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Sometime over the weekend, I picked up some pork tenderloins from my local Sam's Club. According to a search I just did on this blog, I...

I have not posted much about my BBQ adventures recently. I've been posting about Brewing and local breweries and biking . Just no  BB...

It is almost May.  Well, when I post this (and likely when you are reading), it will actually be May. I don't know if I've mentioned...

I made dinner last Wednesday. I was planning on cooking chicken thighs, and at some point during the day, I was looking through this blog an...

If you've been follow along on this blog for awhile, you might know that I really like grilling / smoking tri-tips . A tri-tip is one of...

I was originally planning on brewing  McShepardSons Irish Ale  this past weekend, but my son had an Ultimate Tournament, and I would rather ...

You might remember in  Humdinger of a Brisket , that I went down a little rabbit hole that included hitting my  2020 Thanksgiving Turkey po...

I subscribe to and watch various BBQ Youtube channels. One of my favorites is  Hey Grill Hey . Recently, Susie had a video called  Amazing S...

Well ... in  Chicken Spatchcocked and Halved , I mentioned that I wanted to try the technique again. Just as a reminder ... the "new...

Lots of people say that  spatchcock  is the superior way to cook whole chickens and turkeys, but as I have mentioned a few times on this blo...

As I mentioned in Tri-tip photos , I got buy-one-get-one-free Tri-tips last time I bought tri-tip. So ... I had another tri-tip in the freez...

So.... I sort of had a weird issue with  Gypsy Magic Bière de Garde , but I seem to have gotten past it. The issue was that the beer was qui...

My grocery store had tri-tips on sale again last week, and I picked some up. As I've mentioned more than once on this blog, I really li...

Country Style Pork Ribs ... Aren't. It's annoyingly misleading that these things are called "ribs", isn't it? I hones...

My oldest son was home from college this past week. He had never had my homemade  Jalapeño Poppers , so I thought I'd better make some. ...

Well ... like I mentioned in  Whole Chicken in the Dutch Oven , I was pretty sure that next time I grilled a whole chicken I would do it in ...

It's been quite awhile since I've cooked a whole chicken.  I think the last time (before this time) was  Whole Chicken in the Vortex...

KFC . Kettle Fried Chicken.  Chicken thighs are probably the meal I make most on my weber kettles. For awhile, I was really experimenting a ...

This past Sunday was Mothers' Day. My wife's parents were visiting so we had two mothers in the house. My older son also came home f...

Remember a few weeks ago I made  Brisket Shepard's Pie ? It turned out awesome. At the time I mentioned that I would probably like to tr...