Smoking: Pork Rib End Roast

Bone-in, Pork Rib End Roast (7 bone, loin)

using my JD Pork Glaze

These will be cut into pork chops when they're ready

Smoking with Hickory over indirect 350° heat

This has been on for 45 minutes

figure 1-1/2 - 2 hours total

Bacon Cheddar Burgers w/Grilled Tater Skins

add some sour cream, scallions & jalapeno's

Sirloin Steaks with Roasted Garlic Butter

Two 1" thick Sirloin steaks (sale!)

Homemade Roasted Garlic Butter

Whole head of garlic, cut off the top

Place in center of a aluminum foil square

Drizzle top of garlic with EVOO

Seal the garlic in the foil
In-direct heat for 45-50 mins @350°

Allow garlic to cool & then combine in a bowl:

Squeeze the garlic out of the cloves
4 Tbs of softened butter

1 tsp of Dijon mustard

1 tsp of Worcestershire sauce

1/2 tsp of Kosher salt (if using unsalted butter)

The beef was rubbed with a commercial burgundy rub and after they came off the grill, a couple teaspoons of the garlic butter is added. This helps give a tasty richness to the sirloins.

Atomic Buffalo Turds & Chicken Quesadillas

Atomic Buffalo Turds (ABT's)

aka Bacon-wrapped, Cheese-stuffed Jalapeno Poppers

Monterey Jack cheese, Bacon & Jalapeno apple-wood smoked @275°

We used some Jalapeno's from our garden!! Awesome!

Surprisingly, there was still quite a bit of melted cheese left in the Jalapeno.

They sell special pepper holders that keep the jalapeno's upright while barbecuing.

Chicken Quesadillas

with South-western seasoned chicken, Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses and onion

Very good stuff. We also made bacon wrapped, bite sized chicken nuggets, dredged in brown sugar and chili powder (not pictured). They're a mess on the grill, so they were baked in the oven @350° for 25-30 minutes.

It will definitely be a TUMS­® night!

My Hurricane Irene Preparedness Plan

It's been awhile for many things... Blog post, pulled pork and an approaching hurricane. My last big hurricane preparedness plan was Red Lobster next to Kendall Toyota, 19 years ago (plus a couple of days).

8.5 pound Boston Butt, rub put on yesterday at 6pm and started smoking today at 8am @250°. I expect it to be @200° between 5 & 6pm tonight.

Smoking with Apple Wood.


For those of you that don't know, my birthday comes along in a little over a month. If you are looking for ideas (and who isn't??) here is one: Get a gift for Slash

Remember, Lowe's gives a 10% Veterans discount, every day, all day.... but ONLY with a valid VA issued photo ID (which leaves me out since the VA denied me health benefits recently and therefore, the ID card), see here for details: Lowe's Veterans 10% Discount news release

Jus' sayin'





Seriously, everyone in the impending path of the hurricane, be safe and take your preparedness very seriously. We know what its like to go thru a real hurricane,and this certainly is stacking up to be a real bad-ass hurricane and with that comes the inherent dangers. Be safe!



Slash


Update @7:30pm: The meat has been pulled...

Mound of meat.

Platter of meat.

Close-up of meat.

Logo Test

Teriyaki Marinated Chicken

Indirect med-high heat for 40 minutes.

Since it's boob meat, check for 170° internal temperature and clear juices.

Tonight there will be beef. And Bacon. And maybe even corn.