Author Archives for Curt McAdams

Senseo Coffee Maker


I recently received a Senseo coffee maker from Phillips to try out. It was part of the “Share Senseo” program, which is unfortunately over. However, if you’re interested in a Senseo, they are offering a $20 rebate at this site.
I opened the box to find the following:

Senseo coffee maker
2 bags of Senseo pods, medium roast […]

A Christmas Dinner To Impress


This time of year tends to bring frenzied weekends and lots of shopping. Just this upcoming weekend, I have a Christmas party to attend Friday night, a company party to attend Saturday night and a friend’s dinner to attend Sunday evening. On top of that, I have a Christmas lunch to prepare this weekend in […]

New Knife Design


Danielle wrote a post a few weeks ago on her knife collection in which she talked about Shun knives.  Shun has some amazing knives, in my opinion.  They’re a modified damascus style that looks cooler than cool, showing ripples of steel along both sides of the blades.  The way their standard blades are done is […]

Using all of the Thanksgiving Day Meal


The holidays are fast approaching again. Each year I try to find ways to be more efficient with the cooking I do from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. This year, I got some help from my wife during a Thanksgiving Day test run that we did over last weekend - she made turkey stock […]

My most used kitchen tool


Like a lot of guys in the kitchen, I started off wanting all the coolest gadgets. Ok, I still want all the coolest gadgets, but now I want to make sure that each gadget is something useful. An example of a failed product for me is the Pig Tailed Food Flipper. It’s […]

Curt McAdams

I have always enjoyed cooking, something I learned from my mom. It wasn’t until I got turned on to natural lump charcoal that my grilling passion was discovered, though. I couldn’t do enough on the grill. Then I got a smoker, and there’s been no holding me back! I try to cook just about anything I can on one or the other. With my teammate, Mark, Bucky McOinkum's Barbecue has competed in Kansas City Barbecue Society events for 2 seasons, with some success, having won a couple of awards. Other than outdoor cooking, I love wines and cooking all kinds of things, and I’m now also learning to make artisanal breads. I’ve even started teaching cooking classes. One of the great things about the blogging world is how much people are willing to share, which I also try to do on my blog, Bucky’s Barbecue Blog and now on the Well Fed Network.