Our own Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub is now for sale. This is the same competition rub used by us on chicken. It has helped us win several top 10 finishes in chicken including a 1st place the very first time we used the rub. Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub earned a 2nd place […]

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Ingredients

1 pound plum tomatoes, halved and seeds removed
Cooking oil
1/4 cup canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, undrained (about 1/4 of a 7-ounce can)
2 tablespoons snipped fresh oregano
1 tablespoon bottled minced roasted garlic
3/4 cup honey
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt

Directions
Place tomato halves, cut sides down, on a […]

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Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup passion fruit nectar
• 1/4 cup peanut oil
• 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
• […]

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This weekend, Randy and I worked with dozens of other cookers to prepare 10,000 lbs. of Pork Butts for local food pantries. After the evening meal, there was a raffle which raised a couple thousand dollars for the charity: Kookers Kare. Plowboys BBQ donated two gallons of sauce and six “gift pots”. […]

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On the back of every spare or babyback rib is a membrane.  A great debate in BBQ is whether to remove the membrane or not.  Most cooks remove it believing that it allows spice and smoke to penetrate the underside of the rib rack.  Many restaurants won’t remove the skin.  Is this to save time?
Recently, […]

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Anyone associated with or around competition barbecue has heard of Lotta Bull BBQ.  Mike and Debbie Davis are currently the most prolific team in the country.  In 2006, they were Grand Champions at 16 contests including the $75,000 Championship BBQ Series on the Versus network.  In 9 other contests, they were Reserve Grand Champions.  Lotta […]

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This last weekend I took a road trip from Kansas City to Lynchburg, Tennessee with my brother in law and cooking parter, Randy. Lynchburg is the infamous home of the Jack Daniel’s distillery. I picked up a great cookbook called Cooking with Jack. As my wife thumbed through it, she kept exclaiming, […]

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Pointe of Hope church is planning a special Friendship Sunday, on April 1st at 9:20am. Members of Pointe of Hope are extending invitations to the community, friends, neighbors, and relatives to have a smoked BBQ lunch at the church on April 1st, 2007. The meat will be grilled and prepared by the award winning team  […]

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Randy and I just returned at 3am on Sunday morning from Lynchburg, Tennessee. Mike and Debbie Davis of Lotta Bull BBQ put on an excellent class. At the end, Randy and I received our Doctorate of Bullology from Mike Davis. Its now 4am and I need to get some sleep. I’ll […]

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Stopped by Joe’s Cajun Market for the first time this week and found these custom burgers. The Big Mama is bacon wrapped ground chuck with cajun seasoning.  Had them for Sunday dinner and served again for guests the following Friday night.  They were big hits with everyone.

The Big Daddy is the same burger with […]

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