From hot mulled wine and bubbly spritzers to creamy cheese dips and grilled oysters, we’ve gathered up all our favorite cocktail party essentials. Whether you are hosting a New Year’s bash or simply sipping at home, there is sure to be a drink or a bite to please everyone. So you’ve finished binging your favorite…
Food and Recipes
Smoked Buffalo Turkey Dip
The absolute BEST leftover turkey idea is this Smoked Buffalo Turkey Dip! Classic Buffalo flavor, with the easy addition of leftover smoked turkey. Add cheese and you have one heck of an appetizer or meal. This is one of our favorite leftover turkey recipes we make. Don’t have smoked turkey to use? It is just…
13 Flavorful & Easy Side Dish Salad Recipes
Fresh and crunchy or grilled and smoky, salads are a wonderful way to use seasonal produce and incorporate new and diverse flavors. In this post, we’ve rounded up our favorite & easy side dish salad recipes that can serve as the perfect compliment to your summer BBQ, or can stand alone as a light dinner…
Smoked Sausage and Lentil Soup
This hearty Lentil Soup made with Smoked Sausage, Bacon, Red Wine, and Vegetables, has deep smoky and savory flavors, and is comforting and completely soul-soothing. It’s the perfect soup for a cold and rainy afternoon. If you want a highlight of all of our fall soup recipes, check out our round-up. It’s always important to…
Grilled Baked Potato
Grilled Baked Potatoes can taste so much better than the oven version. Adding the potato to the grill gives an earthy flavor from the fire as well as a crispy texture. You can also add your favorite toppings to make the ultimate loaded baked potato. Find out how to make perfect grilled baked potatoes with…
Smoked Baked Potatoes
Smoked Baked Potatoes are one of the easiest and most flavorful side dishes you can make. Russet potatoes are coated with a simple (yet delicious) dry rub, then slowly smoked for incredible soft and fluffy interior with a flavor packed exterior. Why This Recipe Tastes So Good Seasoning the potatoes with a good dry rub…
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Extra Virgin Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with olive oil instead of butter. They have a unique flavor and texture and are sure to delight this holiday season. These cookies are also a dairy free dessert. I first had olive oil cookies at the Oregon Olive Mill at Red Ridge Farms. They were delicious and had this lovely rich and fresh olive…
Smoked Turkey Gravy with Bourbon
This Smoked Turkey Gravy with Bourbon is truly the most delicious gravy to serve alongside your Thanksgiving or holiday dinner. And did you know you can make Smoked Turkey Bourbon Gravy for Thanksgiving without a smoker? Whaaaat?! Yes! And you don’t even need to catch any turkey drippings. We have the greatest shortcuts for your gravy…
24 Hearty Winter Recipes
Food does more than just fuel your body–it feeds the soul. When the days get shorter and the nights get longer, you’ll be craving cozy, seasonal dinners. These winter recipes with hearty beef and bright citrus will help you fight away those winter blahs. Eating seasonally has perks for you and the environment. Fruit and…
How to Spatchcock Chicken
Learning how to Spatchcock Chicken is one of the greatest techniques to achieving perfectly cooked chicken and turkey. This easy process of removing the backbone of the bird and flattening it only requires a good knife or scissors and delivers some of the tenderest poultry you’ll ever have. Two of our most popular posts revolve…
Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with Maple Chipotle Glaze
Cedar Plank Salmon prepared simply with a sweet and spicy chipotle dry rub, cooked on the grill over a cedar plank giving it that smoked influence, and finished with a sweet maple syrup glaze. Sweet, spicy, and absolutely incredible. This recipe is what landed us our cookbook deal, and is the exact recipe that graces…
Smoked Spatchcocked Turkey with Cajun Seasoning
A Smoked Spatchcocked Turkey is a game-changer for the holidays or any special occasion. Spatchcocking a turkey (removing the backbone and flattening it) allows it to cook faster, and also more evenly versus a traditional whole bird. And smoking a turkey adds amazing flavor that cannot be replicated in the oven. Learn the steps for…
