It’s always a good thing to come home from work and find a package on the front porch.  This time it was a package from Great Lake BBQ Supply with a bag of their new rub.Let me get the negative

It was our opportunity to feed the full time Missionaries dinner tonight.  With all the work going on preparing for the big Thanksgiving Feast tomorrow we decided some simple burgers and fries would

Every year around Halloween, we have a wine party at my house, inviting everyone we can to join us. We’ve called it the McAdams Wine Party before, but changed it to what we like better, the Hal

The great people at POM recently sent me a case of 100% pomegranate juice, again, bless their hearts! I love this stuff, but instead of just drinking it and enjoying it that way, I wanted to try cook

I’m currently on a no-sarcasm kick. I catch myself still falling into sarcasm, but I’m trying more and more to stay away from it; it doesn’t come across well in print, anyway, witho

I was over at a friends shop the other day looking around the back room. He runs a fireplace and grill shop and was working on restoring an ancient Charmglow gas grill. This shiny silver unit is sever

When I tell people that one of the best things you can put on your grill is a pizza I get a lot of blank stares. It seems a lot harder than it really is and the results will leave you turning you nose

Recently New York Magazine declared Barbecue the new Deli. Suddenly people in the Big Apple seem to know what most the rest of us have for quite a while now, barbecue is big. From chains of restaurant

This year’s Labor Day started early for me. I had to get up at 5:15 am to get things loaded into the car to head to downtown Cincinnati. I was asked to do another segment on Fox 19 Morning New

For my latest Better Than Leftovers entry, I smoked about 50 pounds of Boston butt roasts the other day. We gave away free pulled pork sandwiches for the fall kickoff of the Dayton Vineyard’s v

Last weekened, my wife and I had the opportunity to judge a backyard barbecue competition put on by Jim Dandy’s BBQ in Sharonville, Ohio. Last year, we took fourth place overall in the KCBS com

On July 29th and 30th, Carrie Oliver of the Artisan Beef Institute and Oliver Ranch will be in SW Ohio with me to do 2 artisan steak tastings. Both tastings will be held at Cooks’ Wares stores.

I’m going to admit something that may just get me kicked out of any barbecue group that I’m in.  However, if any of those other barbecuers try it, they may change their mind. I love burn

I’ve been behind in my Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge baking.  There are a couple of reasons, but mostly because some of the recent ones have been very dessert oriented, and I’m

I’m going a bit nuts with the crisps and cobblers, but I’ve got all this great fruit that I want to use up, and crisps are quick and easy and not too bad for you. There’s a spot a c

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been getting great bread from Matt at his bakery in Miamisburg, Ohio, Boosalis Baking & Cafe. A couple of weeks ago, I asked if I could buy some flour f

  If you follow the KCBS stats then you already know or have heard of the Pork Pullin Plowboys who are in the top 25 teams in the KCBS this season. I’ve never met Randy Hinck or Todd Johns but I ha

The liquid being drawn out of the pork belly is starting to fill the dish. It’s amazing how much moisture was in the pork bellies.The sugar has started to ferment.  I’m curious about how

On my recent vacation at Lake Goodwin, Washington I had the opportunity to do a little cooking.I brought along my big 14 inch  dutch oven and had to come up something to fix.  The rest of the family

Grilling with wood planks is a unique and interesting way to add additional flavor to your fish and meats.  There are a variety of different types of planks available.  I received a sample of grill