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Visiting the Big Green Egg Headquarters
Visiting the Big Green Egg’s new HQ!
Award-Winning Santa Maria Tri-Tip Smoked over Barrel Chunks
Tri-Tip is by far one of the least understood cuts of beef. This recipe for Santa-Maria Style Tri-Tip done over oak wood will keep you and your friends coming back for more.
Grilled BBQ Corn with Chimayo Butter
This one is an instant hit at any BBQ party. The slightly sweet and smoky heat combined with the citrus tang of the lime turns boring corn into a fiesta of flavors. This corn pairs perfectly with our Santa Maria Tri-Tip Recipe and a nice Tempranillo. In our case, we enjoyed our friend and […]
Designing an Outdoor Kitchen the Steve Jobs Way
Since moving into our home nearly four years ago, there’s one unfinished feature that has bugged me more than any other – the drab cookie-cutter concrete aggregate slab in our backyard that serves as our patio. Dull, lifeless, and far too small for our family. By some estimates, a backyard remodel can recoup up to 60% […]
The Ultimate Star Wars Beer Pairing
Like peanut butter and chocolate, Star Wars and beer just go together and with winter setting in here in North America, there’s sure to be a lot of watching of Star Wars now that all six films are available on blu-ray. So in that vein, we present the Star Wars Beer Pairing. James normally writes about […]
The Thermapen: Weapon of Choice for Year Round Cooking
Around the year, families d will congregate around ovens and roasters, smokers and grills and ask the age-old question: “Is it ready yet?”. In my book, the only thing worse in my book than an overdone meal is an underdone one so you want to be accurate in getting the temp to 165deg in the […]
West Coast Brewery Road Trip
2010’s ‘Beer Trip’ led us to the Denver area for our little excursion. It included the spectacular Oskar Blues Brewery, the great Avery Brewing Company and an evening at the Falling Rock Taphouse, which is one of the best taphouses in the country. 2011’s trip led us to be a little more adventurous, so we […]
Fresh Hops are Here!
Any fresh hop brew can only be brewed during the annual hop harvest. Now, just like harvest season at the wineries, that fresh hop season all depends on the year’s weather.
Review: BBQ Institute Fantasy Camp
We take our BBQ to the next level with The BBQ Institute Class with Grand Champion Pitmaster Konrad Haskins, featured on The Food Network and The Wall Street Journal.