R.B. got to be today’s lucky food segment guy on Nashville’s Channel 5 Talk of the Town with the effervescent Lelan Statom. It’s TOTT’s first time back on the air since the first of May flooding in Nashville. With a newsroom that had been under water, Channel Fivers worked out of halls, closets, corners. The [...]
R.B. Goes Live With Cheater Fork Chops
May 11, 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 [...]
February 23, 2010
We haven’t pulled whole hog since the Harton Brothers’ Jocelyn Hollow roast in ’97. Funny thing is that Mindy and I both helped pull that hog on plywood tables in the back yard, but I don’t remember seeing her, close as she was. Staying up all night with Winn Harton probably had something to do [...]
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 [...]
October 26, 2009
And Number One in Meats, too!!! Woo-Hoo!!! All this thanks to Lynne Rossetto Kasper who re-played our Cheater BBQ segment from The Splendid Table this weekend on NPR stations across the country. Click here to catch R.B. on The Show for People Who Love to Eat in case the first and second round weren’t quite [...]
September 29, 2009
Our man Philip rocked out the old year and into a new decade with a Cheater BBQ birthday party this past March. Philip comes from an old Boones Mill, Virginia, clan who strongly believe that good eating is essential for family togetherness. R.B. and I traveled to Raleigh, NC, where Philip now lives to help [...]
August 17, 2009
After a few years of cheating stuff I think the single best thing about the Cheater oven approach to ribs is that when I find ribs on sale as I did this week, I can just go for it without a thought. No worries about having enough time to run the smoker. No worries about [...]
May 24, 2009
Get your Dad or any Caring Adult that’s made difference in your life a copy of Cheater BBQ for Father’s Day. It’s cheap, fun to read, and extremely useful. No more ties, please, please. Cheat and have more fun with the kids! There’s plenty of time for a spin through Leiper’s Fork. You’ll be back [...]
May 13, 2009
Make the best ribs you’ve EVER, EVER had.
Get tips for making perfect skillet cornbread. It's the only bread to serve with summer fresh vegetable suppers. 
