn... We made our cure into maple pepper slurry,…

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