Basket of NuMex Heritage 6-4 Chiles

Pepper Profile: New Mexican Varieties

Dave DeWitt Capsicum annuum Species—Most Common Varieties Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods and BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early June. Fresh pods ship September and early October. Go here Chile Pepper Seeds… from all over the world from the Chile Pepper Institute. Go here According to many accounts, chile peppers were introduced into what is …

Orange Habanero

Pepper Profile: Habanero

Dave DeWitt Chinense Species Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early June. Fresh pods ship September and early October. Go here Chile Pepper Seeds… from all over the world from the Chile Pepper Institute. Go here Photos by Harald Zoschke What’s In A Name? Habaneros and their kin …

Chipotle Flavors: Smoky Chiles Basics

Dave DeWitt Chipotle Flavors Leave a Comment

Generally speaking, chipotle in English refers to any smoked chile pepper. The Spanish word chipotle is a contraction of chilpotle in the Náhuatl language of the Aztecs, where chil referred to the hot pepper and potle was derived from poctli, meaning smoked. The word was apparently reversed from Náhuatl, where it originally was spelled pochilli. Other early spellings in Mexico …

Grilled Appetizers

Jackson Ortega-Scheiner Equipment and Gadgets Leave a Comment

Q:  Hey Dr. BBQ,   I”m always playing around with appetizers on the grill. Just wondering if you could share a few of your favorites.   –Mike   Des Moines      A:  Hi Mike,   Appetizers are a great opportunity to experiment and have some fun. Here are a couple ideas:       Portobellos marinated in Italian dressing, grilled …

Homemade Injectable Marinade

Jackson Ortega-Scheiner Smoking Leave a Comment

Hello Dr. BBQ, How can I make my own injectible marinade? I’ve been buying Tony Chachere”s’Jalapeno Butter flavor for years. Thought I had enough, but when I looked in the pantry, have 12 bottles of the Butter Bacon BBQ flavor; no jalapeno butter flavor. The BBQ flavor is not really what I was looking for with a turkey on Thanksgiving. …