The New York Times has acknowledged oven ribs! Thank you. We’re delighted that food scientist and author Harold McGee has come out as a cheater. In the midst of the barbecue myth and mystery, here’s another myth buster who’s figured out that the foolproof low and slow method for tender, juicy, moist pork ribs [...]
Harold McGee is an Oven Rib Cheater
July 1, 2010
June 4, 2010
R.B. is well-known for overdoing everything the hard way. Gives him some sort of bone-weary sick pleasure. He’s all about his own aches and pains index. If he’s not sore the next morning, yesterday was a bust. Must be why he so enjoys hauling and chopping wood, tending a smoker all night… So why would [...]
May 20, 2010
It’s easier to get in the flow of creative work when you have the right tools and plenty of stuff to play around with. Think of the florist whose creativity is made possible by all the greenery, vases, and flowers within reach. Cooking is the same way. A well-stocked pantry and fridge full of leftovers [...]
April 24, 2010
The smoky boil continues to top our list of liquid smoke uses. The aroma in the kitchen makes us think that my uphill neighbor Roger has a fire going. No joke. Liquid smoke is the real deal and fantastic in this application. This smoky eggplant II is a simple mash of smoke boiled eggplant, olive [...]
April 15, 2010
Friends, join us for a Cheater BBQ presentation at the Alabama Book Festival this weekend, Saturday, April 17, at noon. We’ll be serving mini (half-hot dog bun) Cheater BBQ pulled pork sandwiches. Today, I’m making a batch of Nashville Crossroads BBQ Sauce and Cheater BBQ Slaw. R.B.’s got the Ultimate Cheater Pulled Pork ready to [...]
April 12, 2010
April 7, 2010
Here we go again, another stove top smoker story about how we can all make barbecue in the kitchen with one of these boxy contraptions. Oooooh, it’s so much easier than outdoor barbecue! Do you really want to store one of these things in the kitchen? You can’t even fit the soccer balls in [...]
March 27, 2010
Finally a noted food journalist, Regina Schrambling, whose byline we’ve read everywhere from the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times and in all kinds of food magazines, has come clean on her love of liquid smoke in this recent story about oven beef brisket. She even goes as far as calling liquid smoke [...]
February 17, 2010
Like we’ve been screaming since 2008, the key to making your own great indoor barbecue is not liquid smoke, BUT the permission to allow yourselves to open a bottle and use it! We swear the Cheater BBQ movement had something to do with this Alabama sighting. The folks at Colgin know that one little 4.5 [...]
February 3, 2010
RB’s buddy Tim threw a belated 13th birthday sleepover for his son George. Here’s how it went down. Few Days Before the Party RB: Dude, what are you feeding the boys? Tim: I don’t know man, something on the grill. Burgers maybe. RB: Dude, let’s make them some ribs. Tim: Ribs, man? You sure? Isn’t [...]
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