TV Appearances

Mary and Sean have been featured on TV appearances and cooking events around the country for over 6 years. Below are some highlighted videos featuring Vindulge recipes and products.

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Recent Appearances

Sean and Mary can be found popping up on various stations. With regular guest appearance on AM Northwest, you’ll see them talking about their love of grilling, barbecue and wine.

Portland – AM Northwest

Mary and Sean have been cooking on AM Northwest since 2016. The amazing team at the ABC affiliate KATU are a great crowd to cook for.

Grilled Brussels Sprouts

Grilling vegetables and making them taste delicious is possible. Recently Sean and Mary grilled brussels sprouts to show how easy it really is on AM Northwest in Portland with host Tammy Hernandez.

AM northwest cover slide from a Vindulge TV segment.

Lollipop Chicken

If you love a good chicken appetizer this Grilled Lollipop Chicken is the perfect option. It’s elegant, looks amazing, and finished with our red wine BBQ sauce. Helen was a big fan watch Vindulge on AM Northwest.

AM northwest cover slide featuring Fire + Wine cookbook with Vindulge.

Seattle – Studio 13 Live

We fired up our favorite recipe from our cookbook Fire + Wine with the team at Studio 13 Emerald Eats, in Seattle. These red wine marinated beef skewers are finished with a cherry bourbon glaze for one heck of an appetizer.

Ilani BBQ Fest Feature – KOIN 6

Vindulge was featured as chefs at the Ilani Casino BBQ fest and Sean treated Kohr from KOIN 6 to an incredible grilled tomahawk steak over live fire.

Favorite TV Appearances

Over the last several years there have been many opportunities to cook on live television. But a few stand out.

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Cooking With Kids

A family that cooks together has a great time (most of the time). And one of our favorites was when we had a chance to cook with our kids with Helen Raptis on AM Northwest. And in this case we are cooking up a kid friendly taco bar with our grilled citrus shrimp tacos and carne asada tacos.

Cooking with Kids on TV

Styles Of BBQ Sauce

When it comes to styles of BBQ sauce we cook them all, including our very own Red Wine BBQ sauce. From our Carolina BBQ sauce, to our Kansas City Sweet sauce, we have you covered and we think this one is Helen approved on AM Northwest.

AM Northwest TV Segment Cooking Demo

Vindulge red wine barbecue sauce.

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Red Wine BBQ Sauce


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World Famous Chili

Our brisket chili became a viral sensation when we won Traeger Grills first Meat Madness competition. And we won for making an amazing Brisket Chili and topping it over our Brisket Nachos. We put Helen to work and the outcome was a big smile. Watch now.

Helen Raptis from AM Northwest is cooking up some brisket chili with Mary and Sean from Vindulge.

Sean’s Solo Debut

Sean went on to AM Northwest solo to walk Helen through our favorite rubs and sauces. From our original all purpose seasoning to our range of sauces like our mustard sauce, we had a blast with Helen. Watch now.

Our Very First Appearance

There is something magical when you first go live on television. And Dave Anderson was an incredible host who made us feel so welcome and comfortable. While Dave is no longer with us, his legacy as co-host of AM Northwest lives on.

Cooking Demo on AM Northwest

About Vindulge

Mary (a certified sommelier and recipe developer) and Sean (backyard pitmaster) are co-authors of the critically acclaimed cookbook, Fire + Wine, and have been creating content for the IACP nominated website Vindulge since 2009. They live in Oregon on a farm just outside Portland.

cookbook cover

Now on 2nd edition

Fire + Wine Cookbook


“This book is a one-stop guide for anyone truly interested in elevating their BBQ experience into a culinary work of art.”
5 out of 5 Stars
San Francisco Book Review