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I had the chance to cure some pork belly at home and when it came time to smoke it, my wife asked me to make some wings at the same time. The pork belly went on the Smokefire and the wings on the kettle.

I was asked to bring an appetizer to my brothers house on Christmas and I just had to make belly burnt ends!! We have a local butcher shop that always has 4-5 lb. slabs of pork belly, so we grabbed 5 lbs. and went to work. I cut the belly into strips and seasoned it with Heim Burnt Ends dry rub...

I had the chance to go striped bass fishing with my brother yesterday, what a beautiful morning in the Great South Bay on the south shore of Long Island. Schools of peanut bunker are leaving the canals and heading east so the the bass come into the bay to feed. The bass drive the bait to the...

I have always wanted to try to dry age a whole ribeye at home. After a lot of reading and a few YouTube videos, I was ready !! I bought a 18 lb. boneless ribeye from Restaurant Depot ($12.59 per lb.) and some UMAi dry aging bags, followed the instructions and left it in the fridge for 55 days...

I saw this and had to try it ... not exciting but it was good. (1) block of cream cheese with everything bagel seasoning. On the pellet grill at 225 for (2) hours. Put it some stale bread while it was still warm !!

My plan Sunday was to make some wings for me and my wife, but that didn't happen. I put the wings in the fridge uncovered on Sunday morning to let the skin dry out, but ended up cooking them last night. After 30 plus hours, the skin was dry !! I sprayed them with duck fat and seasoned most of...

My and wife I decided last minute to cook something on the pellet grill for Memorial Day. Wild Fork Foods just opened a store in Long Island, NY about 25 minutes from us so we took a ride to check it out. I guess I expected a "butcher shop" type set up but all the food frozen. Our choice was a...

Just a thought that woke me up ..... someday when the electronic parts are longer available for my EX-6 can I make some mods and use charcoal.

My wife found some choice ribeyes for 8.99 lb at the local market. I decided to make a fire outside while I was cleaning the shed and had an idea ... I put the gabby santa maria for my 22" kettle on my solo stove and it fit !! Got some nice hot coals going and put the steaks on. More twice baked...

I got hold of a 5 lb piece of pork belly from our local butcher last week and wanted to try something different. My wife made an asian style marinade and I put in a ziploc bag for two days in the fridge. Saturday morning it went on the Smokefire at 250 degrees. I left it uncovered for 4.5 hours...

My wife bought me a Grill Force stand for my 22" kettle, easy to assemble and the kettle fit great. I needed to spin the kettle until the bottom vent controls and ash catcher were facing the front. Since the cover was already off, figured no reason not to spin (2) chickens. Both were 4lbs...

My son had his Christmas get together for his gym at a local craft brewery on Saturday, breslaubrewingcompany.com. He asked Joanne and I to smoke some appetizers for about 40 people. We prepped as much as possible at home then took the 22" WSM's on the road, set up in the parking lot out back...

Family, good food, great day !! Please share yours !

I have been wanting to try a rotisserie roast beef for a while and finally had the opportunity on Saturday. This was 3 lbs., put it on the kettle with the Cajun Bandit rotisserie around 275 with red oak chunks. It took an hour and 15 minutes to reach 125. Rested it for 20 minutes, sliced and...

We have a small locally owned market where I live, West Islip NY, and they always have some kind of surprise in their butcher section. On Saturday my wife found a 5lb. bone in rib roast. She made a classic herb rub and I put it on the kettle with pecan. It took about 2 hours to reach 120...

On Saturday my wife came home with 5 lb. bone in rib roast and asked "how about you cook this for dinner". I set up my 22" kettle with the slow and sear using the water pan that comes with it. I set up my Smoke thermometer to monitor air and internal temps. There was a big difference between the...

I had time yesterday to smoke some wings on the WSM. 5lbs from Stop + Shop, left in the fridge to dry the skin for about 6 hours. My wife made her almost famous wing rub and they went on for 90 minutes at 250 with some pecan. I did a quick crisp on the gas grill at 400, about 2 minutes each...

I finally found some time to use my Smokefire this weekend. After work on Saturday, I cleaned it up and ran it for a few minutes but when it was shutting down, the probe numer lights started blinking left to right like it was trying to update but couldn't. I finally did a reset, it updated and...

Last weekend my son and his fiance took my wife and I to Metlife Stadium to see the Cowboys / Giants game. My wife and I are Cowboy fans, so great game !! While we were tailgating they told us that we were going to be grandparents again, way better than the game !! On Monday a box with a 36"...

My local King Kullen had choice London Broil on sale for $1.99 lb., just had to get some. On Saturday I bought (3) about 6 lbs. total, cut it up, put it in the marinade until Monday morning. Put it on the Smokefire, used Smoke Boost, for 3 1/2 hours. Got a lot of compliments from my family (y)