Recent content by Ron... L.

Mouth-watering pictures. Nicely done.

Great looking wings, Daniel.

9116 IBeam lane. Manassas It's off Liberia over by eastern auto. They don't have a real showroom or anything, but it's worth a visit because they'll work with you on what you want on the barrel. I've been dealing with Eric. Not sure it will get you a price break, but tell him the Grand Dude...

I agree with Stefan...the KA grinder attachment works well for that chore. I bought a reconditioned one from the KA website a few years back for about $35 and it has worked like a champ. I use a 5 lb. Northern tool stuffer and that works great as well. I made 70 pounds of sausage and bacon a...

I got my barrels online at http://1000oaksbarrel.com/. Their shop is about 3 miles from my house so I didn't have to wait for shipping. I've given barrels away for B-Day presents and people love them. If you do it, I highly recommend the Carpano Antica vermouth. It's hard to find and pretty...

I'm a bourbon guy. Manhattans hold a particularly favored position on my list of desired cocktails, so when a buddy at work returned from an upscale DC bar raving about the barrel-aged manhattan he had been served it was time to try something new. We got a small (2 liter) barrel online, put a...

I've found a new source of swing top bottles. Previously, I bought the half and one-liter bottles at World Market for $5 and $6 a pop. While cruising through a wine store last week (Total Wine) I found Lorina (French) soda in 750ml. swing top bottles. The soda is quite good and is not nearly...

Agree with Jim H. Two should be plenty. I find that a 7-8 pounder will fill one of those standard sized aluminum serving pans. Ron

I have an el cheapo chef's choice 610, also. It works for what I need to do with it, but it does have one really annoying (non)feature... There is no cover on the outside of the blade which is spinning counter-clockwise. As you push the meat into the blade the downward spin forces the meat in a...

Thanks for posting this. Good stuff. Ron

From the little research I've done, the experts say the french press makes the best cup o' joe. This is supported when you see shows on TV that show how coffee is selected by the slurping coffee purchasers...always french press. Slurp. Spit. Repeat. R

Nice job. I generally smoke my bacon with 2 or 3 chunks of apple, skin side down and try and keep the smoker at 200 or a little lower (cold water in water pan). I pull off cooker at 150-155. I have a slicer and put bacon in freezer until quite firm prior to slicing and that seems to work for...

BRAVO! Any chance you could do that supplemental insurance duck for your next project? Looks great. Stunning photography as usual. When are you going to start teaching high end cooking and food prep? Ron

Another vote for Keurig. Been using for years and the variety and always fresh coffee are great selling points. Ron

I'm doing wings for the Pats game as well. I always make two of the large packages from the grocery store that have about 14 whole wings/pkg. This is about the right amount for any sized group because that's what will fit comfortably on the 22.5 wsm grills. I cook 'em with all vents open and...