The Sacramento Bee’s Allen Pierleoni has tapped The BBQ Pro for summer barbecue ideas: http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2013/05/stoking-the-gri.html
Recipe: BBQ Holiday Ham
Recipe: BBQ Holiday Ham Print Recipe type: Entrée Author: David Hill Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 6 hours Total time: 6 hours 20 mins Serves: 6 to 8 Ingredients A 12 lb Bone-in Ham (Smoked or Unsmoked) 1/2 Cup Olive Oil 3–4 Tbsp Dizzy Pig Dizzy Dust or Pineapple Head (alternate rub recipe below) [...]
Recipe: Home Cured and Smoked Bacon
Recipe: Home Cured and Smoked Bacon Print Recipe type: Cooking Technique Author: David Hill Cook time: 5 hours Total time: 5 hours Serves: 10 Bacon cooked on the grill (especially the EGG) is sublime. Home cured and smoked bacon cooked on the grill takes sublime to a new level. Ingredients 7 lb. Pork Belly [...]
Recipe: Pretzel-Bacon Crusted Brownies with Caramel Wine Sauce
Pretzel-Bacon Crusted Brownies with Caramel Wine Sauce Print Recipe type: Dessert Author: Jennifer Hill Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 1 hour 10 mins Serves: 8 When we bake on the EGG, we like to set it up for indirect cooking, burn off most of the white smoke to control the [...]
Recipe: Praline Bacon Candy
Praline Bacon Candy Print Recipe type: Dessert Author: David Hill Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 4 Many praline bacon recipes call for nuts but we find that the crunch of well cooked bacon is all you need for texture. Ingredients 1 lb. Sliced Bacon 1/4 Cup Light [...]
Eggfest 2012 – Bacon-A-Rama
This past weekend we attended our seventh Eggs by the Bay and I am moved to muse about the event for a couple of good reasons: Eggfests are events that feature our favorite cooking device – the Big Green Egg, and at this one there were 350 attendees enjoying the most original and creative food [...]
Day Tripping Coastal Cuisine
On a recent trip to the coast, we found ourselves on Highway 1 along Tomales Bay. Never been there and had no idea we had stumbled into the oyster capital of the West. I’ve shucked, slurped and grilled oysters but have never given any thought to where they come from. We learned that there [...]
A Visit to Mansmith’s
On our way to the 2011 Eggfest in Santa Clara, we decided to take a small road trip to Mansmith’s Gourmet in San Juan Bautista. We had been using Mansmith’s rubs for years and wanted to pick up our latest order in person. These guys are not only veterans on the BBQ circuit, their [...]
Far Western Tavern
As a BBQ freak, I am always on the prowl for good eats. The more I learn about the history and culture of BBQ, the more I have sought out and studied this kind of cooking from the different regions of our country. Most BBQ fans can define Carolina Pork (North and South), Kansas City [...]
