Smoked Armadillo Eggs are a delicious twist on jalapeño poppers. Take the classic popper stuffed with cheese, wrap it up with some Ground Beef, and then finish with a red wine glaze. These also make a great tailgating recipe, because you can prepare them in advance and then smoke them in your favorite portable grill….
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Smoked Pork Tenderloin with Smoked Blackberry Bourbon Sauce
This Smoked Pork Tenderloin recipe is fantastic and easy to make with a rich and flavorful Blackberry Bourbon Sauce drizzled over the top. Follow these easy steps for one of the juiciest tenderloins ever. And check out this grilled pork tenderloin recipe if you are looking for a hot and fast recipe. Pork tenderloin was…
Smoked Beets with Goat Cheese Ranch
Smoking beets adds incredible flavor to this earthy root vegetable. The smoked beets are slowly smoked until tender, and then served with a creamy goat cheese ranch dip. This recipe is also vegetarian and gluten-free. Beets are a favorite vegetable in our family. It’s one we can all agree on. And while our kids prefer…
Barbecue Techniques and Recipes to Master
Barbecuing takes ordinary meat and makes it extraordinarily delicious. What’s even better is you can do it in your own backyard! In this post we give you all the barbecue techniques and recipes necessary to create a great outdoor cooking experience. We strongly believe in the magic of outdoor cooking. In its ability to bring…
The Best Summer BBQ Side Dishes
No barbecue feast is complete without a spread of side dishes. Here’s a round-up of our favorite BBQ side dish recipes from mac and cheese and coleslaw to salad and vegetables. This collection of make-ahead, traditional summer side dish dishes for BBQ includes all of the old standbys. While it’s great to flaunt your delightfully imaginative culinary inventions, sometimes…
All Purpose Seasoning
A simple guide on making your own All Purpose Seasoning. Have you ever wondered about the mysteries of making your own homemade dry rub? We’ve got a simple formula for making a great homemade all purpose seasoning (rub) that’s great on barbecued pork and chicken. An all purpose seasoning is meant to provide flavor to…
Smoked Lamb Shoulder Recipe
Smoked Lamb Shoulder is an absolute treat. This slowly smoked lamb shoulder is spritzed with a savory mix of apple cider vinegar and juice, and then pulled for tender and flavorful lamb. This recipe is a great one for your next summer cookout! Why This Recipe Works Lamb Shoulder needs a low and slow cooking…
Pellet Grill Whole Chicken Roast
Chicken is one of the most popular cuts of meat for live-fire cooking and this recipe will show you how to roast a whole chicken right in your pellet grill. This pellet grill whole chicken is easy to prepare, full of flavor, and a great one to use as meal prep for the rest of…
Smoking Meat on a Gas Grill Guide
If you are curious whether smoking meat on a gas grill is possible, the answer is yes. Learning how to smoke meat on a gas grill requires some basic tools and an understanding of how the process works. Let’s also be clear that no gas grill is going to perform and be as efficient as…
Jalapeño Chimichurri Sauce – Perfect Steak Topping
Jalapeño Chimichurri is perfect as a topping for a grilled steak or a relish for lamb or chicken. Take the classic texture and flavor from traditional chimichurri, and add the spicy, fresh, and earthy taste of jalapeño for an added flavor. When it comes to jazzing up a steak of any type, we love to…
Glazed BBQ Chicken
Glazed BBQ Chicken is finger licking delicious. This recipe comes with tips and tricks for getting incredible flavor from smoked chicken, including using a chicken dry rub and dipping in a flavorful BBQ glaze during the final minutes of cooking. You’re gonna love this barbecued glazed chicken! We are huge fans of chicken on the…
Grilled Chicken Fajitas with Chipotle Chicken Marinade
These Grilled Chicken Fajitas combine a tasty and slightly spicy garlic chipotle marinade for chicken breasts, and are perfect for fajitas. This Grilled Chicken Fajita Recipe can work for any cut of chicken and is full of incredible flavor. Making a marinade for chicken is a great use for leftover (or excess) chipotle in adobo…
