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Mrs. Grail's B.T.P. Salad

Mrs. Grail (Celeste) is usually responsible for our side dishes.  I asked her to come up with a new pasta salad to go with some grilled turkey we had for dinner.  She came up with a real winner.  The Bacon Tomato Pasta Salad!

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World MOINK Ball Day: United States of America

#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Smoked and sauced BigButzBBQ is ready to pounce on his MOIN Balls. Watch out for the toothpick! BigButzBBQ enjoys his MOINK Ball Chris Baker and the real “chef” of the family takes time out for a picture during their MOINK Ball cook.

Chris “Bigabyte” Baker goes simple on his MOINK Ball presentation

Some Simply Marvelous MOINK Balls from Deguerre in Memphis, Tennessee

Dequerre has his Memphis, Tennessee MOINK Balls ready to go.

Frank Stetson, from Meredith, New Hampshire has some MOINK Balls glazed and almost ready for eating

MOINK Balls and Hazelnut Wontons make a great pairing at Frank Stetson’s World MOINK Ball Day party

Greg Talley, checks in from Alabama with his MOINK Balls

Nothing better than a mini-pyramid of Alabama MOINK Balls from Greg Talley

Hugh Blair breaks in his new Char-Broil SRG with MOINK Balls

Hugh Blair is quick to point out that he does in fact like his bacon this crisp.

John Henry gets his MOINK Balls seasoned and ready for the smoker

John Henry is ready to serve

Julie Reinhardt’s all smiles as she prepares to serve her MOINK Balls in Washington.

Julie Reinhardt, author of “She-Smoke BBQ” does MOINK Balls right.

Nothing better than a pan of Mark Alfaro MOINK Balls

Mark ALfaro from Chula Vista, California cranks up his GOSM for some MOINK Ball action.

Pretty MOINKs all in row from Mark Stallard in Delaware.

Sauced and ready, Mark Stallard gets his MOINK Balls ready

Micharel Baxer uses the Georgia skewer technique to prepare his MOINK Balls.

Michael Baxter’s MOINK Balls are ready for some sauce.

Mike Hutchins has his first MOINK Balls cooking away.

Plated and ready to serve Mike Hutchins is no longer a MOINK Ball rookie

Cast iron cooking grates give Steve Salauskas helps make MOINK Balls special

Nice MOINK Balls display by Steve Salauskas

Peter Rowe, McKinney, Texas kicks of World MOINK Ball Day.

Cooked and glazed! Peter Rowe is ready to serve his MOINK Balls.

Donald Johnson has his MOINK Balls ready

Jeff Gilbert has his MOINK Balls ready for some serious MOINK munching

Zydecopaws, Paul Haight, has a grill full of treats including his World MOINK Ball Day action.

Memphis In May #5: Jim 'N Nick's Is What I Needed

Let me just cut to the chase.  Jim ‘N Nick’s was everything, and I do mean everything, I want in a restaurant.  Great atmosphere, great service and most importantly outstanding food.  And what is most astounding is that this is a chain restaurant.  The meal we ate last night more than made up for the

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Got Wood? Baxter's Original

I love to smoke ribs with peach wood.  So when Baxter’s Original offered to send me out some chunks of of Georgia peach wood to try out I jumped at the chance.

But how does a person review wood?  Well, let’s see…

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Wordless Wednesday 3/24/2010

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MOINK Balls “Sizzle On The Grill” Today

The history of the MOINK Ball along with the original recipe has been posted on Char-Broil’s “Sizzle On The Grill” website.  Check it out! 

Sizzle On The Grill

Who would have thought…