Ultimate BBQ Turkey Smoked and Grilled: Step by Step Recipes and Tips
Our grilled and smoked turkey recipe and tutorial make your ordinary holiday meal extraordinary! Here’s everything you need to know about making the ultimate holiday bird. We also bust some myths, discuss side dishes, and so much more!
Smoked Bacon Ribs Recipe
Tired of the same smoked baby back ribs? Add a surprise depth of flavor by curing the ribs like bacon before smoking. Here’s the recipe.
My New Favorite Marinade—A Traditional Thai Seasoning
It’s the irony of being a cookbook writer: you always look forward, not back. That is, you’re always thinking about new recipes—not those favorite dishes you created for cookbooks past. I recently had a chance to revisit two such dishes at this year’s Barbecue University: Pac-Rim rotisserie chicken and Thai grilled beef salad. Both owe […]
Pozole Rojo Done Sous Vide Que
In this recipe, the classic Mexican stew, pozole rojo, is made super-juicy and a little smoky with the science of sous vide que. If you’re looking for a stick-to-your-ribs meal, you can’t do much better than Mexican pozole. It’s full of deep flavors, feeds a crowd, and is pretty easy to make. The one caveat: […]
Miso Maple Salmon à la Nobu
Here’s Nobu’s world famous miso black cod dish, reverse-engineered and simplified for home cooks as miso maple salmon. Nobu Matsuhisa is among the world’s most famous chefs. He specializes in Japanese food with a Peruvian twist and operates more than 50 Nobu restaurants around the globe, each of which serves his most celebrated dish: miso […]
Brown Butter Smoked Fish Recipe
Making delicious smoke-kissed fish on the grill has never been easier thanks to this technique. The “Smoke Catcher” as I call it, is a method of fast-smoking thin fish filets and bivalves on a grill. You place about 4 ounces of wood chips, pellets, sawdust, or dried herbs directly on flames or hot metal so […]
A Killer Beef Rub Recipe
This beef rub tastes great on all red meats, including lamb and even duck breasts. It only has a teeny bit of sugar, so it can handle pretty high heat. I know baking soda seems weird here, but it raises the pH and helps create a better crust.
The Flat Top King Crushes It With Smashed Meatball Sliders
There is arguably no hotter (no pun intended) segment of the outdoor cooking industry than griddles. In addition to new high-end equipment from such manufacturers as Weber and Traeger, as well as the continued dominance of the Blackstone brand, the creativity in recipes being shared via social media is truly remarkable. As such, we have […]
Red Kansas City BBQ Sauce Has A Secret Ingredient
Classic Kansas City BBQ Sauce is sweet, thick, and red. This simple twist on the classic is all that, plus it’s extra red. Only you will know that raspberries are in the mix, but you can offer a prize to the guest who guesses the secret ingredient. (Don’t worry, there aren’t any pesky raspberry seeds […]
A Bouquet Of Candied Bacon Roses Will Make You A Hero
This Candied Bacon Roses recipe is like an edible flower bouquet of bacon. Be the hero of Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or any special day.
Spanish Lomo Recipe: Cured Pork Tenderloin
Try this shaved thin on pizza. Curing meats such as homemade bacon, ham, or pastrami is fun and the results are often better than store bought. But curing is very different from any other recipe because you are using a preservative, sodium nitrite. You must read and thoroughly understand my article on the Science Of […]
Authentic Larb Salad Recipe: A Laos Culinary Adventure
Dan Gertsacov travels to Laos to learn to prepare this authentic larb salad (a.k.a. laab or laap) recipe for the AmazingRibs.com community. While the original uses water buffalo, he uses ground beef here.
Big Mac Sauce
Everyone knows the iconic McDonald’s burger has its own special sauce: Big Mac Sauce. Some say a Big Mac tastes so good because of this sauce. Well, we found what appears to be the authentic Big Mac sauce recipe itself. Chef Mike Haracz is the former corporate chef for McDonald’s, and he shared the recipe […]
Quick Simple Dry Brined Hot Smoked Fish Recipe
That’s sable (a.k.a. black cod) in the photo, but this dry brined hot smoked fish recipe works with salmon and just about any fish. Simply dry brine (lightly salt) the fish before cooking. It’s similar to soaking the fish in salt water (wet brining), but without the water. Click here for a classic wet brined […]
Provençal Smoked Fish Paté Recipe
What makes our smoked fish paté recipe? Think tuna salad from France on steroids. You can serve this like a dip for chips, a spread for crackers or toast points, make a sandwich with a tomato and melted cheese, plop it on top of a green salad, mix it with elbow pasta, rollups, serve accompanied […]