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Improvised Cedar Plank Chicken

December 9, 2012 by admin
Grilled Cedar Plank Chicken

Grilling chicken on a plank may sound easy enough, but not all things work out as planned. Here is a quick story of how I dealt with an unexpected situation when I was planking on the grill, and was able to adapt to the problem and produce an unbelievable result, which I would like to … [Read more…]

Posted in: 4th of July, Articles, Cooking, Family, Holidays, Recipe Favorites Tagged: Chicken, dill, fig, food, garlic, lemon, meat, nut, parsley, smoked

Make Ground Pork Patties for Dinner

September 13, 2012 by admin
Ground Pork Patties

When my family is trying to figure out our weekly menu, we usually start with the common chicken, turkey, beef, and pork suggestions and go from there. I’m referring to the main dish, not the side dish (but meat as a side dish? oh yeah!). One main dish that gets overlooked is ground pork – … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Family Tagged: apple, beef, Chicken, dinner, egg, fig, garlic, ham, juice, meat, onion, pork, pot, potato, sauce

Sun/Oven Dried Tomatoes

September 13, 2012 by admin
Making Sun-dried Tomatoes

For the following, I used this sun-dried tomato recipe as inspiration: Ingredients & Directions: Wash and stem ripened tomatoes. Slice horizontally, about 1/4 inch thick. Salt on both sides and let sit for 30 minutes. Rinse. Lay on foil covered baking sheets. Cover lightly with cheese cloth. Place in sun for several hours, turning occasionally … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Family, Gluten-Free Tagged: apple, cheese, fig, recipe, salt, tomato

A Guy’s Take on Baking a Cake

September 13, 2012 by admin
A Guy's Take on Baking a Cake

After a few hours of home plumbing renovations to our bathroom, which included replacing shower handles, entire valve body, faucet, etc., what’s next on the list of things to do? Bake a cake. Lately, I’ve been consistent of producing excellent grilled/smoked meats, so I figured on starting a series of articles on baking and cooking … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Family Tagged: cake, egg, fig, food, meat, nut, smoked, Tea

Holy Smokes

December 13, 2011 by admin
Charcoal Grate for Smoker

It seems like many people are complaining about keeping an elevated temperature in their vertical smokers. I am no exception, so I decided to modify mine with an extra grate to vent the charcoal. In most vertical charcoal smokers, there is a bowl (bin or basket) that holds the charcoal. It usually sits either on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Family Tagged: dip, fig, meat, nut, pie, rice, Tea

DIY Piquant Sauce Bottling

October 2, 2011 by admin
DIY Piquant Sauce Bottling

I’ve always wanted to bottle a product that I’ve developed. I figured a piquant sauce is a good, easy start. I read about a recipe for a sauce that many restaurants keep on their tables for customers. It was a “piquant sauce” or spicy, tart sauce. Most of them were vinegar based, with spicy peppers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Family Tagged: corn, dinner, fig, garlic, jalapeno, juice, pepper, pie, recipe, rice, sandwich, sauce, spicy, Tea, vinegar

Smoked Ham

September 13, 2011 by admin
Smoked Ham

I’ve been craving a good, smoked ham. Easter sounded like a good time as any to tease the senses for 4 hours. I had to really think about what kind and size of ham to purchase. Easter time of course has many sales that go on, you can’t go more than a few minutes without … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Easter, Family, Holidays Tagged: apple, chips, fig, ham, honey, juice, nut, recipe, rice, smoked, sugar, Tea

Adding a Thermometer to a Smoker

December 14, 2010 by admin
Adding a Thermometer to a Smoker

I decided that the plain temperature gauge or “heat gauge” as I like to call it, on the lid of the smoker wasn’t enough. It basically only shows “warm”, “ideal”, and “hot”. Here is a simple way of adding a thermometer to a smoker on your average non-expensive vertical smoker’s lid.

Posted in: Articles, Cooking, Family Tagged: fig, nut, pot

4th of July Smoked Chicken

July 10, 2010 by admin
4th of July Smoked Chicken

Over the first week July, I usually have a few days off, so I figured I would fire up the smoker and make some 4th of July smoked chicken.

Posted in: 4th of July, Articles, Cooking, Family, Holidays Tagged: Chicken, chips, egg, fig, smoked

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