Sweet & Sticky Pork Riblets Recipe This recipe was a first for me. I’ve seen the pork loin riblets in the grocery store but I’ve never actually bought any to try. I don’t know what took me so long to try them because I was shocked by how good they actually were! Riblets are cross cut sections of pork loin …
American as Apple Pie Ribs Recipe
Apple Pie Ribs Recipe I’m kicking off a soon-to-be, new, 4th of July tradition with this rib recipe (At least at my house!). I call it my “American as Apple Pie Ribs” and it’s a winner! First I start out with a couple racks of spare ribs trimmed down to St. Louis cut. The membrane is removed from the back …
Pulled Pork Sandwich Recipe
Pulled Pork Sandwich Recipe When it comes to BBQ nothing beats a good, simple, pulled pork sandwich. For me, pork butt or pork shoulder blade roast, as it’s sometimes called, makes the best pulled pork. Anyone can smoke a pork butt and this recipe is a guaranteed “no fail” method on how I do it. First let’s talk about the …
Honey Smoked Turkey Breast Recipe
Honey Smoked Turkey Breast Recipe This Honey Smoked Turkey Breast is a boneless, skin-less Turkey Breast smoked on my Traeger Pellet Grill – and then topped with a Honey Glaze and raw, turbinado sugar to create a sweet and crispy bark. EQUIPMENT USED IN THIS RECIPE: Boneless Turkey Breast sourced from The Butcher Shoppe in Pensacola, FL Swine Life Mississippi …
Malcom Style Ribs Recipe
Malcom Style Ribs Recipe I’ve done a lot of great Rib recipes, but this one here is my all time favorite. It’s the recipe I go to whenever I get a craving for some eating ribs, and I want to do them my way… I call it Malcom Style Ribs. I start with meaty St. Louis cut spare ribs, sometimes …
How To Set Up A Charcoal Grill For Smoking
You’ve probably heard me say this before, but I use my Weber Kettle grill more than any other smoker I own. I’ve owned at least three 22.5” Webers over the years and I imagine that there will always be one sitting on my patio. The Weber Kettle is my go-to grill for quick and easy cooking. In a matter of …
Smoking BBQ: Dry Wood vs. Soaked Wood
Now the debate of using soaked wood vs. dry wood has been going on for a long time, and you’ll find people on both sides of the fence. For me, I’ve always used dry wood for smoking. In my style of cooking wood is used to produce smoke for flavoring the product. It’s not the main heat source; I use …
Ubon’s Hospitality
When I think about Ubon’s, I think about great BBQ, great people and the finest southern hospitality you can find anywhere. And last weekend we stole several pages out of the Ubon’s hospitality handbook. At our BBQ Class, we started Saturday morning off with Ubon’s Bloody Mary’s. (the best Bloody Mary’s your gonna find) Then for dinner we served Ubon’s …
2013 Memphis in May World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest
The first thing I’d like to say is that the BBQ community has lost a true pioneer this year, Mr. John Willingham. John meant so much too many people in and around the BBQ world. He leaves behind a legacy that cannot be equaled and he will truly be missed. Our prayers go out to the Willingham family. This year’s …
Freezing and Storing BBQ
Most people don’t realize that you can store and freeze cooked BBQ – and have it come out almost as good as when it’s cooked fresh…. ALMOST The key here is to keep it out of the danger zone once it comes off the cooker so bacteria doesn’t have time to grow – and then storing it properly. You can …
Operation BBQ Relief
I had the pleasure to meet the men behind Operation BBQ Relief while at the NBBQA conference a few weeks ago. For those of you who don’t know about OBR, it’s a nonprofit organization created to aid all people whose lives have been affected by natural disasters across the US. It’s comprised of compassionate Barbecue people who are willing to …
Judging For A New Late-Night Food Show
This past weekend I had the opportunity to be a judge for a new television show on Destination America. Of course I wasn’t told when it will air but I expect it to be sometime early summer. I’ve been judging BBQ for years but this was my first judging experience on camera. The format for this show was based on …
How To Pull a Chicken
Shot a video this week about how to pull a smoked chicken. There is no wrong way to pull the meat from a whole chicken, really… but if you want to know how we pull a chicken, check it out here. Malcom Reed Connect on Facebook Follow me on Twitter Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Find me on Google+ Follow …
Barbecue Live – Competition Cooking Class
For the past few weeks I’ve been pretty busy getting ready for Barbecue Live. This was our inaugural BBQ class, and just like everything we do we wanted it to be quality. We put ourselves on the other side and asked, “what would we want from a BBQ class?“. Then we built the class around that… and gave 100%. It …
Western Premium Wood Products
The next time you are strolling down the charcoal isle at your local store; make sure to keep a look out for the name Western. This company is by far the innovator when it comes to cooking wood and charcoal. Western Premium Wood Products manufacturer and distribute just about any type of wood you can imagine from chunks, mini logs, …