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February 4, 2025

Super Bowl Recipes

Super Bowl Snack Recipes!
January 24, 2025

Maple Honey Habanero Wings

Smoked wings are always on my list when it comes to cooking for a crowd. Here is my recipe for a simple, but super delicious chicken wing, smoked on the new Asmoke Essentials Pellet Grill.
January 19, 2025

Mojo Steak Sandwich

This recipe is a play on two Cuban sandwiches- the Cubano and the Pan Con Bistec. While it is inspired by these sandwiches, it loses some of it’s traditional elements by replacing the Pan Cubano (Cuban sandwich bread) with Ciabatta.
December 17, 2024

Christmas with Schmidt Bros Knives

Cooking Christmas dinner can get a little crazy, so here are a few of my favorite recipes that you can enjoy this Christmas season.
November 17, 2024

Thanksgiving with Schmidt Bros Knives

Is cooking Thanksgiving dinner, always a drag? Want to enjoy the preparation, not just the final meal? The best way to make cooking more enjoyable and more fun this Thanksgiving, is to have the right tool, for the right job.
November 1, 2024

Thanksgiving made easy with Wild Fork Foods

Thanksgiving can be one of the most challenging meals of the year. The stakes are high, there are lots of mouths to feed and everything needs to be finished at just the right time. Luckily, Wild Fork Foods makes it easy. In this post, I run through all of the recipes you need, to have an amazing Thanksgiving meal with your family-without all the hard work.
October 18, 2024

Osso Bucco with Wild Fork Foods

Osso Bucco—this is one of those dishes that reminds you why simplicity can be so satisfying. It's not about showing off, it's about taking basic, humble ingredients and turning them into something that blows your mind.
September 4, 2024

Competition BBQ for First Timers

Competition BBQ is a very different animal than backyard style barbecue. If you want to do well at your first BBQ competition, this article has some info that can help.
August 27, 2024

Easy Summer BBQ Recipes with Wild Fork Foods

Summer is the best time to share great times and great food with your friends and family-and it's made even better and much easier, with the help of Wild Fork Foods.
July 22, 2024

Idaho BBQ Association, Amateur Competition Rules

Idaho BBQ Association, Amateur Competition Rules.
July 14, 2024

Italian Beef Sandwich

The Italian beef sandwich—a true icon of Chicago's street food scene, born from Italian culinary roots but unmistakably American in its brashness. Picture this: shredded roast beef, piled high on a crusty Italian roll. It's a symphony of flavors—garlic, oregano, and pepper infusing every bite with a robust, meaty essence.
May 19, 2024

Best Deviled Eggs Recipe

Having people over and need a quick, delicious snack or starter? You can’t go past this ultra simple and insanely delicious deviled egg recipe. From start to finish, you can get these eggs done in less than 30 minutes.
March 11, 2024

Pineapple Salsa

I love this Pineapple Salsa Recipe. It is simple, is super bright and fresh and really elevates whatever you choose to serve it with.
March 10, 2024

Taco Recipes

When it comes to Taco's, the options are limited only by your imagination. This list includes some of my favorite Taco recipes.
March 10, 2024

Fried Pork Belly Tacos

There isn't much better in life, than biting into a piece of pork belly that has super crisp and crunchy skin, sitting atop juicy, flavorful meat...Unless it is wrapped in a flour tortilla and smothered with fresh, delicious toppings.
March 10, 2024

Smoked Birria Tacos

For some reason, Birria never made it’s way to New Zealand, so it wasn’t something I enjoyed growing up. It wasn’t until I moved to the US, that Birria became something I looked forward to, and now it’s one of my regular choices when eating out at a spot that makes authentic Mexican food.
March 10, 2024

Carne Asada Tacos

Carne Asada is one of my favorite things and so I worked on a recipe for a long time, until I had, what in my mind-is the ultimate Carne Asada recipe.
January 19, 2024

AutoIgnite 545 Review

Masterbuilt is changing the game once again by adding digital temperature technology from their Masterbuilt Gravity Fed series, to charcoal grilling. Here is my review of the AutoIgnite 545.