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Smoking a Turkey for Thanksgiving?

It seems that fried Turkey may not be as popular as it once was, and turkey on a smoker may be coming back for some, and the usual way to cook Thanksgiving dinner for others. A few imortant things to keep in mind when cooking a turkey in the smoker; 1. The ...

Carne Adovada — A Taste of Heaven

My area of expertise in barbeque is building and maintaining a steady fire that will hold temp for extended periods of time. However, I would like to venture into the realm of recipes for this post. While recipes are not my forté, this is one recipe I developed that I ...

Getting Ready for Grant, and a Few Other Things

As I try to shake the rust off, get the cookers cleaned, the trailer ready, meats lined up. We are cooking next weekend (9-27-08) at the Grant BBQ Fest in Grant, FL. If you are anywhere within driving distance to Grant Florida next weekend. This is one contest, you really should not ...

BBQ Restaurant Consultant

I was looking through some old papers today and came across some notes I had taken in 2002 while talking to a restaurant consultant from Texas who claimed to have been in the bbq business for the past 10-years. As I recall it, the gentleman and his wife opened a 30-seat ...

“Real Wood Smoke Flavor” from a gas grill

I am one of the guys who loves my gas grill, and I really do not care what others say. I like the ease of use, predicable performance, easy of cleaning, and all of that. But, it took me awhile to learn how to get "real wood smoke flavor" from my ...

“Green Up” The Competition Scene…

I was talking with someone about competition barbecue the other day. The person I was talking too took a particular interest in what kind of containers were used for the turn ins. I told her they were Styrofoam...she cringed! Then she asked me if that was the standard at comps ...

BUILDING A FIRE USING THE MINION METHOD IN AN OFFSET SMOKER

Sometime back in 1999 or thereabouts Jim Minion was participating in a regional barbeque championship in the Pacific Northwest. His cooker of choice was a Weber Smokey Mountain. However, following the manufacturer's instructions on building a fire in this otherwise wonderful smoker proved useless as the fire would quickly shoot up ...

Barbecue Surprises

A few years ago while competing in a barbecue event in Arcadia, Florida the unthinkable happened while preparing our chicken turn-in box. We prepared fantastic turn-in samples and were sure we had a good chance to win, but after placing the samples in the box and closing it I discovered ...

What Appeared to be Becoming Fiction, is Now Reality

For over a year I have been talking about it, and almost 9 month's ago, they were filmed, and now they are a reality. As of today, Grilling With HomeBBQ.com and Backyard BBQ with HomeBBQ.com are officially available for sale, and shipment. At the begining of January, I sent out a notice to ...

HomeBBQ.com releases 2 New DVD’s

HomeBBQ.com has released 2 DVD’s for the backyard cook. “Grilling with HomeBBQ.com” and “Backyard BBQ with HomeBBQ.com”. In “Grilling with HomeBBQ.com”, Kevin Bevington (5 time FBA Team of the Year Champion) demonstrates cooking on gas and charcoal grills. He starts with the basics and then goes into some great food, including full ...