Finally, BBQ Pitmasters Gets It Right
After three seasons of practice, BBQ Pitmasters, a reality cooking competition that is decidedly not Top Chef, has finally found the recipe.
After three seasons of practice, BBQ Pitmasters, a reality cooking competition that is decidedly not Top Chef, has finally found the recipe.
Posted 05.24.2012
With barbecue season underway, almost everyone in America will be pulling out their grills for some outdoor entertaining. Barbecue is synonymous with ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 04.25.2012
If willful destruction of expensive gadgetry makes you cringe, then look away: The barbecue fiends at Pork Barrel BBQ in Alexandria, Va. have inaugura...
Meathead | Posted 05.26.2012
There aren't many indigenous local D.C. dishes, but there is one concoction the locals proudly claim as their own: Mumbo Sauce.
Menuism | Posted 05.05.2012
by Jay Ducote, BBQ Expert for the Menuism BBQ Blog Like all of the great foodways of the world, modern-day barbecue is riddled in history and culture...
Meathead | Posted 11.28.2011
Among all the creatures on earth, only humans cook -- and barbecue is the world's oldest cooking method. Barbecue may even be the world's second oldest profession.
Meathead | Posted 11.30.2011
The Stall. The Zone. The Plateau. It has many names and it has freaked out many a barbecue cook. I know because they email me right in the middle of their cook. Panicky.
HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 05.30.2012
They might usually be busy smoking their own hogs, but even world-class pitmasters need to make a pit stop now and then. But, where does a BBQ profess...
Grub Street New York | Posted 10.02.2011
Everyone who cares about barbecue knows that the real stuff comes from "little shacks with huge smokers that burn down every couple of years," says Ch...
Meathead | Posted 09.14.2011
The first step to becoming a great outdoor cook is to master your instrument, and the best way to do this is to calibrate it with dry runs. No food needed.
The Daily Meal | Posted 08.30.2011
One of the more notorious names in grilling, Weber made itself famous almost 60 years ago for its round and easy-to-use backyard grill that has become...
Meathead | Posted 08.16.2011
It's about time that the rest of the country comes face to face with the charms of this liberally condimented showpiece clad in a tidy white bun.
Meathead | Posted 08.03.2011
It's the time of the year for Dad to go out and immolate his paycheck, turning succulent pieces of meat and crunchy fresh veggies into hockey pucks and piles of ash.
Food Republic | Posted 08.02.2011
There's one activity I like more than grilling: drinking beer. Combine them and I have a mood brightener more powerful than Prozac.
Meathead | Posted 07.26.2011
If you follow USDA recommendations 100% you will be 100% safe and doomed to terrible steaks and lamb chops. And in its effort to make one set of easy to understand rules, the government has oversimplified.
Meathead | Posted 07.13.2011
Let's ask the question: What's the best form of charcoal? Wood embers? Hardwood lump charcoal? Charcoal briquets?
Meathead | Posted 06.29.2011
There is nothing more seductive smelling, no perfume, no mushroom, no wine, than the scent of hardwood smoke after it has tickled spice rubbed pork
Jennifer Evans Gardner | Posted 06.07.2011
I can't grill. Or barbecue. And I certainly cannot smoke. It seems that all my life, the menfolk have taken over the "Q duties." So I remained clueless as to the ways of outdoor cooking. Until now.
Meathead | Posted 06.07.2011
The snow has melted, the robins are back, and it's time to recycle that old piece of junk out back and get serious about amping up your outdoor cooking chops.
Meathead | Posted 05.27.2011
A Cambro is an indispensable tool to caterers. But you don't need to buy a restaurant grade Cambro, you probably have one in the garage.
Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011
Beans are a great source of nutrition, and they play an important part in American regional cooking and culture. Here are the basics a cook needs to know about beans.
Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011
All pork chops are best when cut thick, at least 1", when brined for about an hour and no more, then gently cooked with a little smoke, and flavored with herbs and/or a sauce.
Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011
Nobody in my family ever bought a sack of charcoal. Paying money for something you were going to set on fire? To the Italian-American psyche, this is an act of supreme madness!
Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011
No matter what you call these cousins of bacon, only chocolate is more decadent and crack more addictive than homemade cracklins, and there is a big difference between store-bought and this recipe.
Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011
The secret, and it is not much of a secret anymore, is to eat what is fresh and in season. Mussels are in season at Superbowl time and a super bowl of them is sure to be a hit at your party.
Meathead | Posted 05.31.2012