Grill Maestro

Don’t want to go out and buy BBQ sauce at $5 a bottle? Make your own with a 20 cent can of coke, some ketchup, and any spices you like personally. Here’s a recipe I think would work out nicely: 1 cup – Coca Cola 1 cup – Heinz Ketchup 1/2 tsp. pepper 1/2 tsp. [...]

I had no idea this technique even existed until Mike from the Cigar Intelligence Agency, who left a comment on my Carnival of the Vanities submission post on starting a charcoal fire, clued me in on the idea of a charcoal chimney. So basically you use a charcoal chimney (the one pictured above is a [...]

The first step of your barbecuing career, before you do anything else, is to buy your first charcoal grill. Like a good beer or a fine woman, the perfect charcoal grill is all up to your own personal preferences and needs. Some like their beer (and their girls) a little hoppy, some like them bitter, [...]

Like riding a bicycle, starting a charcoal grill is a little tricky but easy once you figure out how. 1. Pile the charcoal briquettes in a pyramid in the middle of the grill. It should be enough charcoal to make a layer or two at the bottom of your grill but not much more. 2. [...]