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Making Meatball Sandwiches
A good meatball sandwich is a thing of beauty. Regardless of the occasion these wonderful sandwiches make any event great. By grilling your meatballs you add great flavor and reduce the fat. Trouble is, grilling meatballs isn't that easy, unless of course you thread the meatballs onto skewers to help hold them together and to make them manageable on the grill. So follow these easy steps and make the best meatball sandwiches you've ever had....Read Full Post

Nominate the Best Backyard Smoker
The word of barbecue has spread around the world, and backyard smokers come in an amazing variety of sizes, fuels and prices. Question is, which one is best. This is your chance to get your favorite backyard smoker in the list of five finalists for the final vote for the best....Read Full Post

Nominate the Best Barbecue Rub
When I first starting writing about barbecue, rubs were still a mystery to many people. Now it is a multimillion dollar industry and shelves are flooded with rubs. Some are great, many are not. What's your favorite? Nominate it now for the 2012 Barbecue & Grilling Readers' Choice Award for Best Barbecue Rub....Read Full Post

Nominate the Best Barbecue Sauce
Last year, this was the most controversial category in the Readers' Choice Awards, after all, there are thousands of barbecue sauces on the market these days. Help stir up the controversy all over again by nominating your favorite barbecue sauce. It could be a small, specialty sauce, or something you pick up at any grocery store. Either way, send in your nominations....Read Full Post

Nominate the Best Competition Smoker
When you walk around any barbecue competition you will see a wide range of smokers. Some cost thousands, even tens of thousands, while other teams rely on smokers from the local department store. So is it worth it spend all the money, or is the best competition smoker something less expensive. Send in your nominations for the top five competitions smokers....Read Full Post

Super Bowl Recipes
Looking for something to grill up for the big game? Give a couple of these recipes a try: Grilled Bratwurst in Beer and Onion Sauerkraut Horseradish Buffalo Wings Superbowl Burger Grilled Chili Oil Potatoes Grilled Chicken and Mozzarella Panini Grilled Garlic-Dill Salmon Kebabs Grilled Chorizo Stuffed Chile Peppers Grilled Italian Sausage Po' Boy Grilled Chicken and Cheese Po'Boy Sandwich Grilled Seafood Po'Boy Sandwich Cowboy Beans Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches Shellfish Skewers with Dipping Sauce Aloha Spareribs...Read Full Post

Superbowl Cookout
Superbowl Sunday may be the biggest game day of the year, but now it is also the seventh biggest grilling day of the year and the biggest outdoor cooking day of the winter months and the tenth biggest grilling day of the year.

Top 10 Pulled Pork Recipes
Pulled Pork is probably the purist form of barbecue. This Southern Barbecue tradition originated with whole hogs cooked in pits, sometimes for days, shredded by hand and served up on plain white bread. Variations abound from here with all manner of sauces, rubs and cole slaws (typically served on top of the meat in a sandwich). Today most pulled pork is prepared with pork shoulder roasts known as a picnic or a Boston Butt. However you like it, these pulled pork recipes make a great meal....Read Full Post

Top 10 Superbowl Recipes
These 10 recipes are the most popular on my site from last years big game. As you can see chicken wings and true barbecue ranked at the top of the list.

What are you cooking for the big game?
According to the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association, Super Sunday is the most popular winter grilling day of the year with as many as 62% of grill owners planning on firing up for the big game. This means that a lot of you are planning on hitting the grill before kick off. Question is, what are you going to be grilling (or smoking) this year. There are favorites that I just can't get away with out, like my hot and spicy brined chicken wings...Read Full Post