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Have any of you guys got in a cooking slump? I literally haven't grilled or cooked really in over 9 months I'd say. I just can't get the motivation. I don't know if it's the long hours I'm putting in or what, but I just ain't got it anymore. I haven't been active for even longer than that, but...

Well, I didn't take pictures again since I had raw quail all over me for most of the prep, but I did get a picture before the birds got eaten and thought I'd show them to y'all. I deboned the bird mostly all but the wings and legs and used a shrimp stuffing. I got the recipe from here - Year...

Anyone got any ideas for quail? I have a 6 pack frozen of them now. The whole 6 pack of whole skin on quails weighs 28 oz, so they are small small small. I didn't know quail was that little. Seems like it is going to be tough to cook them without drying out. I really want crispy skin since the...

So I went to a Mexican grocery store down the road looking for Cinco de Mayo stuff for this most recent trade round and ended up bringing home almost two pounds of fresh chorizo. They make it in store there, and the casings are a bit "veiny" looking. Do you guys who have had this kind of fresh...

So I have noticed that my spirit was burning really unevenly and it had A LOT of cool spots so I decided to take the time and clean the entire grill today. Let's just say I let it go way, way too long. I was black all the way up to my elbows but it was worth it. I did notice though that about...

Well I finally thawed these little suckers and decided it was time to grill them. Think I have been putting them off because I was afraid I would mess them up, and since they cost $9 for those few cuttlefish I didn't want to do that! I marinated them in lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and a bit...

I got a small tub of shucked oysters in their liquor for $1.50 since they were close to date and was wondering if any of you fine fellas has any ideas on what I might could use them for on the grill? Don't want to make anything like oyster stuffing, I am just dead set on using them with the...

This ain't a meat-tastic post but it does make any food a whole lot better! Well, I bought a grinder full of smoked peppercorns for some stupid high price at Whole Foods before I had ever thought about smoking my own and probably before I ran across this forum, so I ran out the other day...

Well, I went to the Asian Market, and like always, I found something that piqued my interest and something absolutely new to me, which was this fish called "Golden Pomfret." I really had no idea how to treat the fish, but figured you can't go wrong grilled! It was just me at the house eating so...

So I thought the best idea for wok cooking was to just load the chimney up, let it get rocket hot, dump the coal into the performer in a pile, and set the wok right on top of them. Well, I never got what I guess you could call wok hay and never got the pan super hot, even though the coals were...

Well I wanted to get all chefy the other night, and it was just me at my house that was going to eat, so I took my time and enjoyed making something new off the top of my head! I have done these mushrooms like this before and I love them. They really are like scallops, especially if you let them...

I think I am in love with pork belly, but my family and I almost went hungry waiting on it to finish! I misread the directions that I modified and thought it would be done in 2 1/2 hours, but realized there was another two hours that I missed! I didn't realize that pork belly was a tough cut...

Well, I have been lighting my Performer with newspaper and veggie oil since I got it and that was what kept me from using the Performer a lot more than what I did. Just kind of a hassle to find newspaper since I don't subscribe to one and spraying it in veggie oil can be a bit messy, so most of...

Well, I saw two bone-in thick cup pork chops at Walmart on sale for $4.89 and had to get them. This is my first time cooking pork chops (I know, noob big time) and all I can remember from every pork chop I've ever had was how dry it was. I guess that is why I have never tried to grill them on my...

If you want a unique side and something that is awesomely tasty and you can find them, little fried enoki mushrooms are hard to beat. I found them at my Asian market here in Birmingham for $0.89. I only bought one of the pre-sealed plastic packs so I could see what was up with them, but I'ma go...

Well here is my fourth pastrami I've done on my mini WSM. The first pastrami I did was a flat I corned myself and that was a lot of work and didn't turn out all that great, so these last three have been the pre-corned points from Walmart and I really like them a whole lot. I always go with a...

Mom had this given to her by her cousin. He was going to sell it in a yard sale so she asked how much he wanted since she didn't have one and she wanted me to be able to grill if I ever visit her, so he just said take it for free! I think it need some lovin' no doubt and probably a few parts...

So I had some USDA choice ribeyes cut to about an inch thick at my local butcher and got them home and decided to grill me up one that night. Hit it with kosher salt about three hours before I grilled it and had it in the fridge on a wire rack and pulled it out to warm up about an hour before it...

Lookie here what I scored from a guy at Home Depot! I was asking him about how I might be able to get the door from Brinkmann and he got out his screwdriver and took it off and sent it home with me! He said they had two displays and that one was already missing parts so no loss to them at all! I...

I know that many of you have seen the AmazeN Cold Smoker system, but this seems to be able to do the job and most of us won't even have to go out to buy anything to make it. I hope that this doesn't break rules linking to another forum, but when I went searching on Google and found that post I...