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Getting Sauced At Memphis In May with Ubon’s Barbeque of Yazoo

A week or so before leaving for Memphis In May I got an offer that was just to hard to pass up. “Stop by our area at Memphis In May and pick up a bottle of sauce for your blog,” the tweet said. I’ve got a BBQ bucket list and visiting Ubon’s in Yazoo,

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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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I’m Flying Like An Eagle After This Lunch!

I am in so much trouble! I have always feared what would happen if I found a really good BBQ restaurant either near where I live or close to where I work. I mean just how hard would it be to have great brisket or pulled pork so close that I could eat it

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Review: Dimples BBQ Sauce

If you’ve read The BBQ Grail for very long you know by now that I love BBQ sauce but only in a way that compliments the meat. I know from experience that when people say I love the flavor of BBQ they usually mean they love the BBQ sauce that was served. When I

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Review: Devil’s Tongue Steak Sauce

When Ed’s RoadhousE asked me try their steak sauce I said I would. I’m not really sure what possessed me to agree to it because I’m not a steak sauce user. My thought on steak sauce is that if my steak needs a sauce to make it taste good/better then you either cooked it poorly

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Review: Hog Heaven Competition & Raging Bull Rubs

In my book there are two types of BBQ. Backyard and Competition. If you’ve ever been to or judge a real, sanctioned BBQ Competition one of the first things you’ll realize is the flavor profiles can be, and often are, much different than the flavor profiles we prefer in our backyard BBQ. I am not

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I Should Have Listened To The Inner Voice!

Sometimes I hear voices!

There’s a voice in my head that I hear when I’m thinking about eating at a BBQ restaurant. I call it the BBQ Force. It steers me away from horrible dining experiences. Yesterday was one of those times when the Force spoke to me. I should have listened.

I pulled into

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