I may have moved to the worst city—ever!—for dating, but at least it's the manliest based on "the number of U.S.-made cars driven in the city, number of sports bars and BBQ restaurants, number of home improvement and hardware stores as well as manly salty snacks consumption."...

This recipe can into my in box today. It was created by champion pitmaster, Chris Lilly, on behalf of Kingsford® charcoal and looks damn good. What better way to celebrate the return of daylight savings time? Beer-Basted Pulled Pork Sliders Makes: 12 servingsPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: 7 hours ...

The McNuggitini is a cocktail inspired by the deliciousness that is a McDonald's (all clay) milkshake and Chicken McNuggets (which do constitute an emergency). Ingredients: 2 McNuggz (plus more for snacking) 1 tub McDonalds Brand Barbeque Sauce (plus more for licking off pinky finger) 1 lg. Mcdonald...

We've been competing in bbq contests for almost 5 years now and have had some small successes here and there. When I decided to start competing in Florida Barbecue Association events, I started out cooking with another team. I mainly did the dishes and served as a "go fer", but I learned about the e...

I don't know how many times I've been asked for a recommendation for the "best take-out roast duck in San Diego." And boy do I hemm and haw, and when I finally do make a recommendation, I preface everything with so much "fine print" that it ends  up reading, o...

In June 2008, Texas Monthly named little Snow's BBQ, in a town of 1200 people 50 miles from Austin, the best barbeque in the state of Texas.   In a land studded with BBQ palaces, where people will draw down over slight variations in sauce recipes, and will get downright stabby over brisket, this wa...

Just a few days ago, I was looking down my list of Durham food blogs, and noticing that, while some were happily active, some are dead, about to be dead, or haven't posted in a while.  I've been kvetching for several months on what I considered my own posting suckitude, but maybe I should give myse...

The more I learn about bbq, the more I feel compelled to share it with others. What better medium than the internet? All I need is a key board and an internet connection. As this website approaches 700 posts, I feel the need to say thank you to everyone who reads or visits this blog. Whether you are...

Above, The Mad Scientist takes us on a hip-hop time capsule as he reminisces on digging through his parent’s record collection and chopping up his first record at the age of 16. Pro speaks on his favorite recently released albums along with his first solo project in 6 years “Main Source,...

Presenting a few pictures of some recent cooking shenanigans. We've cooked alot of country style ribs, chicken and brisket recently and had fun coming up with ways to use up what we've cooked without eating 'bbq' every night. More on that coming next...There's also been a fair amount of baking going...