Whole Smoked Chicken

Whole Smoked Chicken Recipe

Whole Smoked Chicken Recipe This is one recipe I’m going to be using this July 4th Holiday. I’ve got a lot of people to feed, so I’m going to smoke whole chickens and pull them for Pulled Chicken Sandwiches and Smoked Chicken Nachos. I’ve done this in the past for parties and for catering jobs and people loved it… the …

cedar plank grilled salmon

Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon Recipe

When cooking salmon I’ve found it best to buy fresh filets when possible. Frozen salmon just tends to be too fishy for my taste. This week I caught fresh salmon on sale at Kroger for 4.99 per lb, so I bought one whole filet weighing about 2 lbs. For this recipe I cut the filet into smaller portions of 6-8oz …

grilled shrimp

Spicy Grilled Shrimp Recipe

If you like grilled shrimp, you have to give this recipe a try.  It’s quick and easy. 1/3 cup Louisiana Hot Sauce 1/3 cup canola oil 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce 2 cloves garlic minced 1 handful cilantro, roughly chopped, plus more for garnish 1 tsp sugar Salt black pepper 4 TBS Butter melted Juice of 1 lemon 2 pounds large …

Jerk Chicken Recipe

Jerk Chicken Recipe on the Weber Kettle

Jerk Chicken Recipe This week I wanted to fire up my trusty 22-inch weber kettle and do a little jerk chicken recipe. For the chicken, I use a 5lbs whole bird that I cut into pieces myself. But you can use a pre-cut chicken – or just about any pieces of the chicken you like. And since it’s pretty cheap, …

St. Louis Spare ribs

St. Louis Spare Ribs Recipe for Memorial Day

St. Louis Spare Ribs Recipe Had to cook something great for Memorial Day… so I fired up the grill and smoked some St. Louis Spare ribs. So here is my full recipe for St. Louis Spare ribs and a little video too: St. Louis Spare ribs are simply spare ribs with the brisket bone removed. They come from the belly …

competition brisket method

Competition Brisket Method on a Yoder Pellet Smoker

Last week I wanted to try cooking a competition style brisket on the Yoder YS480. I’ve heard when it comes to smoke ring that pellet smokers can’t stack up to traditional cookers. But I had to see this for myself. I picked up a 14lb whole packer from Restaurant Depot at 2.29lb for CAB choice brisket; I was very happy. …