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Hot Dog Heaven: How to Cook Frankfurters

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Many ways to skin a cat and many more ways to cook a dog. Here's how to grill, griddle, split griddle, dirty water, steam, nuke, and deep fry franks.

Grilled Salsa Is Your New Go-To Condiment

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Skip the store bought salsa and opt for these two flavorful home made Mexican salsas: Pico de Gallo and a Grilled Salsa Roja. Known in the US as tomato salsa, salsa roja is an important building block in Mexican cuisine. Fresh quality ingredients are essential, especially fresh tomatoes, when making salsa at home.
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Barbecued Ice Cream, A Surefire Showstopper

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Rick Browne, Ph.B.

Sweet meets heat with this showy grilled ice cream dessert. First introduced by AmazingRibs.com on Live with Regis and Kelly in 2001, this delicious barbecued ice cream dessert is the perfect way to wow your friends at your next BBQ and grilling cookout as you pull it from the grill at the end of the meal.

Chestnuts Roasted on an Open Fire And Other Methods

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Everything you need to know about chestnuts, how to buy them and cook them. Warm fresh chestnuts are soft, fleshy, sensuous, creamy, and sweet. They are best served plain with a glass of port or a mug of hot glögg and, on the bearskin rug, in front of the fireplace, with Nat King Cole in the background.

Livart LV-982 Electric Barbecue Grill Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

Livart's LV-982 is an indoor electric grill popular for Yakitori style grilling. Japanese Yakitori is bite sized pieces of chicken and veggies on skewers, however, the 982 is not limited to Yakitori and is often used to grill a variety of bite sized foods. We reviewed this model and awarded it our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal.

The Secret To This Delicious S’mores Recipe Is Nutella

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Nutella is the key to creating the perfect s'more during your next campout or cookout. Every kid loves s'mores, those heavenly melanges of graham crackers, milk chocolate, and toasted marshmallows toasted on warm summer nights over campfires as accompaniment to ghost stories. Here's a recipe for pure s'mores nirvana!

Nordic Ware Stovetop Kettle Smoker Review

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Max Good, AmazingRibs.com’s Full-Time Grill Tester

We reviewed Nordic Ware's Stovetop Kettle Smoker and have to say it looks like it may be one of the better indoor smokers available, earning our AmazingRibs.com Gold Medal. Most indoor smokers have no lid or a shallow low profile lid. The 36550 has a high domed lid big enough for smoking/roasting a whole chicken.

Sweet Georgia’s Brown Smoked Chicken Recipe, Parts Or Pulled

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

You've never truly had BBQ chicken until you bite into this recipe for smoked chicken, Georgia style.

Authentic Texas Style Smoked Brisket Recipe

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Behold the best smoked brisket recipe ever! Texas style brisket is more than a recipe, it is a concept and a goal. It all begins by selecting the right meat, trimming it, seasoning it, smoking it, slicing it, and more. Follow this easy BBQ brisket guide for mouthwatering results!

An Epic Surf-and-Turf: Filet Mignon And Butter Poached Lobster

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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality

Romance is in full bloom with this mouthwatering take on traditional surf-and-turf. Delectable lobster tails are poached in butter then sliced and served atop a smoky and perfectly seared beef filet in this recipe for lightly smoked filet mignon and butter poached lobster! Your loved one will surely thank us after!

Turkey Fajitas with Creamy Avocado Sauce Recipe

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Mix up your traditional fajitas with this recipe from Bobby Flay that features leftover Thanksgiving turkey instead of beef or chicken. A Tex-Mex favorite, the fajita is a rolled up sandwich with a tortilla instead of leavened bread, and it is usually made with grilled skirt steak but Flay takes it to a new level.

How To Hard Boil An Egg

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Here's the best way to make hard boiled eggs.

A Killer Smoked BBQ Ribs Recipe That Shames The 3-2-1 Method

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Mastering smoked ribs -- whether they are St. Louis style ribs, spare ribs, or baby back ribs -- with our comprehensive tutorial and recipe will make you a backyard all star.

Proven Methods For Making Melt-In-Your-Mouth Grill Roasted Leg of Lamb

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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer

Create mouth watering leg of lamb on the smoker or grill with these various techniques. Leg of lamb is a complex bundle of muscles, with layers of fat and connective tissue throughout. Here are four methods for dealing with the wonderful log of meat and how to create deliciously smoky grilled leg of lamb.

Competition Ribs Recipe and Award Winning Tricks

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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality

Perfect your competition ribs with these simple tips and a competition rib recipe. Trimmed ribs are seasoned with a flavorful BBQ dry rub before being smoked for several hours. Wrapping the ribs with butter and other ingredients ensure that they are moist, tender, and packed full of flavor for the competition judges.
 

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