In The Danger Zone: May 28th, 2011 - Greenwich Town Party “Grill Off”.

No Recipes!

No recipes you say? YES, No Recipes!

If there are more than four ingredients for anything, I won’t do it. And if there are less than 3 or 4 ingredients, that can’t be much of a recipe.
In my mind, things that you already have and use all the time like salt & pepper, butter/oil, ketchup and mustard don’t count. Things like brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder etc. do count because you don’t use them all the time. This way I can keep it simple and easy so that I am more inclined not to shy away from grilling something I would be afraid of messing up. I love watching Steve Raichlen on TV but I have to scratch my head when I see him line up 17 pinch bowls of stuff for a mop sauce.

So, with no, or minimal recipes to think about, I can grill just about anything and everything and relax and enjoy the therapeutic Zen feeling one gets when embracing this culture.

- Dangerous Dave

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

May 28th, 2011 - Greenwich Town Party “Grill Off”.

1st Place - “Smoke In Da Eye” Competition BBQ Team: Greenwich Town Party “Grill Off”. A Sanctioned IBCA Event.

This past May 28th, my good friend Clint Cantwell, editor of Kingsford Charcoal's web site "Grilling.com" invited me to be a guest member of his award winning grilling team “Smoke In Da Eye” for a "People's Choice" barbecue contest.

With this awesome menu, the 7 other teams never had a chance.

The "Smoke In Da Eye" crew prepared and served 50 racks of Cherry Smoked Babyback ribs and 30 Apple and Balsamic vinegar rosted chickens for 400 sliders.

Participating with Clint and being part of the well oiled machine that is the Smoke In Da Eye Competition BBQ Team was exhilarating and exciting beyond my wildest expectations. I firmly believe that the People’s Choice format was a big reason for this. I could tell that the baby back ribs were perfect just by feeling them with the first handful I grabbed to put on the plates. That fact that we ran out of food first, spoke volumes to me at the time and I knew for sure that we would win.