Time to fire up the grill
With the lighting of the grill just hours away, we talk to some past winners as well as some hopefuls at Tom Lee park as they prepare for the 2008 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
St Louis Style Barbecue Spare Ribs BBQ Pit Boys Recipe
Grill up some real delicious, tender and juicy, “low and slow” barbecue Spare Ribs with this easy to do St. Louis style pork ribs recipe as shown by the BBQ Pit Boys.
You can print out this BBQ Pit Boys recipe at http://www.BarbecueWeb.com
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Seared Chicken Thighs Barbeque Recipe by the BBQ Pit Boys
Looking for a special meal from the barbecue grill to serve up at your next tailgating or backyard party, or for your family picnic? If you love bar-b-q chicken then you have to check out these easy to grill, moist and tender, seared chicken thighs. With a little rub, sauce, a few simple grilling tricks and about an hour of your time, you’ll be eating mighty fine, and wish you had made a double batch.
BBQ ART: painting w/ Stubb’s Barbeque Sauces. Artist Jason Baalman
Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Sauce used to create this blues masterpiece. Painted by artist Jason Baalman (aka EclecticAsylumArt)
Seven Common Barbecue Mistakes
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1. Using meat that is not thawed completely – If it’s frozen in the middle the meat will end up being cooked on the outside but will still be raw inside. This is a sure way to give your guests food poisoning!
2. Using the same plates and cutlery for both cooked and uncooked food – This is a sure way to cause cross contamination and can easily lead to food poisoning.
3. Lifting the lid to check the food – Lifting the lead frequently will let out the heat and the temperature inside the barbecue will drop dramatically. Leave the lid alone as much as possible.
4. Cooking too quickly – Except for steaks that are seared quickly on the outside slow and long is much better to produce the best smoky flavour and to produce tender meat.
5. Using sauces containing sugar – It’s OK to use a sugar containing sauce as a marinade but don’t use it for meats on the grill. The sugar will char and give an unappetising flavour to the meat.
6. Using lighter fluid – It may make lighting your charcoal barbecue quicker but lighter fluid will cause the food to have a chemical taste. Use self lighting barbecue briquettes or an electric starter instead.
7. Using green speciality woods – Woods for smoking need to be aged as green wood will give your food a bitter flavour.
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Managing the Temperature of Your Gas Barbecue grill
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Managing the temperature of your gas grill is essential if you are to produce perfect barbecued food. Gas grills have a tendency to get too hot so it is useful to learn the best ways to control the temperature.
Lighting the Grill
Always read the manual that came with your grill before you use it for the first time. Here are the steps usually recommended for safely lighting the grill.
Open the grill lid, then turn the gas on at the tank.
Turn on one burner and light the grill by pushing the ignition burner or using a match.
If you have other burners you can now tuyrn them on.
Leave the gas on high for about ten minutes to heat up the area under the grill.
Reaching the Correct Temperature
After lighting the grill put down the lid and leave it to reach the correct temperature. A grill thermometer is a good idea to check the temperature inside the grill. Some barbecues have built in thermometers inside the lid for monitoring the temperature.The temperature you need varies with the recipe and type of meat.
Barbecue Problems and Solutions
If the temperature of the grill doesn’t reach high enough check that there is adequate fuel and there are no leaks in the fuel line. You can check for leaks by dripping soapy water on the line and connections. Bubbles will form at any place where there is a leak. If the burners are dirty the flame may be yellow. Clean the burners and also try adjusting the air fuel mix.
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Barbecue Smoking Wood Chips for an Authentic Flavour
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Many people use speciality wood chips to give authentic smoky flavour to their barbecued food. Different woods give their own unique flavours and you should experiment with different woods to find the flavours you prefer. Speciality barbecue smoking woods chips act like seasoning for your barbecued food in the same way as barbecue sauce.
There are a variety of speciality smoking wood chips to try and we’ve listed some of them below. Most are from nut or fruit trees although some are from hardwood trees. The wood from fruit trees is usually mild while that from nut trees like pecan or cherry tends to give a stronger flavour.
Smoking Woods
- Oak
- Pecan
- Hickory
- Orange
- Cherry
- Mulberry
- Apple
- Sugar maple
Speciality smoking wood chips can be purchased in variety packs which are ideal to try them out until you find the one you prefer.
Lexington Wild Apple Wood Mini-Chips, Wild Apple
List Price: $8.95
These mini wood chips from Maine Grilling Woods work perfectly with your indoor smokers and smoke boxes. Slightly sweet and fruity smoke flavor. Beef, poultry, game birds, pork (particularly ham). The old farms and woodlots of Maine are dotted with the distinctive twisted trunks of wild apple trees. These trees sprout up in old fields and clearings from seeds carried about by birds and other animals. As these fields are reclaimed and the old trees pruned back into production, the local farmers and woodlot owners harvest the apple wood by hand and bring it to the farm a pickup load at a time. This wood produces wonderful smoking chips, chunks and planks. If you have never tried Wild Apple wood, you are in for a treat.
Click here for more information on Lexington Wild Apple Wood Mini-Chips, Wild Apple
Cooking Methods
Some wood chips are thought to suit different types of meat. For instance most people find they prefer fruit woods for chicken and oak for beef. Speciality woods can also be mixed to give more variety. Wood chips should be soaked in water for about thirty minutes then added to the grill. They can be used with a barbeque smoker or if your barbecue grill has a smoker box place the chips in it. For barbecues without a smoking box the chips can be wrapped in foil, a few holes punctured in the foil and placed in a hot part of the grill. For a charcoal grill place the packet on top of the charcoal.
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Traeger BBQ Grill – See How Easy to Operate!
www.TexasStarFoods.com – See how easy it is to operate the Lil Tex BBQ Grill. Not your typical smoker!
Video Beer Review #1-Terrapin Dos Cocoas
Do you like chocolate? How about beer? Well this porter from Athens, Georgias very own Terrapin Brewing has you covered. # 4 in their “side project” series of beers is a porter brewed with, and aged on, chocolate.
Barbecue Ribs On The BBQ Grill Recipe
http://BarbecueWeb.com Looking for an easy to make, guaranteed delicious BBQ Ribs recipe? In this Barbecue Web vid, you’ll learn the “tips and tricks” on how to BBQ tender and juicy pork ribs on your charcoal grill in as little as 3-4 hours.
All you need for this simple and easy recipe is a slab of pork ribs (spare ribs or baby back ribs), some dry rub, and your favorite BBQ sauce for basting or dipping. And of course, watch this short video and fire up the grill…..
Need more than just spare ribs at your next BBQ? See more of our Google Video and YouTube barbecue recipes at BarbecueWeb.com. Also, be sure to visit SteakTV.com and SeafoodTV.com for the latest recipe videos by our grilling experts.