Cook with Wes

I’ve been cooking homemade pizzas for a couple months now on the “wood fired pizza attachment” from Green Mountain Grills, which fits perfectly on my RecTeq RT-700 Bull smoker / pellet grill. This is the first time I’ve written down the results of my iterative experiments, however, so I’m hoping this documentation will lead to …

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Yesterday’s Friday night dinner included smoked salmon, shrimp, and a garden salad. This was the first time I’ve cooked both salmon and shrimp skewers using Meat Church BBQ’s All Purpose Rub. Here’s a summary of my cook notes and lessons learned. When cooking fish and seafood, I think it’s best to cook at a high …

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Last night I originally thought I would just grill out (smoke on the pellet smoker) some chicken. Watching our AI powered “recent highlights” album from Google Photos on our bedroom Chromecast-powered TV, however, I saw a photo of a past shish kabob cook. This inspired the thought, “I can cook that tonight!” We LOVE enjoying …

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This is one of our favorite (and most delicious) ways to enjoy leftover brisket!

Last night and this morning I smoked an “overnight brisket,” with a 10 pound Costco prime brisket and Clark Crew BBQ Jack’d Rub. The brisket turned out great, and may be my most pronounced smoke ring on a brisket ever (since it smoked before the wrap a full 7 hours) but I think I actually …

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Tonight‘s culinary experiment turned out exceptionally well, exceeding my expectations. I modified a recipe for “sweet pepper nachos.” Instead of tortilla chips, I spread sliced sweet peppers on a foil covered cookie sheet. I sautéed two chopped jalapeños along with half a poblano pepper, added lean ground beef and taco seasoning. I layered that mixture …

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I cooked chicken wings this afternoon for Saturday lunch. This is becoming a relatively frequent favorite. I used Costco’s Wings, which include 6 packages, and cooked two of the packages, which makes a good amount for 2 or 3 hungry people. (Rachel and I ate almost all of them.) I have not yet tried the …

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Grilled pork chops tonight smoked on the RecTeq RT-700, and my first time ever to smoke a butternut squash. This was the recipe I modified for the squash. Both turned out pretty good, ideally I would’ve taken the pork chops off about 10 or 15 minutes earlier. They were a little drier than they need …

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