Sweets and Desserts on the Grill
Have you ever thought to make dessert on your grill? Live fire cooking is a great way to cook meat and vegetables, but it also does a great job at caramelizing fruit and adding a smoky flavor to your favorite sweets and desserts. Below are our favorite chocolate, nutty, and fruity dessert recipes you can…
Savory Grilled Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
If you are looking for a quick, easy, and healthy weekday meal, Grilled Boneless Chicken Breast recipes are the way to go and a family favorite. Doused in a savory dry rub, these are juicy and packed with flavor, and easy to modify to add your own twist. Chicken, especially grilled chicken, can be one…
Chenin Blanc Wine Guide
Brimming with floral notes, herbaceous aromas, and mellow fruit flavors, Chenin Blanc has a well-earned reputation as an elegant white wine that pairs well with a variety of foods. This grape, which traces its origins to the Loire Valley in France, usually makes dry wines, but some vintners use create off-dry and sweet wines (even…
Smoked Pork Belly Burnt Ends
Pork Belly Burnt Ends are super tender, full of flavor, and so easy to make. A delicious twist on classic brisket burnt ends, we smoke then braise our pork belly bites until they are tender and sweet. These morsels of goodness have developed the nickname “meat candy” for good reason. We’ve got the full recipe AND…
Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Guide
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world’s most widely-planted wine grape on Earth, and can be found on six out of seven continents. Known for its power, full body, and dark fruit flavors, find out what makes this the most popular red wine on the planet. When we think about popular “crowdpleaser” wines, it’s tough…
Carne Asada Skirt Steak Tacos and Marinade
Carne Asada Skirt Steak Tacos made with marinated skirt steak, then grilled hot and fast and sliced thin for the ultimate Taco Night meal. A friend of mine recently showed me a recipe for Carne Asada she made for her husband’s birthday dinner. She expressed her disappointment because of the recipe and wondered why. She followed…
Smoked Brisket Flat Guide
This easy Smoked Brisket Flat recipe walks through the steps for juicy and tender meat without compromising flavor. If you’re trying to find the easiest steps for smoking brisket flat, this is your guide. Unlike smoking brisket as one large muscle, the brisket flat is the most common cut found in butchers cases. The Cut…
25 Great Cast Iron Skillet Recipes
A cast iron skillet is one of the most versatile tools in the kitchen. It easily goes from stove top to grill to campfire, and offers excellent heat distribution. Here are 25 of our favorite cast iron skillet recipes. Benefits of Cast Iron If you’ve received your Grandma’s old cast iron skillet, or bought a…
Easy Smoked Pulled Pork – Step by Step Guide
There is no better dish to serve off the smoker than tender and properly smoked pulled pork. But sometimes you want to keep it simple. This recipe outlines the easiest way is to smoke a pork butt, by simply seasoning the pork shoulder and then placing on a smoker until it’s done. But to go…
Sangiovese Wine Guide
If you’re a fan of red wines from Italy, then you’ve almost certainly experienced Sangiovese. This dark-skinned red grape is the most widely-planted varietal in the nation, and the major wine region of Tuscany relies on Sangiovese to create its exceptional, world-famous wines. Bursting with dark fruit flavors, woodsy notes, and herbaceous aromas, Sangiovese wines…
Grilled Buffalo Chicken Wings (with Crispy Skin)
Chicken Wings are one of our all times favorite indulgences. While we have several chicken wing recipes right here on our site, Grilled Buffalo Wings is one of our go to favorites (and the quickest to make). Easy to prep, quick to cook, and with a simple hack to get the deep fried texture but…
Beer Battered Smoked Onion Rings
These Beer Battered Smoked Onion Rings are made by slowly smoking a whole onion, slicing it, and coating it with our flavorful beer batter. The texture and lightly smoked flavor make for the perfect onion ring. These make a great appetizer or you can use them on an epic Western Style Burger. The inspiration for…