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Review: “Simply Grilling” is simply good!

Jennifer Chandler graduated at the top of her class with Le Grand Diplome and a Mention Tres Bien in Pastry from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She was featured on two episodes of the Food Network show Dinner Impossible and on Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food XM/Sirius radio program. She is currently a national spokesperson for

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The great grilling debate: Gas vs. charcoal

I thought this article written by Calum McKinney, a staff writer for DelmarvaNow.com was quite interesting, even though the caption on the picture, by photographer Matthew S. Gunby, is wrong about which smoker Robert McCoy is using.

SALISBURY — Gas or charcoal?

It’s springtime, and the smell of fresh-cut grass and grilling meat is beginning

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Places To BBQ In San Diego

I thought this was nice little piece in the San Diego Entertainer Magazine with a couple good places to light your grill. Yeah, the author of the article uses BBQ but we all know it’s a grill. Don’t we? –BBQ Grail

With the San Diego sun warming the air students are counting down the days

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Review: “Stephane Reynaud’s Barbecue & Grilling”

Let me admit right here and now that my favorite French food cookbook is Julia Child’s famous tome, Mastering the art of French Cooking. I know just how cliche that sounds, but it was Julia Child along with a very unfrench Galloping Gourmet, Graham Kerr that got my interest in cooking started at a very

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Pork Loin Tacos with Avocado Slaw and Black Beans (Part 1)

I love to cook and I love to eat. And for the past couple decades eating healthy has not always been a priority. As I’ve gotten older, and hopefully a little wiser, I’m starting to realize that I need to put more emphasis on healthier eating.

For those of you who have enjoyed all

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2011 Poll #1: What Meat Do You Grill?

Welcome to 2011 at The BBQ Grail Blog!

This year we will conducting various polls about grilling/barbecuing/smoking. If you have ideas or suggestions about polls please drop me a line or two by using the “Ask The BBQ Grail” link at the top of the page.

BBQ Grail's Smokey Pepper Poultry Brine

Mrs Grail doesn’t always appreciate “smoke” as much as I do. So last night when it came time to prepare the chicken she requested she requested it be grilled. I didn’t want to just do the normal grilled chicken with just a seasoning one it so I decided to brine it.

We don’t shop on

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