Lionheart Spices Review

BBQ Rub Review: Lionheart “Original Barbecue” and “Smoked Herb & Garlic”

By on April 30, 2013 in Pork, Reviews, Ribs

Lionheart Spices out of Milwaukee, WI offers up eight flavorful rubs and spice blends including the following: Original Barbecue Smoked Herb & Garlic Chipotle Lemon Rosemary Sugar & Spice Bourbon Street Fire Rub Scarborough Fair I had the chance to check out both the Original Barbecue and Smoked Herb & Garlic the other day and was [...]

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StoryQue iPad BBQ Magazine

StoryQue: The iPad Barbecue Magazine

By on April 17, 2013 in Books, Media and Contests

If you’re an iPad owner and BBQ fanatic like I am, you’ll be amped to learn that there is a legit monthly barbecue magazine subscription available on the iPad called StoryQue.  StoryQue is an interactive BBQ magazine that is available for purchase via iTunes.  New issues are released monthly which include BBQ stories, recipes and tips/tricks from both [...]

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Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue Sauces

Book Review: Paul Kirk’s Championship Barbecue Sauces

By on April 12, 2013 in Books, Reviews

I was perusing BBQ books on Amazon.com the other day to see if there were any new ones out I didn’t know about and actually stumbled upon an older book that looked promising:  Paul Kirk’s Championship Barbecue Sauces: 175 Make-Your-Own Sauces, Marinades, Dry Rubs, Wet Rubs, Mops, and Salsas.  The book is only $10 and after [...]

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Tri-Tip with Goat Cheese and Lemon Honey Mustard Glaze

Tri-Tip with Goat Cheese and Lemon Honey Mustard Glaze

By on April 11, 2013 in Beef

A while back I came across a ribeye recipe by Bobby Flay that called for both goat cheese and a lemon honey mustard glaze.  It was unbelievably good, so good in fact that I cooked it two consecutive nights for two different sets of friends.  I hate just straight up copying people’s recipe (though they [...]

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Ancho-Cherry Babyback Ribs Recipe

Ancho-Cherry Baby Backs

By on March 25, 2013 in Pork, Ribs, Sauce

This past weekend I made up an ancho-cherry BBQ sauce that I used on two cooks.  On Saturday we had stuffed hamburgers for a get together celebrating a good friend’s B-day.  We had a bunch of mouth-watering ingredients to stuff the burgers with (I used my Burger Pocket Press of course ), but the ancho-cherry [...]

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Grill Grate Review

GrillGrate Review

By on March 11, 2013 in Equipment, Reviews

I had the chance to try out the GrillGrate the other day and must say I was quite impressed.  The GrillGrate is an interlocking, raised rail grilling surface constructed of hard anodized aluminum that excels at: Delivering flawless sear marks (see the marks on the ribeyes I cooked below!) Preventing flare ups which reduces over-charring Helping to [...]

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Mad Hunky General Purpose Rub Review

BBQ Rub Review: Mad Hunky General Purpose Rub

By on February 25, 2013 in Pork, Reviews, Rubs

For those of you that follow my blog and YouTube channel regularly, you know that I’m a big fan of Rich Tirpak’s products over at Mad Hunky Meats.  I had the chance to try out the Mad Hunky General Purpose  rub (aka the “GP rub”) on a butt the other day and wanted to quickly walk you [...]

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Bissell Maple Farms Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce Review

BBQ Sauce Review: Sugar Chalet “Sweet and Spicy”

By on February 18, 2013 in Reviews, Sauce

Bissell Maple Farm located in Rock Creek, Ohio has been producing top quality maple products since the late 1800′s.  The company offers staple maple products such as pure maple syrup, pure maple and maple coated candy.  I recently used their pure maple syrup in a maple lemon glazed salmon recipe and the quality of the maple [...]

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