Some Chicago Smoque

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 [...]

So You Thought Your BBQ Went Badly?

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 [...]

Hot Wing-End

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 [...]

A Weekend of Pork

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 [...]

Pulled Pork and Walking On Coals

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 [...]

The Public Grill

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 [...]

Whole Hog at the Farm

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 [...]

Confession from the weekend

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 [...]