Category Archives: Food

Smoked Pork Shoulder

Today we are making a 3.8 lb pork shoulder (butt) on the Big Green Egg. I heated the egg up at 9:30 and added the meat around 10:00 am. We are using John Besh’s My New Orleans recipe for Smoked … Continue reading

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Quick Garlic Chicken

8 Boneless Chicken Thighs 6 Cloves of Garlic Put the chicken in a bowl.  Coat it with olive oil, salt and pepper. Chop the garlic and add it to the bowl.  Mix until everything is coated. Grill the chicken.

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More Grilled Mushrooms

It was a long week and the mushrooms I bought last Sunday needed to be cooked quickly. The solution: grill. I cut up the button mushrooms and did a quick marinade of olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, red … Continue reading

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July 4th – Pizza Day

This year we invited our families and some close friends over to enjoy grilled pizza and fireworks. We made the following on the BGE: BBQ Sauce, Chunked Turkey Breast, Green Peppers, Scallions, Smoked Gouda On the CharBroil: Pesto, Shrimp, Cheese … Continue reading

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Hot Day Therefore Hot Corn

I almost cooked the corn on the patio but then decided to use the grill. Always cook corn in the husks with very high grill heat.

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Kabobs

We made chicken kabobs marinated in a yogurt sauce. I overcooked the chicken but the vegetables turned out well.

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Grilled Portabella Mushrooms

Tonight we did grilled marinated mushrooms on the gas grill. I get them from Davidson’s Exotic Mushrooms each week at the Skippack Farmers’ Market. They are the best portabellas I’ve ever had. I love them on the grill. I’ve been … Continue reading

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Yummly

I read about the new Yummly meta-food-website search engine over at TechCrunch tonight. It looks promising. One of things I dislike about a lot of the major food sites is the lack of robust search filtering. Yummly has the most … Continue reading

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Grilled Corn with Mint and Hot Chili Pepper Butter

If I ever open a BBQ joint, this is definitely going to be on the menu as a side. Grilled corn on the cob (grill it with the husks on until they turn black) Butter Mint (spearmint works well) cut … Continue reading

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Turkey 2009

I’m spending hours on turkey preparation research this year. I have most things figured out. Bringing Recipe Cooking Preparation Cooking Procedure and Time-line This years a bit more complicated because Erin wants it cooked on the BGE to free up … Continue reading

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