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 [...]

Grilled Dessert

The Grillin Fools have been known to push the boundaries of grilling beyond steaks, ribs, brisket, etc.  Whether it’s grilled salad, meat loaf, pizzas or wait till you see what we are doing with eggs on the grill, we try to push the envelope on the grill.  This happens to be one of those occasions, [...]

New York Strip Steaks Marinated in, well, Salt

I’ve been talking about brining a lot lately which is soaking usually chicken or pork in a salt water solution to make the meat more juicy, tender, and flavorful.  How is this possible?  Doesn’t salt dry things out?  Well, yes if you use enough salt long enough.  But if done properly salt can do some [...]

Country Style Ribs

Some people love the taste of ribs but are turned off by the meat to bone ratio.  If the ribs are not meaty it might take a whole lot of work for a little bit of meat.  Those people would like more meat with their bones, so to speak.  If you fall into this boat [...]

Peachy Sweet Spare Ribs

Are you in a rib rut?  Do you have your method down to a science so your ribs come out perfect every time?  While the ribs are perfect are you starting to get tired of cooking them the exact same way every time?  Want to grill outside the box and try something new?  Then I [...]

Bison Steaks

This is the first time I have ever done Bison steaks. I’ve had Bison burgers but only prepared for me at a restaurant. I’d heard good things about it and wanted to give it a try. And I have to say I was not at all disappointed. The steaks were very [...]

How about a splash of wine?

Let’s talk about wine. I’ve referenced wine on more than one occasion on this site. For some grillin and chillin means BBQ and beer. I completely agree. But it doesn’t only have to be beer. Wine can be an excellent way to accomplish the chillin aspect of this glorious hobby…