Grill Maestro

I’m not a huge bacon lover but I am a bacon lover, which doesn’t really help my diet but certainly helps me enjoy life! That being said, I found this rather helpful article on startcooking.com that lists fifty ways to use bacon. There are some very clever uses and some very standard everyday uses, I [...]

A little while back I wrote about how Leslie Haywood, inventor of Grill Charms, was going to send me a package of Grill Charms to try out. Well, she got them to me within days but it wasn’t until recently that the weather cooperated and we grilled up some steaks this past weekend that turned [...]

My good friend Scott, one of the masterminds behind the Ghent Bar Tour, which, through their charitable efforts, recently reached $50,000 in total donations to the Make A Wish Foundation; sent me a package of cedar grilling planks as a wedding gift. That’s a true friend right there. While I haven’t had the opportunity to [...]

I’ve mentioned the Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle before, about how I wanted to go the last few years, but never had a chance to make it down I-95 to see it in person because of scheduling conflicts. Well, this year will be different! I decided a few days ago, after reading up about this [...]

It always pains me to see someone flip a steak with a fork when they could just as easily use tongs. You never want to pierce a piece of meet on the grill because it gives the meat’s juices the opportunity to escape! That leaves a piece of meat that’s less juicy and less tender [...]

If you’re a fan of oysters and a fan of steak, here’s a clever little idea you probably hadn’t thought of: The Carpetbagger Steak. The concept is quite simple and hails from Australia (it’s genealogy is in dispute I guess), simply slice a pocket into your steak, stuff it with oysters, then close with a [...]

Here’s this week’s safety tip - never ever ever ever grill indoors.
First of all, there is probably only one reason why you even considered grilling indoors - it’s cold outside. It’s never too cold to grill but if it’s too cold for you to grill, perhaps you should consider doing something else!
Now since [...]