Inspired by a story from someone about being in the Caribbean and having shish kababs right on the beach I decided to follow suit. He said that basically the guy glazed the kababs with butter/garlic sauce and indirected the seafood for a few minutes and then finished them over the heat with a BBQ [...]
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If you are not from the Midwest you are probably asking what exactly is a pork steak. Originally considered just a St. Louis thing it is now pretty prevalent throughout the Midwest due to its low price, ease of preparation, tenderness, great flavor and the vast multitude of prep options with them.
The pork steak [...]
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Yes I know I have a lamb addiction but I can’t help it. It’s just that good. And with any new thing I come across I have to share it with Dad. So he and I did guy night again, but this time with a Mediterranean theme. Grilled French Cut Lamb [...]
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Been to the grocery store lately? Have you seen the astronomical cost of lunch meat these days? What used to be $5/pound is now $9/pound. Roast beef is just plain ridiculous these days. What if you could make your own roast beef for under $3/pound? It’s really not all that [...]
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Do you have a grill like the one above? These are commonly called Horizontal or Offset Smokers. These types of grills have some advantages over the vertical smokers in that they can be used as a large standard grill by just using the large cooking chamber to grill food over coals. So [...]
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Many people have asked me to be more quantitative in the posts I put on this site. I’ve been asked to give more exact times, temps and amounts. My Dad and Cousin are much better at this than I am. This is a hard thing for me. I don’t cook with [...]
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This is the first contribution from the newest Grillin Fool, Tom. Tom has been getting a boatload of use out of the mother of all grills – The Big Green Egg – and it seemed only fitting that he join the Grillin Fools family. So click below to see how this island adventure [...]
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Filed under: Poultry
Over the weekend we celebrated the Grillin Fool’s birthday with some serious grillin, chillin and poker shillin. Ribs, Bacon Wrapped Deer Tenderloin, Grilled Beans and an entire Chub of Bologna. Dad did the ribs as well as the prep work on the Deer Tenderloin. For the ribs he didn’t bother with the latest Rib crazes [...]
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One of the main dishes for my birthday was bacon wrapped deer tenderloin. I’ve had deer in the past as I have many friends and family that are hunters, but it’s always been a bit of an after thought rather than something I have taken a lot of time to prepare and cook. More [...]
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Baked beans have been a standard staple in terms of a side dish for BBQ seemingly forever. But why settle for baked beans? The grill is already up and running, why not use it to take baked beans to the next level. Why not impart some of that amazing smoky flavor that [...]
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Filed under: Sides and Appetizers
