Over the weekend a few of us from BlogNQue went to Chicago to watch the Cubs play the tail spinning Cardinals. It was pure luck that the Cubs clinched the division on Saturday which made the trip even more fun. If the police are on ATV’s in Wrigleyville, you know good times are to be [...]
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Just out of curiosity I was doing some news related searches involving barbeque and came across some gems that I thought would share with everyone. Think of this as a warning to those who thought backyard barbequeing was innocent and safe. You’ve been warned.
Ashes from company barbecue started Portland fire. Fairly innocent. So a few [...]
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So let me get this straight. Kentucky Fried Chicken enters the National Buffalo Wing Festival in New York and wins. According to the judges at the event, KFC’s Honey BBQ sauce is some seriously good stuff. Better than 185 other restaurants as a matter of fact.
Really? Last time I checked KFC was serving food poisoning [...]
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With the oncoming Fall season as well as the first real good weekend of football coming (I just love to watch the overpaid convicts with tattoos) I figured I would get the smokers going again.
The majority of what I cook ends up being pork. This weekend was no different. My kids have been [...]
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With the little lady going out for her Bachelorette Party with the rest women in the ‘hood, I decided to cook up a pork shoulder in the WSM for the dudes. Ten hours decimated the collagen structure in the meat and turned this shoulder into the best pulled pork I’ve ever had. Yeah, I’m a [...]
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When living in an apartment without a deck the options for grilling are limited. Most nights I’ve resigned myself to boiling hot dogs and frying burgers in a pan. Since it was Labor Day weekend and I had a strong desire for some legit BBQ I made the tough decision to use the public grills [...]
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We are back from the farm and feeling the effects of the 100 foot slip and slide. There are parts of my body that are sore that I didn’t know I had.
We arrived on Friday at around 6:00. We quickly set up our tent and got the pooch acclimated to her new surroundings. Since we [...]
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Ok to the 3 of you readers out in BlogNQue land…I have to get this out.
I’m not proud of it…and even had my kids present when I did this unspeakable act. I even did it with an audience and I’m sure I will pay, somewhere, somehow for my sin…(if there even is such [...]
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There is no better way to celebrate the “workingmen’s holiday” than by firing up the grill and kicking back with a frosty one. I did a quick search and found some information about the holidy from the U.S. Department of Labor’s website and figured I would post it. See - and you thought BlogNQue was [...]
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Since we are responsible for bringing lunchmeat sandwiches for 20+ people this weekend I went to Costco last night to stock up. While there I figured I would pickup more of my favorite lump charcoal made by the Original Charcoal Company. Here is a review of it from the Naked Whiz.
Unfortunately, the only brand they [...]
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