The Cook’s Kitchen

This was originally posted on WhiteTrashBBQ, which is the blog of Get Your Grill On editor, Robert Fernandez.
A while back, The Hampton Smoker and I brought Paul Kirk, The Baron
of BBQ, to NYC to teach his School of Pitmasters to us crazy Yankees.
The Baron taught us his secrets for developing our own rubs, or what […]

For the last several months, I’ve really been getting back into plank cooking. It all started a couple of days before Thanksgiving when a guy on the next bar-stool asked me if I was doing anything new and different for the big meal. My reply was “I always try to do something different, but it’s […]

About a year ago I watched Bobby Flay on Food Network doing a piece about a cooking apparatus called “La Caja China“, also known affectionately as a “Cajun Microwave” or “Redneck Microwave”. It’s predominantly used to roast pigs.
This “microwave” is a wooden box lined with metal flashing. The pig (or other meat) is placed inside […]

If the griller/bbq hero in your household has been itching for a new grill or smoker that won’t break the bank this xmas, the Weber Smokey Mountain just may be the answer for you. They are extremely fuel efficient, affordable and need minimal messing about with the fire– they’re ’set it and forget it” cookers. Plus, they are small enough […]

Not everybody wants Turkey on Thanksgiving day, so Brian Pearcy offers a few alternatives for your consideration.
Different types of bbq meat lend themselves to certain situations. There’s a bbq meat for every taste, budget and occasion.

Chicken:
BBQ chicken thighs are a very affordable, easy to prepare bbq entree, that won’t break your budget. They can be […]