Recently Published Article at Examiner

If you've ever wondered how you can become a barbecue judge, this article is for you. It goes through all the information you'll need to get you started. I love doing it and if you love barbecue, I think you'll love it too. It's a great time. Check it out here. Hope to see you at the next competition!

Peach Barbecue Sauce

Fruit is an ideal ingredient to make a barbecue sauce. Many are sweet and tart...the perfect flavor combination that a barbecue sauce requires. A perfect example is this peach barbecue sauce. The recipe assumes fresh peaches are not in season, but if they are...more the better.

A great sauce that goes well with poultry, pork or wild game. A little drizzled over grilled fresh peach slices is a great after dinner treat.
For the recipe, click...here.

Barbecue Observation

If you don’t get BBQ sauce all over your face and hands...you’re doing it all wrong.

Cooking with Beer

No experienced chef will deny the importance of beer as a culinary ingredient, yet the various types of beer must be understood if one is to properly utilize them.

The efforts taken to master the characteristics of beer when cooking will greatly be rewarded in your cooking endeavors.

Here are a few articles that will have you cooking with beer in no time.

• Introduction to Cooking with Beer
• The Cook's Guide to Beer

Taco Flavored Wings

If you're a chicken wing freak, you'll love this recipe. I cooked up a batch as an appetizer for my Halloween party. It's been a while since I've made them and had totally forgotten how good they really are. And yes, they really do taste like tacos.

Get the recipe...Here.

Barbecue Tip

A meat marinade makes an excellent basting sauce. It not only keeps the meat moist while grilling, but it also adds additional flavor.

If your marinade was used on raw meat, be sure to place it in a sauce pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for five minutes. This will kill any bad things.

Review of D-Dog's Apple Meat Rub

If you're a serious griller or barbecuer, you're well aware of the importance of a meat rub. Although I make many of my own, you just can't beat some of the fine quality rubs that are being produced by people who share the same passion for meat as I do.
A case in point is D-Dog's BBQ. It wasn't difficult for me to spot his Apple Rub, since I am a freak on anything apple. Apple wood is my primary choice for smoking and I even have an apple tree in my backyard. So you know, I had to have some!

What's this stuff going to taste like, I wondered. The post office couldn't work fast enough for me!