All Spiced Up Tri-Tip

I love Tri-Tip!

Tri-Tip is second only to Ribeye when it comes to picking my favorite cut of beef.  It’s an incredibly flavorful piece of meat that takes smoking and grilling well.  My preferred method for cooking Tri-Tip is on my Weber kettle using indirect heat until 130 degrees internal and then a quick

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Dirty Chicken with Tomatillo Cilantro Cream Sauce on Chipotle Pasta

I made a trip to Seattle recently which included a stop at Pikes Public Market.  There are so many amazing foods to try Pikes.  This trip I picked up some Pappardelles Chipotle Fettucine.  Pappardelles one of the premier makers of artisanal pastas.  They make over 100 different handcrafted dried pastas and raviolis.   One of the

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Fatty & Eggs For Breakfast

Start with a 1lb chub of Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage and some Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Cajun Foreplay rub.

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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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Egg Nog Chipotle Battered Shrimp

On my Facebook page I post a “Topic For Discussion” each morning.  A couple of weeks ago the topic was Egg Nog.  The topic turned into a discussion with Laura of Laura’s Best Recipes on how hard it would be to come up with a couple of recipes that used Egg Nog as an

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Not Your Momma’s Hot Pocket!

Last week Celeste, my sweet wife, and I were watching “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network.  The episode was on BBQ and one of the hosts was eating at a Chinese restaurant with BBQ Pork Buns.  Celeste and I almost at the same time came up with the idea that we

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OINK! OINK! Pig Candy!

Bacon and brown sugar!

I can slave over a brisket or pulled pork and my friends will be thankful for a taste.  But if you ask many of them what one item they’d me want to make for them the answer is Pig Candy.  Who would have thought that combining bacon with brown sugar and

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