Thursday 23 August 2012

Grilled Banana Split Recipe!



Ingredients

·       4 Ripe Bananas
·       Brown Sugar
·       Honey
·       Caramel
·       Walnuts
·       Vanilla Ice Cream

Optional Ingredients

·       4oz Crown Royal
·       4oz Pure Maple Syrup

Directions:

1. Pre-heat your BBQ and Grillgrates to 350 Degrees Fahrenheit;

2. Slice your 4 Banana's length-wise but leave the skin on;


3. Cook you slice Banana's cut side down for 5 minutes I preffer using Grillgrates to cook them;


4. Flip the Banana's and drizzle some Brown sugar on the cut side and put a bead of honey on them;






5. Cook for approximately 5 minutes till the honey and brown sugar is caramelized;


6. Removed from grill and let them cool for a minute or two;


7. Remove the banana peels;

8. Place pieces of the banana's in bottom of bowls and top with Vanilla ice cream, Caramel, and Walnuts;






Optional for adults:

Mixed 4oz maple syrup and 4oz of Crown Royal and use this mixture instead of Caramel.

Monday 20 August 2012

The Art of Southern Barbecue Demonstration

The CANADIAN SOUTHERN BBQ ASSOCIATION
& BONEHEADS BBQ

*** NEWS RELEASE ***
Smokin’ Atlantic Canada
Or
The Art of Southern Barbecue

What: A demonstration of the finer arts of cooking REAL SOUTHERN STYLE BBQ, especially for competition, and conversation with cooks, judges, & contest administrators

When: Saturday, August 25th, 11a.m. -- 4 p.m.

Where: The Parkette at Barrington Street and Inglis Rd., Halifax, NS (beside Boneheads BBQ Restaurant)

Who: Officials of the Canadian Southern Barbecue Association; the owner of Boneheads Barbecue Restaurant, and you -- backyard cooks; wannabe cooks; people interested in competition know-how; media and more.

Why: To get ready for Atlantic Canada’s first barbecue cooking contest!

Barbecue, a uniquely Southern American style of cooking -- more a lifestyle to some -- is catching on in Canada. More people are grilling, smoking and barbecuing (yes, there are differences: come learn!) and wanting to learn the finer points. Competitions are huge in the U.S.; you see them on TV regularly, it seems. They are growing in other parts of Canada, and efforts are underway to create a barbecue cooking competition in Nova Scotia -- the Atlantic Canada championship. It has a name: Maritime Meat Mayhem.
Many locally want to learn and check out what they need to know as they get ready to cook. The CSBBQA will show you the fine points of preparing for a contest; the time and money commitments as well as how to judge barbecue and what judges are looking for.
For more information, contact: 
Cindy Wheatley @ 902-407-4100 

Mike Callaghan, Pres. CSBBQA mike.c@csbbqa.com 
Cindy Wheatley, Boneheads BBQ getsmokin@meatmayhem.com
Harley Bloom, CSBBQA Harley.b@csbbqa.com
Dave Carr, Head judge, CSBBQA dave.c@csbbqa.com

Sunday 12 August 2012

Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce Recipe


Well today I decided to be creative and decided to make my own Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce. Here's the recipe I came up with and its actually pretty good!

Ingredients:

1/4 Cup of Jungle Heat BBQ Sauce
1/4 Cup of Diana Sauce Gourmet Rib &Chicken
2 TBSP Jack Daniels
1 TSP Bone Suckin’ Sauce POULTRY Seasoning & Rub 

Directions:

1.    Mixes all ingredients well.

2.    Refrigerate 45-60 minutes

3.    Now re-stir the sauce and its now ready for mopping or serve with your Chicken!

Note: You can make this recipe pretty spicy if you go with 1/2 cup of the Jungle Heat BBQ Sauce vs the 1/4 cup.

Bonne Appétit and Happy Grilling!

You can get all your rubs and sauces here: Frommildtowild

Friday 10 August 2012

BBQ Crunchy Breaded Chicken Recipe



Here's is a very good BBQ breaded Chicken recipe which is very easy to make on your BBQ.

Ingredients

·       8 Chicken drumsticks, or 8 chicken breast
·       1/2 cup bread crumbs
·       1/4 cup corn meal
·       1/4 cup flour
·       2 TBSP of Dizzy Pig Tsunami rub but if you want a bigger kick use Swamp Venom
·       1/4 cup of Jungle Heat BBQ Sauce
·       1/2 cup of Diana Sauce Gourmet Rib &Chicken

P.S.If you like your chicken very spicy only use 3/4 cup of the Jungle Heat BBQ Sauce. If you want them very mild substitute both sauce with 3/4 cup of Bone Suckin' Sauce.

Directions

In a large zip-lock bag pour in the Sauce and place the chicken inside the bag and seal the bag. Shake the bag very well to ensure the chicken is evenly coated.








