Below you'll find “Sides & Such” recipes and tips
Smoked Brats with Bacon Jam Recipe Brats are one of my favorite sausages for the grill. Typically I’ll simmer them in a beer and onion bath for a ½ hour, then brown them up real quick on a hot grill, but they’re also great as a smoked brats. For this recipe all you need is 8-10 bratwurst sausages. You can …
Smoked Blue Crab Recipe I had some blue crab shipped all the way to Memphis – because they make an excellent side for any BBQ. Eating crabs is a social thing, so there is no better time to get some than when you are having a backyard BBQ – these Smoked Blue Crab give a whole, new meaning to surf …
Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe on Smoker We always serve Southern Cornbread Dressing at our Thanksgiving alongside the Turkey. And this year I decided to cook the cornbread dressing on the Big Green Egg smoker instead of in the oven. I wanted to get some smoke on the dressing and add that extra layer of flavor. I wasn’t sure if it …
Smoked Beef Jerky Recipe I’m sharing with you a few of my favorite recipes – Smoked Beef Jerky – for making jerky using both deer and beef. My Smoked Beef Jerky process starts with selecting the meat. For me that’s lean muscles from the deer or cuts of beef with little to no fat. For beef it’s roasts like London …
Grilled Corn On The Cob Recipe There are a lot of ways to grill corn on the cob – but this Grilled Corn method is the easiest. You don’t need to shuck it or remove the silks. Just get a medium fire going on your grill and place your corn – in the husk – straight on the grill grate. …
Deviled eggs are a simple, easy and delicious side for barbecue. And you can get creative adding different flavors and using different toppings on your deviled eggs. For this deviled egg recipe, I keep it classic and go with a Southern Style Deviled Egg. Here is what you need for Deviled Eggs – 1 dozen eggs – 1/2 cup Mayo …
Parmesan Garlic Smoked Potatoes Recipe Roasted potatoes are an easy and delicious side dish folks love. But when you add in bacon and cook potatoes on the smoker, you take them to a new level. First I take red potatoes and quarter them, then I cook thin sliced bacon and reserve the grease. It’s best to lay your bacon on …
Smoking green beans is a great side dish that is easy and delicious. You can use any pan or pot, but I use a cast iron dutch oven and add 4 -6 cans of green beans. Then I add diced onion, diced garlic, pulled pork, salt and pepper to my green beans. Then add two ham hocks and cover it …
Grilling hot dogs is about as easy as it gets. And for these Chicago Hot Dogs, I throw them on the grill and make Char Dogs. You just need a hot grill to throw your all beef hot dogs on for 5 minutes. When they have great grill marks on the hot dogs you can pull them off and build …
Potato Salad is a perfect side dish for barbecue. Every time someone is firing up the grill it seems someone is bringing a store-bought potato salad. But making a fresh potato salad at home is really easy and it will taste so much better than anything you can pick-up at the store. With this Southern Style Potato Salad I garnish …
Here is my recipe for Baked Beans: Smoked Baked Beans Recipe: – 2 cans Bush’s Original Baked Beans (drained completely) – ½ red onion (diced fine) – 1 red bell pepper (diced fine) – 1 glove garlic (diced fine) – ¾ cup packed brown sugar – 1 cup barbecue sauce – 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce – 1 tablespoon yellow mustard …
Smoked Mac & Cheese Recipe – 2 Tablespoons Butter – 2 Tablespoons Flour – 2 Cups Heavy Cream – 1LB. Extra Sharp Cheddar (shredded) – ½LB. Monterey Jack (shredded) – 1-2 Tablespoons Hot Sauce – 2 teaspoons All Purpose Seasoning – 1 Cup Mayo – 1 Cup Sour Cream – 12oz Elbow Macaroni Noodles – 1/2 Cup Panko – 12oz …
I’m sure everyone remembers having stuffed peppers for dinner as a child. Typically the peppers were filled with a ground meat & rice and served with a tomato sauce. If you were lucky they were topped with cheese and not a soggy, brown mess. It wasn’t my favorite thing to see on my plate as a kid, but now I …
This week the weather kept us from firing up the smoker – my entire backyard was a sheet of ice! But we’re not going to let the cold weather get us down. So I pulled some of the left-over Pulled Pork out of the freezer and decided to make a Brunswick Stew – Mississippi Style. Brunswick Stew is real hardy.. …
There is something I look forward to every year when the temps start to drop… and that is cold smoking cheese. Because we live in the south, we have limited times we can do it down here because if it’s warm outside – your cheese can melt. Cold smoking cheese is really, really easy. The only thing you’ve got to …