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Smoked carrot steaks are the surprise plant-based BBQ entrée of 2026 — slow-cooked over hardwood until the sugars caramelize and the bark eats remarkably like brisket. Recipe with bourbon-maple glaze plus three variations.
Ten easy things to grill that are not burgers or hot dogs, most of them done in under fifteen minutes over direct heat. None of these need a smoker, a long cook or special equipment. What they do need is the confidence to put something unfamiliar over fire, which is most of the barrier. Into…
Burn off at 500°F, let it cool, scrub, then oil the grate. Four steps, about fifteen minutes, and it is the difference between food sticking and not. Nobody enjoys this job, which is why most people put it off until the grate is genuinely bad. Done after each cook it takes minutes; left for a…
A grill basket solves one problem: food too small or too delicate to sit on the grates. Vegetables, shrimp and fish fillets are the three it earns its keep on. It does not do anything a grate cannot, it just stops the food falling through or breaking apart when you turn it. Preheat it with…
Crisp skin on grilled wings comes from three things: a brine, drying them properly afterwards, and finishing them over direct heat. Brisket is a long cook and a steak is a fast one, but neither is as easy to get wrong as a wing. Soggy skin is the usual outcome and it is nearly always…
Cookies on a grill sounds like a stunt and is not. On a soaked plank over indirect heat they pick up smoke that an oven cannot give them. Which is the case for bacon chocolate chip cookies. Except, hold up, there is! When you grill these bad boys low and slow, you get that smoky,…
10 Badass Creative BBQ Recipes to Wow Your Crowd Ten recipes that are not burgers, ribs or brisket: porchetta, lamb kleftiko, grilled gumbo and seven more worth the effort. Here are 10 Creative BBQ Recipes for anyone whose cookouts have settled into a rut. They range from Italian porchetta to grilled gumbo, and…
Small potatoes, baked whole, hollowed and refilled. Call them mini stuffed baked potatoes or mini baked potatoes stuffed; both names are in use and neither is wrong. They are the most reliable thing you can put on a table next to barbecue, because they can be assembled ahead and finished at the last minute. Make…
Trimming is not preparation for the cook; it is part of it. Hard fat will not render in twelve hours, and an uneven fat cap will cook unevenly no matter how well you manage the fire. Twenty minutes with a sharp knife decides more about the result than most of what happens afterwards. Spend a…
