Smoked Salmon Dip is the perfect appetizer for smoked salmon lovers. This dip combines flavorful and tender chunks of hot smoked salmon (not lox) a mix of cream cheese and crème fraîche base, seasoned with a little dill and lemon. The Best Smoked Salmon Salmon is one of the first things we cooked when we got…
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Grilled Acorn Squash Salad
Grilled Acorn Squash Salad is the perfect side dish or hearty main dish for your fall entertaining or family dinners. Grilling acorn squash is super easy, and adds incredible flavor to this easy salad! Roasting isn’t the only way to cook acorn squash. Grilling is just as easy, and adds great flavor to this autumn…
Steak Skewers with Jalapeño Parsley Chimichurri
Teres Major soaked in a savory beer and rosemary marinade, then grilled to perfection, and topped with a flavorful jalapeño chimichurri sauce. These Steak Skewers are incredible for grilling with friends, tailgating, camping or dinner with your family! When we’re hosting a large crowd, for appetizers, or for a main meal, steak skewers are a…
Grilled Picanha Steak with Mushroom Cream Sauce
Often referred to as one of the butcher cuts, this top sirloin cap, or Picanha, is a tender and flavorful cut of beef. We add to the beefy flavor of this steak and top it with a savory mushroom cream sauce. Often seen on skewers over a rotisserie flame, our take on the Picanha is…
Cowboy Ribeye Steaks with Coffee Ancho Dry Rub
These Cowboy Ribeye Steaks, or in this case thick cut bone-in Ribeye steaks, are packed with incredible flavor and great for feeding a crowd. Find out how to cook this impressive looking steak perfect every time to truly wow your guests! This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on products, we may…
Coffee and Ancho Chili Steak Rub
Coffee and Ancho Chili Steak Rub is a great and easy steak rub. The coffee grounds are balanced with the savory flavor of granulated garlic and very little heat. Add to your favorite cut of beef steak for a savory and earthy finish. Why Coffee in a Steak Rub? Coffee combined with a heat element…
Easy Pulled BBQ Chicken Sliders — And how to smoke chicken!
Pulled chicken is one of the easiest ways to smoke and serve chicken for a crowd. Smoke a whole chicken (or a chicken cut up into quarters) and then finished as sliders is the ultimate Easy Pulled BBQ Chicken dish. We love preaching all things chicken. It tends to be an under-appreciated meat. Like a…
Buffalo Stuffed Chicken Breast on the Grill
These Buffalo Stuffed Grilled Chicken Breasts have all of the intoxicatingly delicious flavors of Buffalo wings, but without any guilt! In this recipe we’re stuffing boneless skinless chicken breasts with the amazing flavors you find at your favorite wing joint, then cook them on the grill to perfection. Yes, grilled stuffed chicken breast doused in…
Reverse Sear Method — The Best Way to Cook a Steak!
Reverse Sear is simply THE BEST way to cook a steak, both low and slow and hot and fast to get the perfect balance of tenderness and flavor crust. This detailed guide walks through the various styles of reverse sear techniques from the smoker and grill, to the oven. Post Highlights: Definition of Reverse Sear…
Tomahawk Pork Chops – Reverse Seared
You may have cooked pork chops, but these pork tomahawk steaks are just as dramatic and delicious as their beef counterparts. Pork tomahawk chops are incredibly tender, and make for a great dish to serve at a dinner party. Sometimes when we have friends over, it’s fun to have a great visual reaction to the…
Grilled Shishito Peppers With Lemon Yogurt Dipping Sauce
Summertime and peppers go hand in hand. Grilled Shishito Peppers are a great snack for a crowd. Blister over hot coals or a cast iron pan and add a cooling yogurt based dipping sauce and it’s the perfect appetizer bite. Walking through most farmers markets in mid to late summer shows a bounty of peppers….
