Take a look at the well used cast iron griddle above.  Hundreds if not thousands of pancakes got cooked on that griddle.  Some cooked on a propane camp stove and some over an open campfire.  As a Scoutmaster for a Boy Scout troop I took ...

The Shed’s not a fancy restaurant, as a matter of fact, it’s not a restaurant at all….it’s a full fledged JOINT….The Shed is an Experience, a Destination to enjoy. ShedHeds bring their families, sit around the bonfires, hug their kids, a...

Social Media can be a huge time vacuum. If you’re not careful you can sit down for a quick visit to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or any other of the popular social media venues and before you know it you’ve spent way to much ...

Print Arizona Ranch Beans Author: Larry Gaian @BBQGrail Recipe Type: Side Dish Serves: 8 Servings   Ingredients 1½ pounds chuck steak, cubed 1 pound dried navy beans 1½ teaspoon salt 6 cups water ½ teas...

Tim Byres is the chef and owner of the restaurants Smoke and Chicken Scratch in Dallas, Texas. Food & Wine named him "Best New Chef of the Southwest" in 2011 and "The People’s Best New Chef" in 2012. He has been featured in Southern Livi...

I'm looking for the 101 BBQ joints that everyone should try and dine at before they die.  Do you have a favorite BBQ joint? I'm talking about the one or two places that you turn to with some regularity.  Now is your chance to let the wor...

In the South, barbecue is king. Barbecue grills are ubiquitous fixtures in backyards across the region, and every Southerner looks forward to the "firing-up" season. This book is a follow up to the best-selling The Big Book of BBQ and is...

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I can hear the questions, "You're reviewing the side-burner?  What's up with that?"  It seems a little crazy doesn't it?  I've got this brand new gas grill that I'm writing about and all I want to talk about so far is the packing materia...

The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its seeds are high in protein. It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes: 7,500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East. Other common ...