Grill Maestro

I fired up the grill today to cook some steaks and usually with two burners the grill temperature can get up to 300 degrees in about a minute, but today the temperature couldn’t get itself past 200 degrees no matter how long I waited. I waited and waited then peeked at the flames, they seemed [...]

You have a couple chicken breasts sitting around in the fridge, a bored grill, and a hankering to fire up that bad boy and cook something. You’re a man, gosh darn it, so you have no patience for recipes containing more than two steps (remove from packaging, put on grill) or three ingredients (salt, pepper, [...]

Did you get a second hand grill like Peggy did and find out you’re also the proud new owner of some pet rocks? Are you now rightfully concerned that all the other propane grills you’ve owned didn’t or don’t have their own pet rocks? Not to worry, those are called lava rocks and they’re there [...]

I made a boo boo yesterday in grilling up some chicken, not a big mistake, a small minor one that produce chicken that, while still tasty, wasn’t as good as it could’ve been. My tip for today is to grill with patience, i.e. don’t put the meat on before the grill is nice and hot [...]

There are basically eight cuts of meat on a cow and every part of the cow outside the head, tail and legs will make it’s way into the beef we eat (the rest make it into Taco Bell’s burritos, just kidding!). Those eight major cuts, including the various parts within that cut, are:
Chuck – Pot [...]

I wanted to give you all the heads up that Barbecues.com is having a 10% off sale this weekend on all sorts of products, starting on 5pm Friday, April 21st. I’ve never bought anything there before but since I’m in the market for a grill cover (and because my local Home Depot is out of [...]

Grilling with wood chips is one of the great secrets in barbecue and getting that smoky flavor into the meat is something most weekend grill maestros don’t often do. That being said, grilling with wood chips in charcoal is a relatively easy task – you simply sprinkle the chips in with the charcoal and the [...]

It’s been a long week hasn’t it? Well I’d like to be the first, and only, to welcome you to an entirely tax-free Easter and Passover weekend edition of the Carnival of the Recipes, where your host, the Grill Maestro (me!), will be showcasing the past week’s hottest recipes for your enjoyment.
Procrastinators, these recipes are [...]

If you recently purchased a new grill, a very important tip that isn’t stressed enough (or publicly enough) is that you need to “season” it. Seasoning refers to coating your grill grates with some sort of vegetable oil in order to protect them int he cooking process.
You can season before you cook or, if you [...]

I saw this bad boy at the library the other day and Al Roker’s smiling face convinced me I should borrow this man’s big bad book of barbecue from the biblioteca. Inside were 100 easy (yeah, they really are easy) recipes and each looked delicious. The best part about this book is that you can [...]