Grilled Pork Collar With Citrus Marinade
Pork Collar is a tender cut of well marbled pork with amazing flavor. Perfect for a marinade and roasted on the grill. If you love pork and you haven’t heard of this amazing cut, you need to seek it out and try this grilled version with a delicious citrus marinade. What is Pork Collar? Pork…
Grilled Bavette Steak with Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce
The bavette steak is the greatest steak you need to know about. Tender like skirt steak, and full of flavor, this Grilled Bavette Steak with a decadent Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce will be your go to option for tender and flavorful steak. What Cut of Meat is Bavette Steak? Bavette steak, or flap steak, comes from…
Easy Tomato Galette (made with puff pastry)
Our Tomato Galette Recipe is a great way to use fresh summer tomatoes! This galette recipe is super easy by using a store bought puff pastry, and cooked directly ON THE GRILL! No need to heat up the house with your oven. Nothing. I repeat. Nothing beats the flavor of fresh summer tomatoes when they’re…
Grilled Shrimp with Garlic Wine Butter Sauce
Grilled Shrimp with Garlic White Wine Butter Sauce is quick and easy and can be made on the grill or adapted for the stove top. Shrimp is a regular thing in our family. The hubby is usually craving beef, and I’m often in need of a beef break (yes, that’s a thing). Seafood, or specifically…
Grilled Shrimp Cocktail with Sriracha Cocktail Sauce
Grilled Shrimp Cocktail features a Spicy Sriracha Cocktail Sauce that is easily adaptable. Perfect for cookouts, tailgating, parties, and holidays! Forget those store-bought ready-made shrimp cocktails. This one is jam packed with flavor, and super easy to make. You and your guests are gonna love this! Like many, I’m a sucker for shrimp cocktail. But…
Easy BBQ Baked Beans Recipe
Easy BBQ Baked Beans that are comforting, slightly sweet, mildly smoky, rich, meaty, and totally indulgent. Serve these beans at your next barbecue and they’re sure to be a hit! One of the very first recipes we served to our friends at the inauguration of our first smoker was BBQ Baked Beans. At the time…
Grilled Broccolini with Grilled Lemon and Parmesan
Grilled Broccolini is tender and delicious and grills fast and easy. Broccolini is so much better than broccoli on the grill and may just become your new go-to side dish for summer grill cookouts or holiday dinners! This easy recipe is hands down one of our family favorite side dishes. You’ll find it on our…
Grilled Peach Crostini with Mascarpone and Honey
Grilled Peach Crostini with Mascarpone and Honey is the perfect summer appetizer. Grilling peaches is a must during the summer months! Grilled peach wedges and baguette slices are grilled up, the bread is topped with some creamy mascarpone, layered with a grilled peach wedge, and topped with honey and a drizzle of aged balsamic and…
Smoked Beef Tenderloin – Reverse Seared
Beef Tenderloin is incredible cooked on the smoker. We’re using the reverse sear method to create an incredible smoky flavor, then finishing it over a hot grill for that perfect sear, and then slicing it into medallions to serve. This post is sponsored by Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. on behalf of the Beef Checkoff….
Roasted Garlic — How to roast garlic on The Grill!
A simple and delicious recipe and instructions on how to roast garlic on the grill. Roasted Garlic is incredibly delicious as an appetizer, served over a slice of toasted baguette, or incorporated into a dish like pasta, dips, pizzas, or mashed potatoes. Find out how easy it is to roast garlic directly on the grill!…
Smoked Beef Plate Ribs Recipe
Smoked Beef Ribs are the ultimate treat for beef lovers. Slowly smoked, these giant ribs are rich, tender, and melt in your mouth like butter! For this recipe we’re using Plate Short Ribs, because it’s my all time favorite cut of beef. Find out why. Short ribs are my favorite cut of beef of all…
Easy Homemade Chimichurri Sauce Recipe
This super easy Chimichurri Sauce recipe is made in the food processor and comes together in under 5 minutes. We make it for catering events all the time and serve with grilled meats and it’s always a HIT! Growing up I remember my folks using A-1 or other similar steak sauce to douse over grilled…
Vinegar Based BBQ Sauce Recipe
An easy and basic homemade Vinegar Based BBQ Sauce. This recipe is inspired by barbecue in the Carolina’s and great on low and slow pork and chicken. We love and respect all worlds of BBQ and various styles of BBQ sauces. For a rundown on different styles of sauces see this Guide to Regional BBQ Sauces….