Smoked BBQ Tofu Bowls (Vegan)
Smoked BBQ Tofu Bowls will please vegans and meat lovers alike. This is an easy, delicious, and healthy(!) vegan and gluten-free recipe for the smoker or grill that everyone will love! Smoked BBQ Tofu for Meat Lovers, Vegetarians, and Vegans My husband lives and breathes for meat. But he married a woman who, during the…
Blueberry Bourbon Baby Back Ribs
Blueberry Bourbon Smoked Baby Back Ribs have incredible rich and savory flavors. This is a fun take on a smoked baby back rib recipe to try if you want to change up from traditional BBQ flavors. Blueberry season in the Pacific Northwest runs from late spring to mid-summer. I friggin love blueberries, especially since they are…
Smoked Whole Chicken Recipe
Smoked Whole Chicken is absolutely delicious and easy to make. Below we’ll explain how to smoke a whole chicken on a pellet grill or other style smoker for the best chicken you will make. Smoked Whole Chicken is one of the most common things we cook on our smokers. We typically smoke one or two…
Game Day Recipes for the Grill or Smoker
Looking for some of the best Game Day Recipes for your smoker or grill? There is no better time to cook outside. Look no further for some game day food classics and jaw dropping appetizers! All of these can be made on your grill or smoker, or adapted to your kitchen if you don’t have…
Taco Lettuce Wraps with Smoked Ground Beef
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Albertsons. All opinions are 100% mine. These Taco Lettuce Wraps are made with taco seasoned Smoked Ground Beef and topped with a creamy avocado cream sauce. This easy recipe is a great way to lighten things up and change up your taco night. It’s also…
Keto Ribs Recipe on the Smoker
Smoked Pork Ribs with zero added sugar, with a Sugar Free BBQ Sauce making them Keto friendly? Is it possible!? Why yes it can be done! These Keto Ribs are made with a savory and sweet dry rub that has zero added sugar, as well as an incredible sugar free BBQ sauce that is naturally…
Smoked Chuck Roast Stew with Red Wine Braise
When looking for new roasts to cook on the smoker, a Smoked Chuck Roast will not disappoint. Often used for stews, this Chuck Roast is slowly smoked as a whole roast and then finished in a red wine braising liquid for a mouthful of flavor. This post is a collaboration with Beef. It’s What’s for…
Pinot Noir BBQ Sauce Recipe
This Pinot Noir BBQ Sauce Recipe is what happens when the combination of the delicate flavors of Pinot Noir wine and the bold flavors of BBQ sauce collide. This savory and slightly sweet sauce can be made with any fruity red wine. There are many styles of BBQ sauce from around the US, and what…
Savory Cajun Seasoning Recipe
To us, a good Cajun Seasoning recipe needs to be savory with some salt, herbs, some nice earthy flavors of paprika, and have a touch of heat. These elements evoke those Cajun coastal flavors that work so well for grilled fish and poultry. When looking for some Louisiana influenced flavors, we reach for a Cajun…
Smoked Pork Ribs with Chinese Five Spice Rub and Thai Chili Glaze
This smoked pork ribs recipe is seasoned with Chinese Five Spice and sugar, cooked in the 3-2-1 method of smoked pork ribs, and then finished with a Thai Sweet Chili Sauce. These Asian ribs are packed with flavor. Barbecue can be a very subjective experience, especially if your lens for barbecue is heavily influenced by…
Collard Greens Recipe with Smoked Turkey Leg
Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey is a go to collards recipe and awesome as a holiday side dish. Smoked turkey leg infuses these perfectly cooked greens with amazing flavor versus the traditional ham hock. This is a delicious side dish with southern roots and great flavor. First things first. I need to tell you about these…
Smoked Pork Chops – Reverse Seared
These Reverse Sear Smoked Pork Chops are smoked first for that awesome flavor, and then finished hot and fast medium rare for a perfectly cooked pork chop. Sometimes when I hear people turn their noses at the idea of smoked pork chops, I can’t help but ask them why they dislike such an amazing cut…