
Comfort Food With a Kiss of Smoke: Cherrywood-Smoked Chuck Roast
The triple-digit heat finally gave way to the welcome rains. But the people that danced for joy in the streets quickly realized that the rain wasn’t stopping and, in fact, would follow the record-breaking heat with dangerous, double-digit, flash floods…

Corned Beef and Cabbage For A Smokin’ St Patty’s Day
Blue skies and continuous sunshine form a perfect backdrop to search for rainbows, four-leaf clovers, and wee leprechauns up to their mischievous shenanigans. Indeed, it’s also a great time for us pit jockeys to practice our craft, and today of…

You Had Me At Bulgogi: Bulgogi Beef Skewers With Smoked Chili-Lime Sauce
There are times when pit jockeys, such as myself, just mull around grill side, sipping a glass of inspiration while thinking about grilling something a little different, you know? We continuously look for new and different edibles that will simultaneously wake…

When The Meat Man (Or Woman) Cometh, Bearing Tomahawk Steaks
First there was puzzlement. Then I think I had a little twitch, followed by a nervous laugh. As the delivery driver walked towards our house with the box, it became apparent that the box sported a cow’s head on it,…

Hickory Smoked Meatloaf with Sweet Potatoes On The Grill
I walked outside to see what I already knew to be true. Mother Nature, in her normal, yearly ways, rendered our backyard a cold, barren shell of itself. Every breath was now visible, like a small materializing ghost flurrying in front…

Wokin’ the Wok: Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
In the world of low and slow barbecue, today would be an opposite sort of day. No pit side lounging, no sipping of a refreshing beverage whilst daydreaming next to a backdrop of swirling, ribbons of smoke. In other words, no…

BBQ Goodness, Family Get Togethers, and a T-Rex After Party
It was in the tradition of an old school “Sunday Supper” at Grandma’s house, complete with too much food, stories of the past, and plans and dreams for the future. When our family, that is currently spread out literally from…

“It Is What It Is…Until It Isn’t” Such are the Days (And Ways) of a Grill Jockey
“It is what it is” Trying to be the organized sort, I’ve been tagging and marking the packages of meat that make their way into our freezer. A good problem indeed, when there are choices to suit one’s momentary, tasty desires….

Fajita Lime Stuffed Avocado Boats with Roasted Corn Pico De Gallo
The avocados received their mesquite smoked baptism, responding with just enough char to complement the freshness of the pico, and it all tied together with that lime and fajita based beef.
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