A large platter of ribs, chicken, and sausage
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The Three-Meat Plate: BBQ Classic made easy with Smoke X™

The three-meat plate is an iconic BBQ joint dish. It solves the problem of choosing between favorites and gives you a variety of flavors and textures to enjoy throughout your meal. But why settle for this bounteous plate, this carne-copia, only when you’re at a restaurant? For far less money than you’d spend for a…

Jerk Chicken
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Spicy Jerk Chicken: Recipe and Critical Temperatures for Delicious Chicken

Every culture has a dish or two that are mainstays of their kitchen. India has curry and dal. Mexico has mole and tamales. Germany has a pantheon of sausages. And Jamaica has Jerk: jerk chicken, jerk goat, jerk pork. If there’s a dish more iconically Jamaican, it’s hard to think of. The method and the…

Pork Belly Pastrami
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Pork Belly Pastrami

Where to begin? Our love of pork belly is well known by any casual reader of this blog, and it should come as no surprise that we are also great lovers of cured meats. Salami, ham, peameal bacon, corned beef—all these are delights of our culinary hearts. And, of course, we have combined the two…

Grill in the snow

Cold Weather Grilling: Tips for Keeping the Fun All Winter

Chances are good that if you’re reading this blog, you’re a fan of outdoor cooking. And that might mean that you’re spending a little too much time staring longingly at your snow-covered grill. But just because it’s still winter doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice some of your favorite foods! Cold temperatures and a little…

Muffuletta steak
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Grilled Muffuletta Flank Steak—All the Flavor, all the Temperatures

What happens when you take a classic sandwich and replace the bread with…steak? Nothing bad! Well, not in this case. Because in this case, the classic sandwich is a muffuletta. The classic sandwich of New Orleans, packed with Italian meats, becomes a steak surprisingly well, and we think you should try it! Here we’ll give…

Smoked brisket poutine
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Smoked Brisket Cheesy Fries! Bringing Perfectly-cooked Favorites Together to Make Something Amazing

We are composing this post at the beginning of February, and that means that we’re aiming this recipe at a certain very large football game that is coming up. And while this dish of golden fries, melty-savory cheese curds, rich gravy, and tender smoked brisket is going to be a game-changer for that event (and…