Archive for: March 2007

(1) Texas Barbecue Sauce - This is a sweet and spicy sauce that uses ketchup as its base ingredient. Texas barbecue starts with beef and usually ends with beef.

(2) Memphis Barbecue Sauce - Not as sweet or spicy as Texas sauce, Memphis sauce usually includes tomatoes and vinegar as its base ingredients. It is also a thinner sauce. Ribs are Memphis’ favorite cut of meat to barbecue.

(3) Carolina Barbecue Sauce - Within the Carolinas, barbecue can actually be broken down into three distinct regions of sauces. Pork shoulder or butt is king of all the Carolina barbecue meats.

(4) Alabama Barbecue Sauce - One of the more unusual sauces, this is “white” and uses mayonnaise as its base ingredient. This is used on chicken, turkey, or pork.

(5) Kansas City Barbecue Sauce - This is a thick, red sauce. Kansas City barbecue uses a lot of sauce on many different kinds of meat. Pork and beef the most common types of meat in Kansas City.

A two-burner gas grill will do the job and bigger is not better, unless you have 7 or 8 kids. A smaller to medium size gas grill is fine.

Skip the glass see through window, as it soon stains badly from smoke and you can’t see through it. A side burner is a great option but not necessary. I find I seldom use it.

  Well, I know that despite the fact I     have been telling you all winter to continue to barbecue, many of you have been slacking and waiting for the weather to break.

I don’t want you to feel bad but this is my 3 year old grandson cooking out in 20 degree temperature grilling steaks. Talk about a real man barbecuing! Do you feel kinda wimpy now?

Get the grill cleaned up. It’s a good time to replace the old briskets and clean out the old drippings. Fill up the propane tank.

When you go out and finally do start to grill again, you want it to go smoothly.

I think grilling a good hotdog is tougher than cooking a nice, juicy steak.

 Hotdogs are easy to burn, I mean crispy burn, especially when grilling them alongside burgers. So you have to be a little careful.

 My grandson loves to girll hotdogs and, since he is 3, these are what I prefer when he is helping. A lot less flareup and I can keep the heat down some.

I like Ballpark Hotdogs. They swell and plump up - and I always turn the section that broke open onto the grill so the inside gets cooked some. My preference - I think hotdogs are best when thotoughly cooked.

Hey - they are cheap and taste good. So keep an eye on them and you should be fine. When I cook them with burgers, I try to put them away from the heat so as not to burn.

Are you getting hungry yet?