Category: Smoking & Low and Slow
I still remember the early days of this blog. One of the first recipes I shared was my BBQ take on a turkey roulade by Belgian cookbook author Pascale Naessens, made for a birthday party.…
Pulled pork will always have a permanent home on my smoker, but turkey seriously deserves a turn in the smoke. Honestly, I’ll take pulled turkey over pulled chicken any day: juicy dark meat, a punchy…
Looking to step up your outdoor cooking game with a showstopper? Grilled butternut squash, often searched as pumpkin on the BBQ, might not look as intimidating as a massive prime rib, but set these golden…
Do not call it just another pot of beef stew. The soul of this Flemish classic stays the same: good beef, caramelized onions and a thick slice of bread spread with mustard to turn the…
Making your own charcuterie takes time, attention and a fair amount of patience. This cold-smoked lomo made from pork tenderloin was one of those projects I looked forward to for weeks. The pork was cured,…
When the weather turns cold, most people pack up their grills for the season. For me, that’s when I get the itch to fire mine back up. Game season brings new ingredients, but cooler weather…
Cooking a whole chicken on the grill may look intimidating, especially when you need to get the lean breast and fattier thighs done at the same time. Leave it over direct heat and you risk…
In barbecue circles, 203°F (95°C) is often treated as the magic pulled pork temperature. It is also one of the easiest numbers to misunderstand. One pork shoulder may still feel stubbornly tight at that temperature,…
A thick bone-in ribeye cooked gently in wood smoke, seared on blazing-hot cast iron and served Belgian-style with homemade Béarnaise.
A showstopping whole side of salmon with gentle cedar smoke, fresh citrus and a buttery-soft center Most cedar plank salmon recipes lay the board flat on a grill grate. However, this version turns the technique…
Every New Year’s Eve, we get together with friends to close out the year around a table filled with good food. When it was our turn to cook, I finally had the excuse I needed…
Some days are packed with appointments and there simply is not much time left to cook. Maybe you have just dropped the kids off at practice, or you need a quick lunch between jobs. A…