Wild Game Recipes: Where to Find the Best (GunsAmerica Hunt365)
Wild game recipes turn venison, elk, and bear into meals worth the hunt. How to cook game, BBQ techniques, and the best recipes from GunsAmerica Hunt365.
Author: Chad Dyer
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Pork Belly Lollipops: The Most Popular Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Technique (2026 Guide)
A deep dive into the most popular pork belly lollipops techniques — classic smoke-and-sauce, the candied “candy apple” method, two-wood smoke profiles, 24-hour salt cure, and hot-honey glaze variations.
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Reverse Sear for Thin Steaks: The Method That Works on Cuts Under 1.5 Inches
Reverse sear works on thin steaks (1–1.5 inches) — just smoke cooler, sear hotter, and pull earlier. The full step-by-step that gives wall-to-wall pink without the overcook.
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5 Sides That Earn Their Place at a Memorial Day Cookout (Tested Against the Classics)
Tested against potato salad, baked beans, watermelon, and corn on the cob over 3 Memorial Day cookouts in 2025: 5 sides that earned the swap. Smoked mac, grilled watermelon salad, burnt-ends beans, smoked deviled eggs, grilled corn esquites.
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Wagyu Burgers on the Grill: How to Cook a $20-Per-Pound Patty Without Wasting It
Wagyu ground is $18–$24/lb. Cook it past medium and the fat that makes it Wagyu renders straight onto the grill. The technique that protects that investment: low handling, simple seasoning, 130°F pull, minimal toppings.
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Bark vs. Crust on Brisket: What’s the Difference (And Which Tells You You’re Cooking Wrong)
Bark and crust on brisket are different things. Bark is dark, flavorful, pliable. Crust is hard and dehydrated. The difference comes from fat cap, smoker temp, and surface moisture.
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Why Pellet Smokers Stall at 165°F (And 4 Fixes That Actually Work)
Pellet smoker stalls at 165°F because the meat is sweating — surface evaporation cools the protein as fast as the smoker heats it. Four fixes: butcher paper, foil, crank the temp, or wait it out.
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Tri-Tip vs. Brisket for Memorial Day Weekend: When Each Wins (2026)
Tri-tip vs. brisket: which one wins for your Memorial Day cookout? The decision matrix — cook time, cost-per-person, group size, skill ceiling — and how to cook each one right.
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How Much Brisket Per Person? The 2026 Memorial Day Math (Plus Ribs, Pork, Tri-Tip, Chicken)
Memorial Day brisket math, in one table: 1/2 lb cooked per adult, 1/4 lb per child, +20% safety. Plus the raw-weight conversion, ribs/pork/chicken/tri-tip portions, and the buy-by-May-20 timeline.
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Spicy Pork Butt Rubs: Top 5 Best Recipes of 2026
Top 5 spicy pork butt rubs of 2026 — best spicy pork butt rub, Memphis Dust rub, Texas pork butt rub, pulled pork rub & spicy pork shoulder rub smoker recipes.
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Brine vs Marinade: When to Use Each for Perfect BBQ
Confused about brining vs marinating for BBQ? Learn exactly when to brine (for juicy chicken & turkey), when to marinate (for killer bark on brisket & ribs), pro recipes, and the science behind both methods.
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6 Best Mashed Potatoes for BBQ (Pitmaster Recipes)
6 legendary mashed potato recipes from real pitmasters: smoked garlic, chile-Oaxaca, crab butter, brown butter-sage, griddle-smashed, and campfire bacon-cheddar. The ultimate BBQ side dish collection.
