Learn how to cook specific cuts of beef, the science behind the effect of temperature on food, as well as simple temp tips to successfully cooking beef.
It’s fall and the weather is changing and it’s time for dinner. What do you do? Smoked meatloaf may be answer. It’s homey, comforting, delicious, and not hard to make. And smoking it takes it that step or two beyond the ordinary, enough so that it can stand in for a nicer weekend meal, if…
How do you improve an already delicious filet mignon steak wrapped in bacon? By smoking it. The rich flavor of smoke in this recipe makes the steak even more indulgent. Find out how we added extra smoke to these gorgeous, thick bacon-wrapped filets and cooked them to rosy edge-to-edge perfection, topped with gorgonzola butter. Filet Mignon:…
If there were a President of Steaks, it’d be the rib eye. There’s something special about the cut, with tender, well-marbled meat that smells somehow better than any other steak. It’s a great way to celebrate anything: Father’s Day, Independence Day…Dinner. In today’s post, we’ll be showing you how you can get the best results…
Smoking brisket is a BBQ rite of passage, and it can be tricky to cook just right. You take a tough cut of beef and turn it into something tender, flavorful, and moist. Smoking a beef brisket can be a very lengthy process that involves constant temperature tracking. This constant tracking can lead to many…
Carne asada translates to “grilled meat,” and it’s the most important part of an authentic street taco. The meat should be rich, beefy, and juicy. More often than not, the cut of choice is skirt steak—it’s a cut you really need to know. It has full, beefy flavor and is less expensive than many other…
Pastrami on rye and the pastrami Rueben are two of the great sandwiches of our age. If you’ve ever had one, perhaps from a local deli even, you know that there are few tastier things you can eat between two slices of bread. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could make them at home, if…
