We had a lovely Thanksgiving day and dinner yesterday here in Matthews, North Carolina. This was the second year I’ve smoked our turkey outside on my RecTeq RT-700 Bull smoker. In this post, I’ll document the recipes and cooking techniques I used which yielded yummy results I’d love to replicate again! If you try any …
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Log: Birthday Steaks with Meater Thermometer
Saturday night we celebrated (early) our son’s 25th birthday, and I cooked some filet mignon steaks as well as ribeyes. According to my wife, these were the best filets I’ve ever cooked for her, and that is her favorite steak, so this was a home run. (For the record, I think everyone who opted for …
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Log: Pulled Pork with Stubbs Smokey Mesquite
Today’s pulled pork turned out delicious. Nine hours on the smoke, started at 6:30 AM. Forgot to mix molasses with yellow mustard as my standard binder. Cooked the 5 pound pork shoulder initially (naked without a wrap) longer than I normally would have, so it only cooked in foil a couple hours. Removed from the …
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Log: Perfectly Cooked Salmon
I cooked salmon on the grill along with asparagus tonight. Both turned out virtually perfect. “Perfect Salmon” (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer I preheated the RecTeq RT-700 Bull smoker to 400 degrees while I was shopping tonight, which gave it about 30 minutes to come up to temperature. At Sprouts Grocery I purchased a full fillet of …
Log: Smoker Pizza
Heating up a frozen pizza does not qualify as “cooking” for some people, but we’ve been experiencing with both homemade pizzas and store-bought frozen pizzas as a quick after-church Sunday lunch for a few months. Results have been good, so I’ll document and share what we’ve been doing and like the best now. Costco has …
Log: Breakfast Quiche Remix
I love to cook and eat quiche for breakfast, and have used several recipes over the years. The recipes “Bacon, Egg & Cheese Quiche,” “Christine’s Quiche,” and “Quiche Montezuma” are three recipes I got from my mother years ago and have tried. Today’s quiche is a combination of ideas from several of these, using bacon, …
Log: New Year’s Brisket Jalapeño Poppers
Smoking a brisket as I did yesterday can have wonderful ripple effects and ancillary benefits. Brisket scrambled eggs and brisket jalapeño poppers are two of my favorite recipes to cook with leftover brisket. Tonight’s poppers were definitely the best I’ve ever cooked personally, so I wanted to be sure and document some of the details …
Log: Christmas Eve Fondue
Our Christmas Eve fondue dinner turned out delicious. Generally we go out for Chinese food on Christmas Eve, and have cheese fondue later in the vacation, but this year is different. We decided to have a “meat cooking fondue” with our traditional “Yodelers Cheese Fondue,”and my mom came through with a great recipe to cook …
Log: Gospel Deviled Eggs
Tonight I made some customized changes to the “Classic Deviled Eggs” recipe. Since one of my primary new ingredients is “Meat Church’s All Purpose Gospel Rub,” I’m calling these, “Gospel Deviled Eggs.” They’re GOOD! "Gospel Deviled Eggs" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer The hardest part of making deviled eggs for me is buying the eggs at least …
Log: Smoked Chicken Wings
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 …
