In The Danger Zone: "What does BBQ Mean to you?"...

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

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"What does BBQ Mean to you?"...

My good friend Tom "Big Butz BBQ" Porter, the Mad Scientist of the "Q", who does his fabulous grilling in Northwestern Wisconsin, recently expressed his feelings
on the subject most close to our grilling hearts in this post at BBQ Backyard.com.

Tom does it all and has a bunch of trophies to prove it, but what I love about him is his fearless approach to trying anything and everything one could think of, for the grill.
His bacon scotch egg caught my attention right away.