Topic BBQ / Grill / Smoke

Clam Pizza with Smoked Tomato Sauce

This is one of my all-time favorite pizzas.  It makes a gorgeous appetizer for an outdoor dinner party, both in flavor and presentation. Smoky tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella give

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Smoked Tomato Sauce

Have you smoked tomatoes yet? It’s really quite easy, and adds a little mystery to the usual tomato sauce. Smoked tomato sauce gives pizza a hint of that flavor

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Easy Pulled Pork Sandwich – In the Spirit of North Carolina

Cue is the great sacrament of our people.  No transubstantiation required.  It are what we are.”  –North Carolinians North Carolina BBQ is serious cuisine with well-guarded secrets and highly debated,

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Easy Kansas City BBQ Ribs

I come from a long line of culinary cheaters,” My friend, Bennie states enthusiastically. I also condone it.  If it’s between cheating a little and never attempting a dish because

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Kansas City BBQ Sauce

An excellent sauce from the Kansas City BBQ Society cookbook.  Basting sauces aren’t as thick as mops or glazes, but the flavor of Jim Burnett’s is so good, I

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BBQ Ribs 101 – Low and Slow

The best method for BBQ pork ribs is low and slow.  I was a bit skeptical when reading this recipe — I didn’t think unattended coals would stay hot enough for three

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Charcoal Grilling 101 – No Lighter Fluid Needed

There’s nothing like meat cooking on fire. The smell is intoxicating; the taste is carnal; the experience is so prehistoric and hedonistic.  I love anything cooked on an open flame.  And

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Thanksgiving Leftovers: Pulled BBQ Turkey Sandwich

Most turkey leftover ideas floating around food magazines always seem to include the words tetrazzini, soup, chili or pie. That was great…. in the 90s. Then yesterday, it hit

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Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, People!

You know you can smoke anything, right? Ah hang on, this is Seattle – you now have to step back 25-feet with mere thoughts of blazing up.  But, I’m not talking Joe Camel

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