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Happy Thanksgiving: Try Smoking a Turkey

In the United States, it’s Thanksgiving. This means, I can sit outside all night and day watching a smoker and tending a fire. I mean, it means that we give thanks and celebrate with others… and also smoke some meats. Smoking a turkey is pretty straightforward. I recommend that you get a small turkey and …

Beef Prices Are High: This is a Good Time to Experiment

It’s getting cold here in Massachusetts. As fall wains and winter starts up, I will have fewer opportunities to get the smoker out. The price of beef is really high right now and I don’t want to waste the few remaining times to smoke this year worrying about the price of brisket. I am experimenting …

BBQ Swag: A Richardson 112 Hat Made Me Do It

I gotta come clean about something. I may have started a BBQ blog because I wanted my own BBQ hat. I am in love with the Richard 112 class trucker hat. I have many in my collection, but I never had a custom one with my own logo. Maybe I started this whole journey so …

Weber Halloween Ideas: Mummify Your Weber Smokey Mountain Smoker

I was looking around for some Halloween BBQ ideas and I came across Weber’s website. They had a picture of a Weber Smokey Mountain wrapped in some white streamers. The effect is simple but effective. Well done, Weber, it made me laugh!

Anthony Bourdain Tours The BBQ Triangle

YouTube knows that I love to watch barbecue videos. My recommended videos are often videos on BBQ, bourbon, and pinball. I watched some of the recommended videos this past weekend and discovered an episode of A Cook’s Tour from the Travel Channel from 2001. The late, great Anthony Bourdain was the host and on Season …