Never has a side dish ever been worthy to be called an entree unto itself.  We sold dozens of Loaded BBQ Spuds at a barbeque contest last fall.  Our creation was a huge Yukon Gold potato (an Idaho spud, of course) with cheese sauce, pulled pork, chopped brisket, a drizzle of Blues Hog BBQ sauce, […]

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The best kind of wood is free wood.  This is true in wood turning and BBQ.  This last fall my wife drove past a neighborhood house that was having a huge sugar maple tree cut down.  The huge logs were laying in the driveway with a sign: Free Maple Wood!  I came home with my […]

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I’ve admitted that I’m not a baker, but every dog has its day. This recipe was the very first I’d ever entered in a dessert category of a large barbeque contest. Lightning definately struck because out of 78 teams, my creation was one of two ‘perfect’ scores that day. Since my score […]

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Okay, this isn’t barbeque I know. I’ve started writing for JustBaking.net. And this will be my first post.
I’m NOT a baker, so this is so odd for me to be posting a recipe in a place called Just Baking. However like any home cook, I have a KitchenAid mixer, Artisan Style. […]

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More important than BBQ or any hobby is family.  This weekend, we were blessed to add another “full time” member to ours.  Christian has been with us for ten months as a foster child.  On Friday, Feb 2 Christian became Christian Barron Johns… my second son.  The adoption was finalized.  Christian’s older brother Michael was […]

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I’ve never been much of a pork spare rib cook. We use baby back ribs exclusively for contest, catering, and for home. But, I need to master this cut once and for all. I thought I’d start with the 2-2-1 method for cooking St. Louis style spare ribs.

It breaks down like this:

2 […]

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