This is a great tool for all of you smoke jockeys out there! Yes, I said smoked salt. Look at the pictures….you can see the gray color from the pecan wood I had used. I found that a good deal of folks are not familiar with smoked salt, even one that I know who like [...]
A barbecue rub is something you need to keep right next to your salt and pepper. Even if you’re a weekend “Que” warrior or if you only light the coals a few times a year, the rub will add the flavor of the BBQ bliss to all things grilled or not grilled. Put some on [...]
When It comes to BBQ, I’m not one to usually reach for a sauce. I don’t let BBQ sauce come near my brisket, and as for ribs, I usually prefer a dry rub, but sometimes, sauce is the right answer. When I do use a BBQ sauce, I almost always make my own either by [...]
I don’t know about you all, but I love Greek food. I especially love properly prepared Greek meats and seafood. This is a simple seasoning that can be added to anything that you want, to provide a little bit of Greek flare. This makes a great sprinkle over some veggies, a great dry rub over [...]
Seasoning salt, seasoned salt, season-all…..whatever you want to call it, I call it a necessity in my kitchen. Seasoning salt is a simple mix of salt and some other seasonings that make a versatile mix and work well as a all purpose seasoning on just about all meats and vegetables. Seasoning salt is also an [...]
Every meat eater I know at least likes ribs. Most, love them. There’s almost a religious debate over baby back versus pork spare ribs, and then further dry rubbed versus wet, meaning brushed with BBQ sauce. For me, I tend to lean toward the dry rub side of the rib argument, although I won’t turn [...]
This heavily garlic flavored sauce is the traditional sauce for Lechon Asado, the Cuban BBQ’ed pork. It’s easy to make and can be uesd over any pork or chicken to add some robust flavors. Ingredients: Yield = 3 cups 1 cup olive oil 12 cloves of garlic 2 teaspoons of coarse kosher or sea salt [...]
Rub is one of the quintessential ingredients to great BBQ. A rub can make or break your creations. I fully believe that the appropriate rub applied to the appropriate meat eliminates the need for any sauces or other “finishing products”. In this article, I will demonstrate how to prepare a dry rub an apply it [...]