It’s Confession Time! Habanero Fail Alert!

The original “tag line” for The BBQ Grail Blog, when it started in 2007, was “It’s About Truth In BBQ.”  And now it’s time for some truth. ..

I watch a lot of cooking shows on television.  Whenever you watch a cooking show the on air personality will always taste their creations and exclaim to the

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I'm In Love With My Nephews

Twitter is a wonderful way to “meet” people!

I got a tweet from @nephewsbbq (Dylan Moody) asking if I’d like to have some samples of his BBQ sauces to try.  I told him I’d be happy to give them a taste.  A few days later a box arrived with jars of all six flavors.   I

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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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A couple random Christmas food pictures

Last year we started having a low key Christmas.  With Charle’s birthday on Christmas Eve it just became to much to have his birthday and then a full blow “holiday dinner” on Christmas.  So now we get up, not to early, have some of Celeste’s awesome cinnamon rolls and then open presents.  After presents we

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Product Review: Maine Grilling Woods

Grilling with wood planks is a unique and interesting way to add additional flavor to your fish and meats.  There are a variety of different types of planks available.  I received a sample of grilling planks from Rocky Trails  recently and had a chance to use them with some fresh Sockeye Salmon on my vacation to Washington.

The

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