Below you'll find “Football Food” recipes and tips
Grilled Pulled Pork Pizza Recipe At my house we always have several pounds of leftover pulled pork after a contest, and I love coming up with different ways to put it to use. This Grilled Pulled Pork Pizza recipe combines two of my favorite food groups…BBQ and Pizza. To keep it simple I’m using a couple prepared pizza crusts that …
Pork Belly Burnt Ends Recipe We’re talking about Pork Belly Burnt Ends! The Best part of a good brisket is the fatty point and in competitions we turn those into mouth drooling Burnt Ends. These uber tender chunks of brisket will melt in your mouth when done just right, and judges go crazy over them. This got me to thinking …
Smoked French Dip Sandwich Recipe Warm, thinly sliced Roast Beef piled high on a soft French Roll served with piping hot Au Jus gets my taste buds working – that’s why I’m making a Smoked French Dip Sandwich! I’m going to share with you how I create this classic Smoked French Dip Sandwich using my smoker. First you’ll need a …
Smoked Boston Butt Recipe This week I’m firing up the Drum and smoking a Boston Butt for the Super Bowl. I’m sure Patriots fans will appreciate it since this pork roast gets its’ name from the New England region. A “Boston Butt” is just another name for a pork butt or pork shoulder roast. A long time ago when lesser …
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 …
Jack & Coke Chicken Thighs Recipe It’s almost time for us to pack up and head to Lynchburg for the 28th Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue. It’s always an honor getting to cook at the Jack, and we’re hoping this is our year to win it all! This week I want to share with you a Jack Daniel’s …
Pineapple Pork Kabobs Recipe Pineapple is one fruit that goes great with pork, and I have an easy recipe that makes for another great football party food. I call this one Pineapple Pork Kabobs with Sweet & Sour BBQ Sauce. I love thisPineapple Pork Kabobs recipe because the ingredient list is small. All you need is a 4-5lb pork loin …
Smoked Party Wings Recipe What Tailgate Party doesn’t need a huge tray of hot wings? This recipe is always a crowd pleaser and it’s easy to make a ton of these wings for game day. We’re skipping the hot oil and firing up the smoker! I’m using Party Wings for this recipe; these are frozen wings you can find at …
Football Explosion It’s time for football! And that means Football Food. I love great appetizers and meals you can cook out on the grill for a football party or tailgate. And this Football Explosion is a great one… I’m calling it a Football Explosion. And it combines a bacon explosion and a jalapeño popper (cream cheese, jack cheese and fresh …
Spicy Thai Grilled Wings Recipe It’s hard not to love a good chicken wing, and today I have a recipe for my Spicy Thai Grilled Wings I want to share with you. This grilled wing recipe starts off with a dozen whole wings. You can substitute “party” wings if you want, but I prefer the whole wing because it seems …
Grilled Hamburgers Recipe Super Bowl Sunday is almost here and most folks will be firing up the grill. Whether you’re a Broncos or Panthers fan this weekend, I have two Grilled Hamburger recipes that you have to try. For these Grilled Hamburgers I start with 1lb of ground sirloin and 1lb of 80/20 ground chuck. The sirloin is lean and …
Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Chicken Thighs Recipe Last year I did a series on Football Food, and this week I added a few more recipes. These are simple and quick recipes that are perfect for having folks over to the house to watch the game – or at a tailgate. This one is for Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Chicken Thighs and it’s …
Smoked Italian Meatball Subs Recipe This is a great football food recipe – my Smoked Italian Meatball Subs are perfect for parties or tailgates. And everyone loves a good meatball sub. To start, you need to make your Smoked Italian Meatball Subs. For my smoked meatballs I use: – 1lb Ground Italian Sausage – 1lb 80/20 Ground Chuck – 2 …
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 …
I got the chance to try out a pretty cool like gas grill that would be perfect for tailgating. It’s called the Elevate Grill – and it’s about the size of a briefcase. You could take it anywhere. Since this is a travel grill, I decided to cook one of my favorite foods for tailgating: Italian Sausages. I was pretty …