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Pretty Spatched Chicken of Love

Been sittin’ near a whole chicken that needed to be dealt with most of today, pesky bird. At the last minute decided to spatch it, coat with oil, rub with Prudhomme’s Poultry Magic. Sear hard/fast (on the Big Easy Smoker, Roaster & Grill) over mesquite, toss to

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Pizza on the URBAN GRILL

Capt. Jack shares his favorite way to prepare pizza  – on the grill: “with my 14″ Lodge – cast iron griddle ($12 at Academy  and wood chips below the grill … no better way to cook a pizza!” Read the complete post to leave a comment or

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An “All Char-Broil” Beef Brisket

[NOTE: This is an excerpt from a post on Char-Broil LIVE Community Forums. A link is at the bottom.] I have been hankering for some beef brisket after so many posts here lately. So I decided to do a brisket using nothing but Char-Broil products. I got

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Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

The Char-Broil Big Easy Electric Smoker & Roaster has only been available for a few months and already has a following of fans.  Josh hails from Arkansas and from the avatar he uses online I suspect you can tell which team he supports. Besides being a new

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Food Safety Tip: “Danger Zone”

Food Safety Tip: "Danger Zone"

In the movie “Top Gun” Tom Cruise may have flown into it accompanied by some great music and special effects – but it’s not something you want to enter into when it comes to food. If you do a lot of off-site cooking, away from the fridge

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Grilling The Best Steak!

Grilling The Best Steak!

Cooking the perfect steak is a thing of beauty. It’s hard to find someone, short of a vegetarian, who doesn’t appreciate a juicy piece of beef with perfect grill marks and a deliciously juicy interior. Steak is one of the few items that I find myself wanting

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CB’s EZ Pulled Pork Nachos

CB's EZ Pulled Pork Nachos

A slow-roasted or barbqued pork shoulder is a thing of tasty joy. You can slice it. Chop it. Shred it. Pork shoulder serves well as a main dish, on sandwiches or – if there are any leftovers – I like to serve it on nachos for game

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Three Yard Birds in a Basket

Three Yard Birds in a Basket

CAPEGIFTS is a relatively new member of the Char-Broil LIVE! Community Forums. He posted this narrative of an idea he had for cooking chicken in his Char-Broil Big Easy Smoker, Roaster & Grill. “I wanted to do 3 chickens at once for my grand daughter’s birthday…”  

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Bacon Makes it Better!

Bacon Makes it Better!

Seems to me that more folks like bacon than don’t.  And the members of Char-Broil LIVE! Community Forums are no exception. As proof, please take a look at these photos posted by long-time active member of the forum – Capt. Jack.  He grilled bacon-wrapped chicken tenders  on

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Mesquite Smoked Dove with Morel Wild Rice

Mesquite Smoked Dove with Morel Wild Rice

Dove breast meat is flavorful – but lean. Wrapping them in bacon before roasting on the grill will result in a tasty, salty, crunching crust surrounding a delicate flavor of wild dove.

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Bacon-Wrapped Burger Dogs!

Bacon-Wrapped Burger Dogs!

Old Dave is a pit master par excellence and regularly shares his cooking tips and recipes on the Char-Broil LIVE! Forums.  This post requires no explanation of the recipe because it’s just this simple. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Remove from grill when bacon is crispy

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Gary’s Bodacious Blackberry Cobbler

Gary's Bodacious Blackberry Cobbler

Berries and cobblers are what I would call a match made in heaven; made even better when the cobbler is prepared outdoors on the grill in a cast iron Dutch Oven. Cast-iron Dutch Ovens are some of the best baking implements you can find because the materials

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Grilled Burgers – A Family Tradition

Grilled Burgers - A Family Tradition

I wouldn’t consider myself as different from any other dad out there. I make jokes that are met with sighs of despair from my kids, I embarrass them at every opportunity and usually I manage to do it without even trying or being aware that I’ve done

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Stir Fry

This has to be one of the best stir frys I have made in years – seriously. I will admit, right up front, there is a bit of “semi-home made” about it. I’d love to tell you about how I slaved over the stir fry sauce, but

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Smoke-Roasting Pork Shoulders

One of the questions folks often ask me at cooking demos is “tell me about infrared – is it like microwaves?” My answer is: Infrared energy is what you feel on your face when you stand near the hot coals of an outdoor fire or charcoal grill

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Rust Prevention

Keeping your grill clean means routinely removing build-up of grease and grime created during cooking as well as checking for any rust spots on surfaces and around joints. This is standard operating procedure but you’d be surprised how many folks seem to think cleaning a grill is

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Dutch Oven Baked Bread

 Dutch Oven Baked Bread

Mr. Jig’s “no-need-to-knead” Dutch Oven Baked Bread I set out a bowl of no knead dough for an 18 hr. overnight rise. Dumped the dough into my pre-heated to 450°F tite-top Griswold in the mornings wee hours and my lady had fresh bread with her breakfast. Directions

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Seafood bounty of the Pacific NW

Seafood bounty of the Pacific NW

When I was in my early 20′s I decided that it was time for me to move away from Georgia, and discover a new home in the pacific northwest. I wanted to be a part of a place completely different from where I grew up and see

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Pork “RIB” Sandwich

Old Dave is an experience outdoor cook with a collection of outdoor cookers that rivals many retailers. Time and again he returns to his trusty Char-Broil 940X traditional charcoal cooker.  This post on the Char-Broil LIVE Forums may give you one more reason to consider following his

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Pork shoulder: smoked on a charcoal grill.

This post comes to us by way of Ladon Hopkins – author of BBQEnvy.com – a tasty new web log about, you guessed it…BBQ. Thanks Ladon! Make tender pulled pork with this recipe. You don’t need a fancy smoker. By indirect grilling, you can make delicious pulled pork

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