3,2,1..RIBS!

I was asked to do ribs for a birthday party on Saturday night, so I fired up the Big Green Egg and did what I do best!  BBQ!
The general approach behind the 3-2-1 method is this:

3 hrs on the cooker, using an indirect setup
2 hrs wrapped in aluminum foil with a cup of apple juice
1 [...]

Traditional Holiday Luncheon, Brisket & Pulled Pork

We scheduled a holiday luncheon with my new team.  Now with nearly 70 folks in the department, I dont’ really have the capacity to BBQ for everyone.  So when we asked everyone to bring  a dish, I thought heck there’s no reason my dish can’t be BBQ.  I’m glad it was too.  While we had [...]

Rain Gear for the Big Green Egg

A few times each year, I find myself cooking in the rain.  I’ve never had a downpour completely wash out a cook, but I do try to take preventative measures when I get caught the rain.  Most of the time that means trying to build a rain fly for the daisy wheel on the Big Green [...]

BBQ Porn

My wife looks at me strangely when I grab the camera to snap some pics of my latest BBQ creation.  I guess I started photographing the process to share with other “enthusiasts” (some would call us freaks).  But I don’t think it’s that crazy.
Anyway, I fired up the Big Green Egg last night and put [...]

Lead by example

Note:  This post should be read with a healthy dose of sarcasm and good nature!
I try to set a good example and help others learn from my mistakes. I really do.  But sometimes people just have to learn the hard way.  Such is the case with my brother-in-law.  We’ll just call him Ed for the [...]

Eggtoberfest

Each year in October, The Big Green Egg Company holds their annual customer appreciation event at their coporate offices in Tucker, GA (near Atlanta).  It’s such a popular event, that they have to close the event when they receive 1,500 registrations.  They provide “demo” eggs for attendees to cook on and share their culinary creations [...]

A Happy Big Green Egg

We’ve been blessed with beautiful fall weather.  Last night I knew I had to cook chicken breasts for dinner, but I decided that I’d load the Big Green Egg up with a variety of my favorite treats and convince my buddy to fire up his outdoor fire pit and enjoy the evening weather.

After a quick [...]

BBQ Tech Support

I received a frantic phone call from my brother yesterday.  You might recall that he is a recent convert to the Big Green Egg.  It seems that he put a couple of pork butts on the BGE at 9:45pm on Friday night and was surprised to find them finished at 6:30am the next morning.  He [...]

Smoking in abstention

In preparation for this weekend’s trip to the Fiddler’s Convention, we’re smoking some pork butt to take along for sandwiches.  Last night, I prepped two pork butts totalling 15lbs, laid the fire with fresh lump & hickory chunks, wrapped my new platesetter in aluminum foil, and generally made ready for an early lighting of the [...]

Another member of the BBQ Brotherhood

Last week I cooked chicken wings for Monday Night Football.  During the process of getting the Big Green Egg (BGE) fired up, I kicked my platesetter over and broke it.  So today I headed over to my local purveyor of BGE products & accessories, Highland Pool & Spa, to replace it.
Lo & behold I ran [...]