Championship Hot Wing Sauce
Championship Hot Wing Sauce recipe. Create restaurant-quality spicy wing sauce at home. Balance heat levels, flavor profiles, and traditional techniques for game day.
Book Review – 25 Essential Techniques for Grilling
Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for grilling by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and grilling and this book is right up my alley. Ardie A. Davis Ardie is an award winning expert with his…
- BBQ | Fourth of July | pork
Ribs Ribs Ribs
Smoked ribs recipe with dry rub, apple juice basting, and barbecue sauce glaze. Hickory smoked spare ribs that fall off the bone.
Strawberry Shortcake
My parents came to visit me this weekend. They like to visit and barbecue and I like to have them to manual labor in return. My dad helped me replace my front door and my mom cleaned and cooked. It was pretty sweet. On one trip to the grocery store we noticed that strawberries were…
Sourdough Pancakes
Sourdough pancakes made with your own starter. Tangy, fluffy, and perfectly balanced with real maple syrup and butter. Easy breakfast recipe.
Chicken Tacos with Homemade Tortillas
Happy Cinco de Mayo! In honor of today I wanted to make a classic mexican dish. At first I wanted to make steak tacos with homemade tortillas. But, it just so happened that everyone around me had the same idea. There wasn’t a single flank steak to be found within 10 miles. So I changed it…
Recreating the bread bowl pasta
If you have been watching TV lately, Dominos has been advertising their new Bread Bowl Pasta. It is Carbs on Carbs, so basically it is amazing. So I wanted to make my own version to see how great pasta in a bread bowl could actually be. Spoiler Alert – It was amazing. The bread bowl…
Super Quick Marinara Sauce
Quick marinara sauce recipe made in just 15 minutes. Homemade tomato sauce with garlic, herbs, and optional red pepper flakes.
Homemade Hot Sauce
The wingtacular is coming up in a couple of weeks and I wanted to give a little help to the competitors. The basis of any good wing sauce is a good hot sauce. Over the counter hot sauces are good, but if you make your own you can control the ingredients and the amount of…
Review: 25 Essential Techniques for Smoking
Every wednesday I review a cookbook to help weed out the good the bad and the ugly. This week I am reviewing 25 essential techniques for smoking by Ardie A. Davis. I love barbecuing and this seemed right up my alley. Artie A. DavisArtie is an award winning expert with his own barbecue university. Artie…
How to Grill Tuna to Perfection – Complete Cooking Guide
Grilling fish is hard. Grilling tuna is harder. I have messed it up more times than I care to admit. But over the years I have figured out exactly how to do it right — high heat, the right timing, one flip. This guide covers everything so you nail it on the first try.
Sourdough Pizza
Last week on friday I made a sour dough starter. After stirring it today I noticed it was ready to go. The first thing that came to mind was sour dough pizza. When I was in college there was a pizzaria by my house with the best sour dough pizza. After years of trying I…
Awesome Chocolate Chip Cookies
I have been on a quest for the best chocolate chip cookies for a while. After a while I have figured out the ingredients needed to make a really good cookie. You need to use both butter and shortening. If you use all butter your cookies come out flat and crunchy. If you use all…
Chicken Limone with Gnocchi
Update: It was a great time competing in foodie fights. In the end I ended up in 5th place. I want to thank everyone that voted. With your help I ended up receiving the 3rd most popular votes. Thanks again. The time has arrived for my entry into the Foodie Fights Battle. After you check…
2nd Annual Wingtacular – Washington, DC
It is that time of the year again. The second annual wingtacular! Saturday May 16th 23rd . Last year we had 15 competitors making their own hot wing sauces. Below is the picture of last years top three. As you can see first place was the coveted wingtacular cup, yes it holds a beer. Second place was…
Sour Dough Starter
When i was growing up my Dad always used to make homemade sour dough bread. Since he is coming to visit in a couple of weeks I thought I would go down memory lane and make some sour dough starter. It is really simple, but takes a week to get started.
The Infamous French Bacon Sandwich
I have been getting a few emails regarding the French Bacon Sandwich that I posted on my about page. It is really tasty. I first heard about the French Bacon Sandwich when I was in college. My old roommate Nate and I were watching the South Park DVDs and the intro for Season 2. The intro…
- BBQ | Fourth of July | pork
Pulled Pork
Nothing says summer more than firing up your smoker, sitting in the sun and drinking some beer. Last sunday it was 65 degrees and sunny so I decided that I wanted to make some pulled pork. I went to the butcher and of course, he was on vacation. So I had to choose from the…
Foodie Fights
I was selected to be one of six food bloggers to compete in the first ever foodie fight. The mission: use two ingredients that are selected and create a single perfect dish. The dish can be an appetizer, entrée, dessert or tasting, but it can only be one course. The ingredients for this foodie fight are Potatoes and…
- BBQ | Beans | Fourth of July
Cowboy Baked Beans
As you can see I am prepping this week for barbecue. Yesterday was some awesome potato salad. Today we are making cowboy baked beans. I wanted to make beans from scratch. Just a word of warning. Making beans from scratch takes longer than barbecueing a whole hog. The end result, was totally worth it. And…
