Low and slow lives here. Smoke-infused, patience-requiring meats for your BBQ rig.
Smoking steaks is a great idea. Not only do you get smoky flavor on your steak, but the gentle cooking makes getting the perfect doneness easy—if you pay attention to temperature. Today we’re going to go through what it takes to smoke a steak perfectly—including how to get a killer sear—and we’re doing it by…
Smoking a whole chicken: oh, sure, we all thought about it, but only we had the guts to do it! Wait, that’s not true. No, people everywhere love smoking whole chicken. And why wouldn’t they? A smoked chicken makes a fine meal for your family, and if you have room in your smoker, making more…
We were recently delighted to have Danielle Bennett at ThermoWorks for an event, and even more delighted to have the chance to shoot a video with her. You can see that video here: This gorgeous presentation isn’t just a pretty face, either. All the extra surface area we introduce in braiding and bacon-wrapping the pork…
I’m writing this to you from the middle of July, and I can tell you that there are few things (besides ice cream) that I want to eat more these days than spicy grilled chicken. I’ve done the burger and hotdog cookouts, the Father’s Day ribs, and the Memorial Day brisket. It’s hot, the world…
In this installment of Meat Cooking 101, we’re going in the opposite direction of our previous post on cooking Hot and Fast: we’re going Low and Slow. We’ve spilled a lot of digital ink on this blog talking about cooking low/slow, but in this piece, we want to talk about the why as well as…
As everyone who has learned to cook can attest, there are things that expert or professional cooks do and understand that don’t come intuitively. That’s fair. Cooking, like any other art, has deep, root-like traditions that can make it seem obscure, almost occult. Why can we cook this piece of beef this way, but not…
