What Are Burnt Ends? A BBQ Primer
Burnt ends have become popular in Texas and other American barbecue hubs but their history is in Kansas City. They…
Is Your Barbecue Sauce Too Spicy? Try These Fixes
Barbecue sauce can be mild or spicy and the heat in a hot barbecue sauce can come from black pepper…
What Steak Should You Use For Fajitas?
Fajita comes from the Spanish word for little belt or band and is a fairly new phenomenon in Tex-Mex cuisine…
What Is Reverse Searing? A BBQ Primer
Reverse searing is the technique of searing meat with direct heat after cooking it over indirect heat. What makes it…
Direct Vs. Indirect Grilling: BBQ Showdown
Direct heat and indirect heat are two terms that you often hear discussed in barbecue circles. What do they mean?…
Beef Cuts 101: What You Need To Know
A cow’s carcass is divided into major cuts called primal cuts, which are subdivided into subprimal cuts. Here is a…
Seven Of The Most Common Barbecue Sauce Ingredients
Barbecue sauce is not essential to barbecue, according to purists; however, most people are not purists when it comes to…
Five Types Of Smokers You Should Know
A smoker is designed to cook at low temperatures and to impart the flavor of wood smoke into food. There…
Cooking Hot And Fast: The What And Why
Barbecue fans have strong opinions about what is considered good barbecue. The common wisdom is that cooking times and temperatures…
Cooking Low And Slow: The What And Why
You have many options when it comes to cooking meat, they typically fall into one of two categories: hot and…
Steak Temps 101: The What And How
A quality steak that is cooked correctly is widely considered to be the best type of meat. One of the…