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Phat Matt is where it's at!

I ate lunch this week at Phat Matt’s BBQ in Oakland, California and there is no way I can get around the fact that this review is going to sound like an advertisement.  I’ve been thinking about writing this review for a couple of days and I have no idea how to get around the

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Road Trip: Pat's BBQ in SLC

I’ve wanted to eat at Pat’s BBQ in Salt Lake City ever sinse seeing the restaurant on “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” on the Food Network.  I’m not sure what it was about the show that made this a must eat at place for me, but I knew the next time I was in SLC I

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Pulled Pork Tamales

Growing up in San Diego I looked forward to tamales at Christmas time.  There can’t be a better tamale in the world than one made with low and slow smoked pulled pork.  The following pictures and instructions are courtesy of Blues-N-Cues BBQ Concessions & Catering at http://blues-n-cuesbbq.com.

Start with a pork butt rubbed with fajita

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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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Pulled Pork Crostini

I recently was thinking about how I could serve pulled pork at my daughter’s wedding in a way that was easy, yet more elegant.

There’s certainly nothing wrong with pulled pork sandwiches but because I was the cater and in the wedding I needed something easy to put together.

I bought some nice sweet french bagettes and

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