Beer: How to Match it with Barbecue
June 28, 2011
Greg Kitsock of the Washington Post explores the best way to match different beers with your favorite BBQ...
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Franklin Barbecue in Texas Voted Best BBQ Joint in the Country
June 20, 2011
Aaron Franklin opened a food trailer on a vacant lot in Austin in 2009. Today, his bricks-and-mortar restaurant serves what we're calling the best BBQ in Texas, if not America...
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Summer in the City: Big Apple Barbecue Block Party 2011
June 14, 2011
The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party is one of the biggest BBQ events of the year and is a showcase for just how big BBQ has become in the USA...
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Sunday Supper: Neat Trick Makes Grilling Salmon Steaks a Breeze
June 4, 2011
If you put salmon steaks directly on the grill, those strips always overcook, get too charred or slip through the grates, or the skin comes off and sticks to the grates. Such a mess! Here's a trick to fix this age-old problem...
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Myron Mixon Shows How to Get Smokin’
June 3, 2011
Myron Mixon is a competitive BBQ legend and a judge on TLC’s “BBQ Pitmasters.” He has a new cookbook out, too: “Smokin’ With Myron Mixon.” Here, he offers some great recipes for your smoker at home...
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What are we grilling? Weber Grills Survey reveals summer faves
June 3, 2011
Weber just released its annual Grillwatch survey, polling Americans on their favorite foods, favorite times to grill and new this year -- on which foods they found most "challenging" to grill...
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Best Beers for a BBQ
May 27, 2011
Backyard barbecues and beer are a match made in heaven, and it's rare to find a bag of charcoal that doesn't have a cooler full of frosty beer sitting alongside it just waiting for friends and family to arrive and crack open a few bottles and cans...
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For Backyard Warriors, Grilling is a Way of Life
May 27, 2011
Grill- Master Scot Brazell owns several grills, including gas, standard charcoal and lump wood charcoal models. But his baby is his Primo Ceramic Grill.
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10 Tips From Morton's Steakhouse on How to Master Your Meat
May 21, 2011
If you ask Morton's Downtown chef Frank Lewis the secret to a Morton's steak, he points to the state-of-the-art commercial oven that heats to 1,500 degrees and cooks the meat from above...
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Is Grass Fed Beef Better?
May 21, 2011
Grass-fed beef contains higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, and is usually leaner than the corn, soy and grain-fed meat you will find at most grocery stores and restaurants, even the best rated steak houses in St. Louis - but is it better?
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Tips for Building an Outdoor Kitchen
May 18, 2011
Here is an article with some great tips for building a world-class outdoor kitchen. Make sure you plan before you buy!
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BBQ Guru's Give Away Some BBQ Secrets
May 18, 2011
A championship barbecue team doesn't share its prize-winning recipes. But BBQ Guru team members Bob Trudnak and Kenny Baker do offer tips for making better barbecue. Their advice is worth following even if the only judges you're trying to impress are your family and friends...
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Made in America: Weber Grills
May 17, 2011
ABC News recently ran a story about Weber Grills and how Weber still focuses on building quality grills right here in America...
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Gwyneth Paltrow "burnt her eyebrows off"!
May 13, 2011
Despite a new career in celebrity cooking, Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted she lost her eyebrows last year after a rotisserie duck exploded in her face...
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Big Bob Gibson's wins grand champion at Memphis in May
May 14, 2011
It was, despite the floods and upheaval, a good year for the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. And another good year for Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q of Decatur, Ala., a frequent trophy winner who won Grand Champion for 2011 in addition to first place in the shoulder category...
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Asheville NC's Bill Stanley Return
July 18, 2010
In the 1970s and through the 1980s, Bill Stanley was the undisputed king of barbecue and bluegrass in Asheville. His namesake restaurant was jumping day and night with lively music by the old Marc Pruett Band and was a magnet for locals and tourists alike...
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Top Ten Cuts of Beef for Summer Grilling
July 18, 2010
According to The Cattlemen's Beef Board & National Cattlemen's Beef Association,here are the top 10 Grilling Season Cuts of Beef for the first quarter of this year, compared to the first quarter of 2009...
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Big Apple BBQ is Set!
June 9, 2010
"The 8th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party takes place in Madison Square Park June 12-13, 2010, from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The weekend-long event occurs every June and brings together the country’s top pitmasters who cook up their award-winning food for over a 100,000 barbecue enthusiasts...
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New Record for the World's Largest Burger
May 10, 2010
Chef and food entertainer Ted Reader and a 10-member crew from Napoleon® Gourmet Grills, grills a hamburger with a weight of 590 pounds - setting the new world record for the Largest Hamburger...
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Memphis in May Winners are Announced!
May 15, 2010
There were 254 teams competing for the title of Grand Champion of the 2010 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, and in the end, it was Yazoo's Delta Q that took home the trophy after winning first place in the whole hog category...
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Learn to Grill Steaks the Bobby Flay Way.
April 30, 2010
"Early Show" Resident Chef Shares Some of His Favorite Recipes, and Teaches Steaks 101...
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Obama & First Lady Start NC Vacation with BBQ
April 24, 2010
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama landed in the Blue Ridge Mountains and made a quick stop at Twelve Bones Smokehouse on the way to their resort. The White House said the first couple ate ribs, macaroni and cheese, greens, baked beans, corn bread and corn pudding and washed it down with sweet tea....
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Minden Master Challenges the Big Grills
April 16, 2010
The Minden Outdoor Gas Grill comes in a compact size without sacrificing features. Incorporating many amenities that larger, more expensive grills don't always have, this backyard grill impresses with versatility....
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Register for the Kingsford Points Chase
April 15, 2010
The Kingsford Points Chase will visit the Rock'n Ribs in Springfield, MO the weekend of 24th. Be sure to register and compete for the Kingford Chase Grand Prize of $25,000....
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Blue Ridge BBQ Festival is Back On
February 2010
Thanks to a show of overwhelming community support, the Board of Directors of the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce has reinstated the Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival for 2010...
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TLC Airs BBQ Competition Show
January 2010
That's right, TLC is airing a show about competition BBQ: BBQ Pitmasters. The TLC crew follows a collection of world-famous pit masters like Myron Mixon from Jack's Old South and Johnny Trigg from Smokin' Triggers...
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Kingsford® Points Chase Announced
January 27, 2010
Looking for a way to fuel your competitive BBQ experience? It's as simple signing up for the Kingsford® Point Chase, cooking with any Kingsford® Briquets and being rewarded for it!
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