Barbecue competitions encourage creativity, and it starts with the team names themselves. In fact, it appears that a clever name is second only to owning a smoker as a requirement to enter at many contests. Of course, there’s always the potential embarrassment of showing up to the showdown with the same name as another team. [...]
Monday, September 5, 2005
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The Food Network has been airing the George Foreman College Grill-Off this weekend. It’s a grilling contest that combines several items you don’t normally associate with one another: college students, gourmet cooking, and George Foreman grills. In the contest, students competed in teams of three for $6,000 in scholarships and a batch of Foreman grills [...]
Friday, September 2, 2005
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As well all know, the one true measure of someone’s skill in any particular area is how much equipment they own. Barbecue is no exception. That’s why I can’t imagine any real barbecue master not owning a pair of these babys. Cowboy boots or sneakers just won’t cut it these days down at the VFW [...]
Thursday, September 1, 2005
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If like me you like your steaks charred on the outside and pink and juicy on the inside, I suggest you try out the Char Crust rub. It’s been around forever, originating in a Chicago steakhouse in the 1950′s. It gives your steaks (and chickens as well) a delicious crusty exterior every time. It comes [...]
Monday, September 5, 2005
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