Smoked Prime Rib and Holiday Smoking Tips

Welcome to this special edition of the smoking meat newsletter. I sent out a newsletter just last week on smoked appetizers and it went over really well. In fact, I have already recieved quite a few emails from folks who have tried the recipes and love them. Since my newsletter last week, I have recieved so many requests for information on smoked prime rib that I feel compelled to push out this special newsletter Read more [...]

Smoked Appetizers and Party Foods

Hello friends and welcome to this Christmas holiday edition of the smoking meat newsletter. If you're anything like me, you get invited to a few parties around this time of year and it's always expected that you will show up with something of the "smoked" variety. I love doing party hors d'oeuvres on the smoker and in this newsletter I'm going to show you my top 5 things that folks just rave over Read more [...]

Smoking a Ham for Thanksgiving

Hello friends and welcome to part two of the Thanksgiving 2011 Smoking Meat Newsletter. We talked about smoking a turkey last week using a buttermilk brine and this week we are going to discuss ham.. the other traditional holiday meat. When I say smoking a ham, you might think that I mean curing, smoking, hanging in the barn for weeks on end.. but not so. I typically purchase an already cured and cooked ham and after applying Read more [...]

Buttermilk Brined Smoked Turkey for Thanksgiving

Hello everyone and welcome to this special Thanksgiving edition of the smoking meat newsletter. As the tradition would mandate, we are talking about smoking turkey this time and I plan to show you how to make the best smoked turkey you, your friends and your family have ever eaten. My recipes all begin as little ideas in my head, then I have to test it out, make changes, test it again, etc.. so as you can see, quite Read more [...]

Smoked Turkey Legs + Smoking Nuts and Edible Seeds

Hello friends and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter. With Fall upon us and turkey day just around the corner in the USA, thoughts turn toward celebration and all of the fun and food that goes along with that. Fall is sort of the turning point at my house where I start looking forward to the Halloween parties and get togethers, the thanksgiving celebrations and whether we will stay home and have Read more [...]

Smoked Chicken Legs and Thighs

Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter. As the temperatures continue to drop I find myself wanting more and more to be outside knowing fully that this perfect fall weather can not last forever and is just a short interlude before winter settles in. Regardless of how short it may seem, I like to try and make the best of it and for me that's all about spending time outdoors around the Read more [...]

Smoked Pulled Pork and 4 Amazing Recipes for Using It

Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter. I am very excited to share the newsletter with you this time as we celebrate the amazing flavor of smoked pulled pork by using it in some out of the box ways. I have put together a few recipes demonstrating how easy and wonderful it is to use smoked pulled pork in normal recipes and how it tends to take them from ordinary to something quite amazing. From Read more [...]

Smoked Beef Country Style Ribs

Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter where I will be sharing my recipe for smoked beef country style ribs. Most of us are probably somewhat familiar with the pork version of the country style ribs and their fantastic flavor but I would like to introduce you to the less familiar beef version of this cut. These beef country style ribs are not only extremely flavorful and easy to cook but Read more [...]

Labor Day Smoking Meat Tips

Hello friends and welcome to this special edition of the smoking meat newsletter.. so many of you are new to the website as well as new to smoking meat that I thought it prudent to send out a few tips to help some of you have great success with your cooking this coming Monday. I am going to outline the basic steps for smoking the most common Labor Day/holiday foods as well as a few that may not be as common. Read more [...]

Smoked Baby Back Ribs

Hello smoking meat friends! Welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter and I am so excited to be talking about smoked baby back ribs. Smoked ribs are my own personal favorite when it comes to food.. it's my food passion and I am very picky when it comes to the flavor and tenderness of the ribs as well as the method used to cook them. Every time I go to a new barbecue restaurant, I try their ribs Read more [...]

Smoked Shrimp

Hello friends and welcome to this extra special edition of the smoking meat newsletter. I have been wanting to do an article on smoking shrimp for a while and that time is finally here. You will find lots of folks telling you that these should only be grilled or cooked in a very hot stove or grill but I beg to differ. These are so simple to do and so very good.. the only trick is to not overcook them. Thankfully, Read more [...]

Smoked Cornish Hens

Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter. As the days get hotter and hotter here in Oklahoma, I am thinking more and more about what to cook that is quick and easy and does not require me to be outdoors any more than I have to. Couple this line of thinking with my love for smoked cornish hens and you have a recipe for some good eatin' in the making! I ran to the Read more [...]

Smoked Beef Back Ribs

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the smoking meat newsletter. I had a hankering for some smoked beef ribs the other day and I decided to document what I did and make a newsletter out of it. Now when we are talking about beef back ribs, many of you in the smoking meat community know these as dinosaur bones or "dino bones" due to their huge size. You must know that these are a lot of bone and not Read more [...]

Important Smoking Tips for July 4th

Hello and welcome to the special July 4th edition of the smoking meat newsletter. With more than 200 new members per day and the fact that I've received so many great questions about holiday cooking over the last week, I feel compelled to give out a few tips to help some of you newbies have a chance at being really successful with your cooking during this holiday. Barbecue and fireworks just sort of go together Read more [...]

Smoked Pork Tenderloin On the Brinkmann Horizontal Smoker

Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter where I have chosen to show you my method for smoked pork tenderloin and we are using that same Brinkmann horizontal smoker that I used last time for the steaks only this time, I am going to show you a cool way to start the fire. Many folks will tell you that you have to be careful with pork tenderloin to keep it from drying out and they would Read more [...]