An Excerpt From: Startin’ the Fire Everything you need to know about starting a competition BBQ team (except the recipes) By George Hensler Published by Rio Grande Books Copyright 2010 100 Pages $12.99 ISBN 978-1-890689-14-8 Available on Amazon.com here Chapter 1 Competitive cooking, is it a sport? I finally found a competitive sport that I like. I tried my hand …
Barbecued Desserts
Article and Photos by Rick Browne, Ph.B. Recipes: BBQ American Apple Pie Chocolate-Orange Shells Barbecued Ice Cream Grilled Avocado with Strawberry-Mango Salsa White Chocolate and Orange Soufflé Grilled Banana Splits Cream Cheese, Chocolate and Jam Turnovers Please read that title carefully. Note that it is not “Barbecue Desserts”—those are desserts you can serve at a barbecue. It’s “Barbecue-d Desserts”—that is, …
Building a Trash Can Smoker
Writing and Photography by Mark Masker About two years ago, I shelled out twenty bucks for a brand new electric smoker that a friend of mine used as a dust attractor in his garage. I cut my culinary teeth it and it lasted through two good years of ribs, briskets, and a lot of other cool dead animal flesh. Then, …
Jamaica: A Brief History of Jerk Pork
Edited by Dave DeWitt Editor’s Note: Mostly using the incredible resource of Google Books, I’ve compiled a chronological history of jerk pork from primary sources. Also, in early Jamaica, a “barbecue” was also a flat surface, usually made of stone or paved, where coffee beans, ginger root, and pimento berries were air-dried. “Jamaican pigs were far better tasting, more nourishing, …
A Texas Barbecue, 1882
By Alexander Edwin Sweet and John Armoy Knox Accompanied by the reporter, we left San Antonio in the gray dawn of a summer morning. The reporter was going to Eagle Pass on professional business, and we agreed to travel together. First, however, it was necessary that the reporter should attend a barbecue, held some ten miles from the city. The …