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Jalapeno Cilantro Pork Steak Bacon Burger
Happy Friday, everyone, and an early happy Memorial Day to all! Although we all know that grilling season runs from January 1st to December 31st, this weekend marks the official start of grilling season for a lot of people. Instead of throwing on burgers and hot dogs, try out this recipe from Bob Trudnak of The BBQ Guru for a Jalapeno Cilantro Pork Steak Bacon Burger. Pork, jalapenos, and BACON?!? Where can you go wrong?!
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Grilled Pork Chops with Mint Chimichurri
A few days ago, my wife went to a local farmer’s market and came home with quite the haul. Amongst her haul was a bag of fresh mint leaves. She suggested that I look for a recipe combining pork chops and mint. After some searching around and application of my Google-fu skills, I found a recipe on the Pork Be Inspired website for Grilled Pork Chops with Mint Chimichurri. For those who are interested in seeing the recipe, you can find it here. I had to make one minor tweak to it due to not having an ingredient, so here is the recipe I used for the mint chimichurri:
Meat Lollipops
One of my favorite sites on the web is the BBQ Brethren, an online forum dedicated to all things BBQ, grilling, and outdoor cooking. I came across this post in one of the forums where a guy made pinwheel meat lollipops. Oh. My! I just had to try this!
My Try at Cooking Tri-Tip
Last weekend, I was down at The Meat House in Charlotte to meet up with the founder of Outta the Park BBQ Sauce. While I was waiting, I happened to ask one of the guys behind the counter if they had any tri-tip. Sure enough, they did, and I brought home a beautiful 1.75 lb. piece of meat. This is my experience of cooking tri-tip for the first time.
Dueling Butts: Bigmista’s Perfect Pork Rub vs. Draper’s AP Rub
On my lunch break on Friday, I stopped in at Restaurant Depot (day passes are a perk of being a KCBS member) and picked up a 2-pack of bone-in pork butts. What in the world was I going to do with all this meat? Why cook it, of course! I have to have something for lunch for the next couple of weeks. But I couldn’t just use one type of rub. So I present to you Duelling Butts: Bigmista’s Perfect Pork Rub vs. Draper’s AP Rub!
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Guest Post — That’s How I Roll: Grilled Eggplant Rolls with Feta
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Throughout my adventures in the world of BBQ, I have had the pleasure of meeting many people. Some I have met in person, while others I talk with online on a daily basis. One of these people is Lea Richards, the founder and owner of Pig of the Month BBQ.
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Ribs for 30, Or How My First Pseudo-Catering Gig Went
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Today was THE day I had been anticipating for quite some time. About a month ago, a co-worker and I volunteered to cook for the entire office (around 30 people). The original plan was for us to just cook pork butt, but it ended up that I volunteered to cook ribs while my co-worker would take care of the pork butt. So here’s how that went…
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Brisket Burrito, anyone?
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Leftover brisket from Meyer’s Elgin Smokehouse… check. Habanero peach BBQ sauce… check. BBQ rub… check. Sounds like the makings of a brisket burrito to me! Let’s get started… I apologize for the crappy cell phone cameras. It’s all I had with me at work.
Charcoal Cheese and Onion Quesadillas
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Mexican… BBQ… Mexican… BBQ… sometimes life is full of tough decisions. After coming home from work, I was at a loss for what to cook for dinner. One part of me was craving Mexican while the other had a hankering for something off of the grill. Then the rational part of me kicked in — duh, cook Mexican on the grill. So I bring to you my first attempt at “Charcoal Cheese and Onion Quesadillas”.