There are lots of choices out there. Here are some of my favorites.
Featured Recipes
There are a few secrets to making sure your pork chops are juicy, tender, and delicious.
What's better than steak? Smoked steak, with red smoke hues and delicious, bacon-like flavors.
This recipe gets you 90% of the flavor with a lot less work, time, and calories.
The combination of easy, inexpensive, (reasonably) healthy and yummy is why we eat more smoked chicken thighs than anything else.
Featured Cooking Tools
Avoid over or under-cooking food, without having to hover over the barbecue grill. Smoke monitors food temperature and sounds the alarm on your wireless receiver up to 300 feet away when it's done.
After 2 1/2 years of owning a pellet smoker, I am totally addicted. I use it about 3 times a week to cook dinner, and it's so easy, I rarely use our normal gas grill any more. I'll explain below why a pellet smoker might be a nice addition to your life, and get into specifics about the Green Mountain Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett pellet grills.
If I could only have one tool for cooking, the ThermoWorks Thermapen MK4 food thermometer would be it. Considering how much money we spend on meat and seafood, $80-100 for this tool is a great value. Nothing else I have seen gives you the same accuracy and near-instantaneous readings.
Featured Garage and Basement
Companies specializing in encapsulation use scare tactics and advertising to sell their premium-priced approaches ranging from $10,000 to $20,000. I found a much cheaper approach to encapsulation - about $3000 using existing plastic sheeting and some of my own labor.
A full pegboard wall turned the ugliest wall in my basement into an attractive, useful storage solution.
The ability to change your storage setup in seconds, plus superior strength, efficiency, and attractive design, make this system well worth a little extra effort up front during installation.
A truly decadent and delicious rack of lamb.