Grill Maestro

It’s not as pretty as a trash can smoker (I say that in jest of course) but one of my favorite blogs, Life as a Vegas poker dealer, built himself a smoker out of two terra cotta planter pots! The basics are the same as any other homemade smoker (hot plate, tray to hold chips, [...]

Ever wonder why smoked meats have a pink smoke ring? I’ll explain.
Now that you’ve learned the difference between barbecue and smoking, let me tell you about the pink smoke ring. Once you’ve smoked a piece of meet, say a brisket or some ribs, you’ll notice a distinct pink ring around the outside of your meat. [...]

Whether your grill is a propane gas or charcoal briquette, it has different zones of temperature no matter what you do and it’s important that you take advantage of those zones if you want to master the grill.
On my grill, no matter what I do, the grill is always hotter on the left than it [...]

When it comes to a George Foreman grill, I’m torn. Part of me loves the fact that it’s easy to use, takes up almost no space, and is “healthy” in that the oil drips away from the burger. Then, a part of me says “Grill maestro – you have a grill, George Foreman has retired [...]

When it comes to burgers, I’m make a pretty simple burger. I chop up some onions, mix them with a copious amount of garlic powder, Worcester sauce, soy sauce, pepper, and ground beef – then slap them on the grill. The only thing that makes them easier than your typical burger is chopping up onions [...]

I emailed Don the other day to get the Smokenator 1000 to review and he kindly agreed. From what I can tell from the Smokenator 1000 site, the Smokenator is the best way to augment your Weber grill so that you can get your smoke on without buying an actual smoker. From what the site [...]

Okay, a ridiculously nice smoker is expensive but I ran into a coworker at Costco the other day, where he picked up more pork chops than I could eat in a month because he was about to embark on an 8 hour smoking session with some maple shards he cut down himself, and he told [...]

Turn a hour long marinade into a fifteen minute marinade by slicing the meat you’ll be marinading. You might say that’s sacrilege, but before you protest remember that if you’re seriously marinading it then you’re probably not talking about ruining top tier steaks. Of course, if you’re grilling you don’t want to slice it so [...]