Successfully smoking a delicious brisket is one of the more challenging BBQ dishes you could prepare. The longer cook times, using indirect heat, and the higher price tag of quality brisket means you need to know what you’re doing and execute each step correctly. The good news is that despite brisket being a bit trickier…
We get a lot of people asking us how to cook ribs on the grill. While there are plenty of recipes out there, we wanted to take your ribs to the next level and who better to show us how to cook ribs on the grill than Chef Kevin Gillespie. In this post and demonstration…
Let’s face it…when it comes to creating great memories, a full sensory experience, and sharing comfort time with friends and family, sitting around a wood-burning fire is a hard act to beat. The sight, sounds, and smells associated with a crackling fire, watching the coals glow, and smelling the intoxicating aroma of burning wood, touches…
The fact is, not all wood is equal for cooking. Much like that gourmet-on-the-grill dinner you’re planning, a lot of the final quality has to do with how each ingredient (in this case, the wood itself) is prepared and handled before it ever being used.
According to a recent survey, pizza is America’s favorite food. Consisting of round baked dough topped with sauce, cheese, meat and veggies, it’s an incredibly versatile dish that can be prepared in countless ways. One of the most delicious ways to make pizza like a pro us using a wood fire pizza oven. However, you’ll…
Whether you’re planning to smoke chicken, beef, pork, or fish, choosing the right type of firewood for cooking is essential to achieve the perfect flavor. If you smoke meat using only charcoal, then you are missing out. While charcoal is excellent for grilling meat at high temperatures, only high-quality wood offers that delectable smoky flavor…
There’s nothing new about cooking with a wood fire, but the fact is, the world’s oldest cooking method has returned as one of the great modern culinary frontiers.
A general rule of thumb is that you want to use stronger flavors of wood with heavier, more flavorful meat options that won’t be completely overpowered by the smoke, like beef or pork, but that will still let the flavor of the meat shine through.
Reverse searing, a method developed in the early 2000s and, over the last two decades, reverse searing has become the new favorite method of chefs all over the world, and one of the most talked-about cooking innovations of the last century.
High-quality, gourmet pizza is more accessible than ever thanks to the wide range of portable pizza ovens you can buy for your home. You don’t have to be a chef to make restaurant-quality pizzas for your family and friends, but you do need the right equipment to get the job done. The task can seem…
Spring is in the air, and summer is just around the corner. In neighborhoods all across the land, folks are scrubbing grills and grates, sweeping off the deck, and dusting off tongs and spatulas, getting ready for the best time of the year…grilling season! That means, once again, that countless patio pit-masters are asking the…
We’ve always felt like smoking a brisket is a more advanced level of BBQ. But enough of the doubts and fears – we’ve spent several months mastering the Primo XL 400 and now it’s time to go for it.
Any outdoor chef – whether they’re a professional or a home cook – will tell you that the right spices are one of the most important components of cooking a great dish. Even if you cook the perfect rack of ribs or fry up the consummate chicken breast, without the right combination of spices, the…
Today we’re going to show you how to make our favorite food on the planet: wood-fired pizza! We’ll be cooking the pizza on a kamado grill (the Primo XL400) and you can follow the advice and instructions in this video for cooking pizzas on any kamado grill, including the Big Green Egg, Kamado Joe, Primo…
While most people think of time by the fire as a winter activity, a summer bonfire is also a great way to make memories! Think about it – remember the bonfires at summer camp? Or how drying off by the fire on a cool summer night felt after a day in the pool? And what…
