Smoked and Fired-Up Prime Rib: Five Meals from One Roast

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by Dave DeWitt Prime rib of beef is my favorite cut of meat, period. When I was growing up in the ’50s, my mother Barbara roasted it on special occasions–always on Christmas Day–and she was a master roaster. In those days, most home cooks ruined their roasts by overcooking them, but not my mom. Rare or medium-rare was her standard, …

A Barbecued Thanksgiving

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By Dave DeWitt, Ray Lampe, Mary Jane Wilan, Nancy Gerlach, Mike Stines, Ph.B., Gwyneth Doland, and Harald Zoschke  Recipes: Grilled Pineapple-Chipotle Salsa The Ultimate Turkey from Ray Scottie’s Creole Butter Dr. BBQ’s Pulled Pork Stuffing MJ’s Garlic Mashed Potatoes Dave’s Chipotle Gravy Mike’s Zucchini-Stuffed Roasted Tomatoes Chile and Dried Cherry Chocolate Dessert Everyone’s Fantasy of the First Thanksgiving Most of …

Smoke On The Water: Smoked, Grilled & Plank-Cooked Seafood

Smoke on the Water: Smoked, Grilled, and Plank-Cooked Seafood

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  Recipes: Basic Fish Brine Planked Trout with Cayenne and Herbs Smoked Bluefish with Chipotle Aioli Chipotle Aioli Grilled Mahi-Mahi with Pineapple-Jalapeño Salsa Grilled Pineapple Salsa Planked Asparagus & Peppers with Snappy Glaze Plank-Roasted Potatoes Photography by Norman Johnson,Food Styling by Denice Skrepcinski By Michael H. Stines   Editor’s note: Michael H. Stines is a KCBS Certified Barbecue Judge and …

The North Carolina BBQuest: Rating the ‘Cue with Dr. BBQ

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By Dave DeWitt Six days on the road in North Carolina pork country. Twenty-two barbecue restaurants without a beer. What a challenge—was I up to it? Dave and Ray at the NASCAR-themed Log Cabin Bar-B-Que in Albemarle Ray Lampe, aka Dr. BBQ, didn’t really need a navigator. A former Chicago truck driver, Ray could certainly find his way around, but …

Mesquite Wood Chips

Mesquite and Other Woods for Grilling and Smoking

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by Dave DeWitt, illustrations by Harald Zoschke   Two of the classic arts of grilling and barbecuing are knowing which woods to use and how to use them. Before I got a gas grill, all I had was a smoker, and I used the main chamber of it to grill meats over wood. It was by far the most challenging cooking …