There’s certainly no shame in taking the party indoors when temperatures fall below zero. Or maybe you’re one of millions of condo or apartment dwellers who are prevented from owning an outdoor grill because of rules and regulations, fire codes, space constraints.
Now is the time for reflecting upon 2017, and contemplating the milestones we’ve accomplished during the past year. Reflection for our team often leads us to discuss our favorite pastime: food. We ask ourselves, What was your best cook this year?Or, Which new recipes were your favorite? And of course, What new grilling techniques did you learn?
Another New Year already?! It seems like just yesterday I was writing my blog on BBQ Trends for 2017. It’s time to dust off my crystal ball for the trends that will shape barbecue in 2018. From restaurants serving Fusion ‘Que to popularizing recipes you may be surprised about (thin steaks anyone?!), my predictions for 2018 can be read here on the blog. Happy New Year everyone! –Steven
January 1 is officially National Bloody Mary Day. The timing couldn’t be better. Even if you don’t require a “hair of the dog” hangover cure after New Year’s Eve revelries, you now have an unimpeachable excuse to quaff one of America’s most beloved brunch cocktails.
Today, the Bloody Mary and its many variations—including Steven’s incredible smoked version—are a popular brunch drink with infinite possibilities for customization.
Still struggling to find the perfect gift for the barbecuer or griller in your life? Look no further than our popular annual gift guide—a timely compilation of cool fuels, tools, and seasonings. Naughty or nice, permission granted to print it out and distribute it to people who might need gift ideas for you. (Or, see below for a heartfelt homemade gifts for BBQ lovers.) Happy Holidays!
Sure, you could give that live-fire cooking-obsessed special person in your life another piece of grill gear. Or a cookbook or barbecue seasonings or a gift certificate to a favorite barbecue joint.
But this year, how about a gift that keeps on giving and the barbecue experience of a lifetime?
We speak, of course, about Steven Raichlen’s Barbecue University™—ranked the #1 barbecue experience by the Food Network.
Project Smoke is the How to Grill of smoking, both a complete step-by-step guide to mastering the gear and techniques and a collection of 100 explosively flavorful recipes for smoking every kind of food, from starters to desserts.
He wouldn’t. He couldn’t. Accompanying these sentiments are a chorus of gasps when I perform one of my favorite party tricks at Barbecue University. I fire up a kettle grill and grab a pint of Haagan Dazs and proceed to smoke the one food you probably never dreamed you could grill: ice cream.
Next to the grill, knives may be the most essential tools for BBQ. Shun is ready with premium high-performance cutlery handcrafted in Japan.
Here it is, our popular annual gift guide—a timely compilation of cool fuels, tools, and seasonings for the favorite barbecuer or griller in your life. Naughty or nice, permission granted to print it out and distribute it to people who might need gift ideas for you. Happy Holidays!
If you’ve been haunting the internet and chat rooms or obsessively going through magazines and cookbooks looking for the ultimate Thanksgiving turkey, relax: Your search is over. One of the most popular recipes ever on our website is Maple-and Bourbon-Brined Smoke-Roasted Turkey, originally published in Steven’s magnum opus, BBQ USA. This bird, brined for flavor and succulence and beautifully burnished with maple syrup and wood smoke, will trigger a tsunami of compliments.
Each November, we post new articles about our favorite food holiday: Thanksgiving. From the best Thanksgiving side dishes on the grill to beer can turkey tips (and even recipes for reusing the much-anticipated leftovers), we’re proud to be a source of Thanksgiving inspiration for readers like you.
