This site is dedicated to sharing my experiences with food of all sorts, but especially smoked foods. There may be a heavy emphasis on my favorite, Texas Barbecue…
I grew up in what used to be the truly small town of Gilbert, Arizona. It was a great upbringing out in the then-rural southeast side of the Phoenix metro area. When we got there, there was only one stoplight in the whole town. And the roads south and east of our home were not …
For Mother's Day this year I asked my sweetheart if there was anything special that she would like for me to cook for her. I was of course secretly hoping it would involve meat and fire. Thankfully it did. She said she wanted some sea scallops. I was more than happy to oblige. I've done …
After a long time I finally took the opportunity while in Dallas recently to get back to Hard Eight BBQ. For a regional chain joint, they really do an outstanding job. The branch I visited was in The Colony. And it is an impressive sight to see the meat you're gonna eat right there in …
There are definitely some advantages to working from home during this COVID quarantine era. This past week I decided to try my best to replicate the absolutely amazingly-delicious Smokehouse Burger from Tejas Burger Joint. Without question, this burger from Tejas is the tastiest burger I have ever enjoyed - and I have eaten it more …
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Or maybe better said - "¡Feliz cinco de mayo!". Of course, all self-respecting Texans are celebrating by eating some sort of Mexican food. And given that Cinco de Mayo this year serendipitously lands on Taco Tuesday, life is just that much better (in spite of COVID-induced self-quarantining). What better thing to …
Who doesn't love bacon? And who doesn't love burnt ends? So when you put those two things together, oh my goodness what an incredible combination. Pork belly burnt ends, or bacon burnt ends are truly a delightful meat candy snack. Technically, you'd have to brine/cure the pork belly before you can legitimately make bacon burnt …
As may not be surprising, I am not a big fan of chain barbecue restaurants. There is nothing wrong with them, of course. And I regularly enjoy solid barbecue from Spring Creek, Rudy's and others. But as a general rule, I'd rather eat my barbecue from non-chain restaurants. While I was in the Dallas area …
I have been wanting to do a pastrami brisket for a good long while now. However, it is a time-consuming process. So when I was at Costco recently and saw a corned beef brisket already brined and ready to go, I grabbed it. It was a pre-brined USDA Choice brisket flat weighing a healthy 5.81 …
The other day I was so happy to see a barbecue trailer parked in the Ace Hardware across from my neighborhood entrance. Not being able to resist barbecue, I of course had to go over and learn more. Turns out this new pop-up BBQ place is owned and run by a new friend that I …
I have been curious to see how a cut of beef like top round would taste when smoked like a large cut of beef, like a brisket. So here's what I found. I started with a ~3lb top round. I seasoned it the same way I do for my briskets - with a 50/50 sea …
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