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Chris Lilly’s Spiced Apricot Sauce Recipe

Brushing spiced apricot sauce onto a smoked ham recipe.

This sweet apricot glaze recipe is not only perfect for ham but is wonderful on many other pork cuts as well. Developed by one of the world’s top pitmasters, Chris Lilly, this sauce is sure to be an instant hit with your family and guests.

Chocolate Chile BBQ Sauce Recipe

Racks of ribs with chocolate chile BBQ sauce on a cutting board.

This delicious sauce has the classic profile of any great BBQ sauce, sweet, tart, spicy, but with a wonderful twist: The tastes of chocolate and chile. While the chocolate BBQ sauce recipe might sound weird at first, you are sure to instantly fall in love with it the first time you try it on chicken, steak, and more.

The Ultimate Brown Sugar And Mustard Glaze Recipe

ham on a grill bring brushed with glaze.

Danny Gaulden’s recipe for a barbecue sauce glaze with brown sugar and mustard is simple and wonderful on barbecue or ham. While most sauces hides the meat and rub, this glaze really lets your rub shine through. It is great on ribs, and it is killer on smoked sausage and that Easter ham.

Cool As A Cucumber Salad, Thai Style

Thai cucumber salad

Add a touch of Thai to your next backyard cookout with this recipe for sweet and tangy cold cucumber salad. One of the simple pleasures of dining in a Thai restaurant is the lovely delicate cucumber salad they serve as an appetizer and now you can replicate it at home with this simple to prepare recipe.

Give Your Mayo Some Major Mojo With This Recipe

mayo mojo

Mayonnaise is a blank canvas and this recipe for homemade mayo with mojo is the perfect base for making your own signature masterpiece. Once created, you can use your mayo to coat grilled fish, chicken breasts, pork loins, lobster, shrimp, zucchini planks, potato slices, garlic bread, and so much more.

How to Make Maple Taffy On Snow

maple taffy

Chewy and rich, maple taffy’s texture and flavor are a real treat. Since it is made in the snow, this recipe is sure to be a hit with the kids. You’ll need 100% pure real maple syrup, preferably dark maple syrup, as opposed to mass produced pancake syrup that is made from corn syrup and isn’t nearly as flavorful.

Mussels Mariniere Recipe

Mussels in a pile in a bowl and slices of bread.

This classic mussels (Moules Mariniere) recipe from France is so easy. And it’s finger food. After simmering in a flavor rich white wine, cream, and tomato sauce, the mussels are served, shells and all, into big shallow bowls with plenty of the liquor laden broth and serve with crusty bread or grilled bread.

Smoked Bloody Mary, The Ultimate BBQ Eye-Opener

Two bloody mary cocktails garnished with bacon.

The classic Bloody Mary is taken to new smoky height thanks to a BBQ twist. Smoked ice, BBQ sauce, dry rub seasoning, and bacon are the cornerstone of this smoked Bloody Mary recipe. You’ll never see this classic Sunday brunch cocktail the same way again once you take the first sip.

Smoked Sous Vide Pastrami Recipe

Sliced sous vide and smoked pastrami.

Pastrami is the ultimate expression of beef brisket, and it is at its best if you start with sous vide. To begin, prepared corned beef is rendered moist and tender thanks to a low and slow sous vide water bath. The meat is then smoked on the grill, creating mouthwatering sliced pastrami for sandwiches and more.

Controlled Burn Hot Sauce Fires Up Your Favorite Dishes

Assorted peppers next to an empty glass jar.

There are a gazillion hot pepper sauces on the market but here’s a recipe for a signature hot pepper sauce you can easily make at home. Focused on flavor first, our controlled burn hot sauce is infinitely more complex than most sauces and has just the right amount of heat to amp up foods without overpowering them.

Grilled Lemonade, Summer’s Smokiest Beverage

lemonade stand.

When life gives you lemons and a grill, why not make grilled lemonade! Nothing is more refreshing on a hot day than lemonade and this recipe takes it over the top. Lemons are halved then grilled until lightly charred before creating a smoky homemade lemonade that will be a surefire hit at any backyard BBQ bash.

Sweet And Sour Coleslaw Recipe

Sweet and sour coleslaw on a plate with a smash burger.

Looking to step up your coleslaw game? Here is a simple recipe that is sure to impress your guests. In the South there are two kinds of slaw: Sweet-sour and creamy. Sweet-sour is vinegar and sugar based. Creamy is mayo or sour cream or buttermilk based (or a blend of them). This sweet-sour recipe is super easy to make.