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…
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…
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,…
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…
Black Pepper Sauce because if you love black pepper, you’ll love this little sauce. It’s a quick and easy, a savory pepper sauce with hints of garlic and onions. Spoon it onto your food as you serve it and it’s a sauce. Or brush it on as your grilling and it’s a glaze. It’s great either way. Depending on your taste you can adjust…
Pepper Glazed Pork Chops were a hit! We cold smoked our chops then sealed them up and let them get “Happy” for a few days. What a treat! Pork’s mild flavor lends itself so well to rich coffee smoke and the savory pepper glaze that Patti made for us. We seasoned our chops with Loubier Italian Seasoning that just brought all the flavors together…
Fiery Piggy Balls, an extra spicy appetizer wrapped in bacon, of course, for game day. Happily we just got some wonderful and extra zingy sauces from All Spice Café, so we knew we could put their Cayenne Habanero Sauce to good use. This is a variation of our “Chipotle Bacon Bombs” using hot sausage balls instead of ground beef. You can use mild sausage…