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We all have stories of the grills that we have been subjected to at a vacation rental. Condition, brand, cleanliness, no grill at all, etc......most of the stories aren't good. Well, I'm on a beach trip down near Castroville, and imagine my delight when I pulled the (very nice after market)...

Last night, we had my sister over to celebrate her birthday. In honor of the Mexican victory over the French on May 5th, 1862, I decided on making up some carnitas and fresh flour tortillas for tacos. This cook is a redux of THIS ONE from 2021, and I employed a couple of the tweaks that...

Last night was my turn to host Steak Club (#73 since we started in June of '17.) I went with a classic.....ribeyes. Picked up some decently marbled choice specimens from CostCo. They were a little floppy/loose, so I tied them to keep them uniform, then gave them a salting, and rested...

It was just my youngest kiddo (19) and me home for dinner last night, and she requested pizza. Who am I to deny such a request?? I've been working on a new "same day" dough recipe, and I think I nailed it (at least yesterday, time will tell if it's repeatable!) It's just 00 Flour, water...

Easter is one of the few days a year where it's acceptable for me to cook lamb for a meal at which my wife is present (does not like lamb!) :) Since it's her father's favorite, I am usually given the green light to lamb it up! I procured a couple of boneless legs of New Zealand lamb @ about...

I kinda already had it in the back of my mind that tonight was going to be pizza night (knew I was going to be solo), but Tim's post yesterday sealed the deal! Only had pepperoni and a portabella mushroom rolling around in the fridge, but that was enough. I'm working on a version of the Vera...

@Brett-EDH 's POST on Friday got me with the color of the chicken...... I didn't get to it until tonight, but I'm glad I did!!! I tweaked the marinade a bit.....no pineapple juice (didn't have any), subbed in some dark soy for part of the soy sauce, added sesame oil, a dash of Shaoxing wine...

A while back I bought a rack of pork from CostCo, cut it into double chops, and froze them. Tonight, I took out my last one (good timing, as racks of pork usually show up at CostCo around Easter), and fixed it up on the pellet grill. Dusted it with MeatChurch Honey Hog Hot, and onto the grill...

Headed over the hill to Half Moon Bay at about 8:15 to pick up some fresh, live Dungeness crab. Grew up loving this tasty crab, and though I've had many other species (and enjoyed them), it remains my favorite! If you are in the area, Captain Barry, Slip G6 at Pillar Point Harbor is a great...

I've made this so many times, I have lost count. Pretty sure I've posted some version or another on here five times or more. However, I feel like I need to prove I still use my grills, and for all those of you who said they would make this when I posted before, well.....MAKE IT! :) In '22, I...

Ok, I'm going to get in trouble as this is two entries here in a row with no grills involved.....I've been using the grills, just nothing out of the ordinary. I've been wanting to use my wok for more traditional dishes (our usual is a LOT of veggies, some protein, and a decent brown sauce, but...

I'll keep this short since there were no grills involved (could have been, but I just wasn't in the mood to be outside much with our stormy weather. My journey to good, homemade ramen has been inspired here by Bill Schultz (no longer in the member registry), and @Michael Richards. 12-hour...

I have two traditional cooks that I do every year when Christmas comes...... For the past ~20 years, I've been making ribs for my mother-in-law's Christmas Eve party. The first year I did it I was cooking in my hacked up "WSM" XL (a 22" kettle with two stacked rotisserie rings.) After that...

My daughter and I did a little foraging yesterday, came home with about 4 lbs of chanterelles! She's working at a camp in the woods near Pescadero, and there are four nice chanterelle patches less than 100 yds from her back door! :) Made up an omelette for lunch, and thinking some risotto...

Would love to get some thoughts from the TVWBB collective. I'm doing some research into replacement ovens for the house. My current set-up is a 27" DCS double wall oven that was installed in 2003 when we remodeled our house. It has done everything we've asked of it in 20 years, but...

Had a few guys over to watch the Pac-12 championship football game. Started with my go-to recipe for wings as an appetizer. Couldn't be easier..... Set the pellet grill for 375°F, while it was heating up, I dusted some wings with MC The Gospel (has become my favorite all purpose rub.) When...

I've posted this one before, but here is the 2023 rendition of Bill's Dark Matter Chili. This cook started on Thursday when I trimmed up a Prime brisket from Wild Fork Foods for a 14 hour cook on my pellet grill. Ran at 230° until wrapped in pink paper @ 170°, then kicked the heat to 250°...

A few bits and baubles of cooking from the past few weeks..... Beef Ribs (choice shorties from CostCo) Shrimp Bowls Pizza English Muffins 40% Durum Sourdough

Yeah, I still grill! :) Had some outside skirt (Angus from Wild Fork Foods) ready to go last night. Cut the skirt up into about six pieces WITH the grain, then a light dust of raw sugar, and a heavier dust of MeatChurch Holy Gospel. Had the pellet pooper running at 500° with the flat side of...

Not mine, just saw it on NextDoor this am and thought I'd share in case anyone close to Foster City,CA is interested. Looks decent!