This weekend’s America’s Test Kitchen episode had skillet pot pie (mine is better cause I use pie crusts and not biscuits) and tamale pie. Never made a tamale pie. Never had a tamale pie… until tonight.

Saute one small onion, diced
Stir in two tablespoons of chili powder (New Mexico Hot, which isn’t really hot […]

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I learned the basic recipe from a local market that sells a similar “twice baked” potato by the hundreds each week. My variation is a “Twice Porked” potato because it has bacon and smoked, pulled pork in the filling. Here’s the recipe.
Cook your potato until nearly done. Cut in half lengthwise and hull into two […]

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83 Teams
8th Overall
6th Pork

Eight seems to be our lucky number. Platte City, Des Moines, Columbia, and now Laurie were our lucky eighth place finish. Our only other top 5 finish this year was 7th at Warrensburg. I guess we got a little carried away there and blew our streak. Laurie was […]

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This is a great gift idea for the barbeque enthusiast. The Pork Pullin Plowboys are featured on February 7th of the 2008 desk calendar. You can get it at BBQCalendar.com.

Over the last decade, barbecue has exploded from a regional delicacy to a nationwide food phenomenon. “Southern-style” barbecue restaurants populate every major U.S. city. The […]

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36 Teams
3rd Dessert
3rd Cook’s Choice
3rd Pork

The WildBlue BBQ was held on July 20-21.  This was a solo contest for me, so I tried to keep it as low key as possible.  A little hot and humid, but nothing for a typical mid July day in central Kansas.  Despite a brief Friday shower that dumped an […]

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