Friday, June 29, 2012

Teriyaki Smoked Back Ribs

As I've mentioned before, it's kind of difficult to find a recipe that works really well, and then ignore it completely to try something new. The BBQ ribs I make are great. I love them, my family enjoys them, and even the 5 year old neighbor kid says 'I like Sean's ribs.' But it would be a really boring blog if all I did was post the handful of recipes that I like and didn't venture away from them. So here is an adventure: Teriyaki smoked pork ribs.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Smoked Chicken


Yes meat fans. It's here. The day has arrived to have some smoked chicken.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Kamado Pizza

Hello all grillers and soon-to-be grillers. I'm normally a meatatarian,as much as one can be today anyway. Not that I don't like breads and pastas and veggies, but meat has to be on the plate. But in the hopes of enlightening some folks who might think a charcoal kamado or other barbeque is just for cooking steaks on once a week, I present to you tonight's supper menu, spoiled only a little by the blog title: Pizza.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

BBQ Back Ribs

I'd love to share with you my smoked chicken success story, but I have no pictures to do the story justice, so I'm going to start with BBQ ribs. Why ribs? Because they are in the refrigerator right now covered in my dry rub and getting themselves psyched up for the smoke flavor I am about to treat them with. That's why.

Welcome

Welcome to the Kamado Connection. Yup. Brand new blog. Blog about Kamado grills. BBQ. Smoking meats. Ok, now I'm hungry again...

But seriously. Thanks for stopping by. I plan to keep this blog up to date with different recipes, discovered or shared, and tips and tricks to use with any brand of Kamado style grill/smoker. I also plan to share my failures and successes with you (the stories... not the food.)

Let's start right off by giving you the low down on my situation. My brother-in-law has my family over for a wonderful meal perhaps a month ago now, cooked in his very own kamado grill, and it was delicious. I had seen these large and expensive cookers in the stores and often thought they would make a wonderful companion to a world class gas bbq. I had been the owner of a small propane bbq for a few years now, and have had no problems with the quality and convenience. The gas bbq would offer me the advantage of no propane bottles, and depending on the model of bbq, probably a rotisserie and more powerful flame to cook with.
However, after the wonderful flavor and smoky goodness that emerged from my brother-in-law's kamado, I was convince that it would be my next purchase. So I found one on sale, and bought it, and haven't looked back. Well, maybe looked back once or twice, at my propane bbq, soon to be up for sale on kijiji.
I have owned the kamado (Vision Grills Kamado Pro) for almost a month, and the ongoing question in my house has changed from: What should we have for supper tonight? to: What are we barbequing for supper tonight?
I have had success with everything from steak, to fish to pizza. Chicken, beef jerky, ribs... its all fair game in the kamado.
So here is to tasty, smoky, kamado cooked food from now on.