Burgerquest: Making the Perfect Hamburger
Back in the heady post-high school days, before I was worried about anything beyond having as much fun as possible at all times, I spent a few summers working as a cook. I started out working seafood,...
View ArticleGrilltop Smoker Box: Waste of Time or Path to Nirvana?
Regular readers of The Meatist probably know that I don’t own a smoker, for which I am deeply ashamed. And while I’d love to get my mitts on a review model of the 18.5″ Weber Smokey Mountain that I...
View ArticleIt’s A Bacon Explosion Kind of Holiday
“What the hell are you doing?” Joanna, my wife, had just come home and was staring at me like I was doing something very, very wrong. I didn’t see it that way though. “Don’t look at me like that; a man...
View ArticleSteaks: Make Them Right. Please.
I’ve written before that men are supposed to be able to cook meat, and that not being able to cook a burger is, in some circles, the equivalent of wearing a t-shirt with “I’m impotent” printed on it....
View ArticleBodum Fyrkat Charcoal Grill Review
First, a confession: I’ve been using a gas grill for quite a while. I think the switch from a charcoal grill came some time shortly after I had kids, and the entire “let’s throw something on the grill...
View ArticleKingsford Charcoal: Aptly Named
The King First of all, you should know I’m not a “Match Light” guy. I like to use charcoal lit via lighter fluid like my dad, and probably his dad before him, did because it’s all part of the process...
View ArticleLas Brisas Skirt Steak Part II – The Grilling
Look at these babies go. Meat moments away... So if you’ve been with me thus far, you know I hit a local Spanish market, Las Brisas, to pick up some fresh-cut skirt steak from the butcher, and...
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