Foiled Beef Brisket – A Story of Adapting to a Major Grilling Setback

One of the hardest things to teach people about grilling is dealing with ever changing circumstances that may or may not be out of their control.  Grilling on a muggy summer day is much different than grilling in a blustery Autumn day and certain things should be done to account for the different weather.  Grilling [...]

The Grillin Fools Grillin on Vacation

In July the Grillin Fools and 30 of our relatives went up to Michigan:

It wasn’t all sunsets, swans and salmon.  Of course we did some grillin, chillin, and thrillin:

We may not have had much to work with (wait to you see the grills) but we still put out a mean product.  And if we can [...]

That’s not Pulled Pork. That’s Pulled Beef Brisket!!

Beef brisket is a pretty tough cut of meat that if done properly can be pretty stellar.  Usually it requires an acidic marinade for about 48 hours (or more) and slow and low cooking to the tune of 225 degrees for 1.5 hours per pound plus an hour for resting.  This brisket was marinaded less [...]

Ribs and a Brisket

OK, now onto some serious smoking. I did Ribs and Brisket for my immediate and the wife’s immediate fam along with various significant others. Total of 13 people.  Three slabs of ribs and a 4.5 pound brisket was just enough to feed that crowd…