Let the chicken sit in zip-lock bag for 30-45 minutes in fridge.

In a bowl mixes the bread crumbs, corn meal, flour and rub.




Now dip the chicken in the crumb mixtures and gently press the crumbs on the chicken and ensure they are evenly coated;




Place the chicken in a pan and cover with a saran wrap and refrigerate 30 to 45 minutes;


Pre-heat your BBQ to 250  Degrees Fahrenheit. I highly recommend using Grillgrates but if you don't have Grillgrates you can cook directly on your grill but will have to be very careful that you don't burn them!


Cook them at 250 Degrees Fahrenheit for 30-45 minutes or until internal temp reaches 165 Degrees Fahrenheit. I start my cook with a little cherry smoke but the smoking is optional.




The last few minutes mop the chicken with Jungle Heat BBQ Sauce or Diana Sauce Gourmet Rib &Chicken.


Bonne appétit and Happy Grilling!

You can get all your BBQ Sauces from here: Frommildtowild



Monday 6 August 2012

The BBQ Hooker 4-in1 Grilling Tool Review



Last Month Craig & Cynthia Schultz from the BBQ Hooker, LLC company sent me the 4-in-1 grilling tool also known as the BBQ Hooker. I first learned about this tool from a few guest on my blog back in April.

Before I start this revue I would like to express my special thanks to Craig and Cynthia Shultz from the BBQ Hooker company for providing me this 4-in-1 grilling tool for this revue.

Well let's get this review on its way shall we!
Front view of Package
Rear View of Package
Entire front view



The BBQ Hooker is a 4-in-1 grilling tool. There patented design will definitely change the way you grill. Well what is really nice about this tool is that you won't need as many gadgets around your BBQ  because this one ingenious tool does it all for you! Which means you will have a lot less clutter around your grilling area from BBQ tools sculling about.

Here's some features of the BBQ Hooker 4-in1 grilling tool:

·       You can use the hook for hooking hot dogs, Sausages, Steaks ribs etc,.. I also found that you can use the hook to lift the hot grate on your BBQ. You can also use the hook to open plastic packages;

·       The rounded spatula is great for flipping delicate fish, burgers, and chicken breast with ease without breaking them in pieces. The spatula is made of pretty strong heavy duty stainless steel that won't bend on you which means it can be used to carry a hot burger, steak, etc,.;





·       The rounded spatula is also armed with a sharp serrated knife edge which is actually pretty sharp and works very well in opening plastic packages and for cutting your ribs rack right on the grill. It can also be use for cutting into steaks for checking for doneness if you don't have a meat thermometer handy;

·       The BBQ hooker is even armed with a bottle opener so you don't have to leave the grilling area to open your favorite cool beverage;

·       The BBQ hookers is made of nice polish heavy gauge stainless steel;

·       The soft rubber grip handle actually fits the contour of your hand very well, and offers a comfy grip and the non-slip rubber prevents your hand from slipping while using it;

·       The length of the handle and its angle is well design to keep your hands away from the heat and flames. This handle is actually well balance which was impressive. The angle in the handle also made it easier to flip and hook meat with ease.

·       Come in a left hand or right hand model

Here's a video I created on the BBQ Hooker 4-in-1 grilling tool:


I have been experimenting with this tool on my BBQ for about a month now. I really loved the feature of the hook for turning my chicken, pork shoulders and briskets. Which I found that it work extremely well in performing that task with ease. The hook also works very well in turning hot dogs and sausages but my wife discovered when hooking sausage that you lose some of the sausages juiciness from the punctured hole in the sausage but this might be good for health conscious grillers.

This tool is available in a "Left hand" or "Right Hand", but apparently what that means is that the spatula part is on the right hand side of the handle, with the hook sticking out to the left side of it for a right hand model. I am right handed and found the left handed model is actually easier to use and less awkward. Which means this can be confusing for some when ordering this tool. This little issue was reported by a few readers while I was working on this review but don't let this fool you! Now that you know which version is best suited for you without the confusion!

The BBQ hooker sharp serrated knife edge actually cut through meat whit ease and little effort. The use of the spatula for flipping burgers was actually pretty easy to use and work very well.

Overall this tool works pretty well and can be a little awkward at first but you quickly get use to it after a couple of uses. I found the hook on this tool extremely handy and versatile around the grill. This tool is actually pretty handy and I definitely recommend it as a nice to have BBQ tool and this would also be a good gift for a serious or backyard griller.

Here's a video on the BBQ Hooker 4-in-1 grilling tool that I found online and it has a bit of hummor to it so I though I would post it here since its relevent:

Souce of Video: youtube uploaded by 3SistersPromoteU

Here's a nother video made by the BBQ Hooker company:

Source of video: Youtube uploaded by BBQHOOKER

The BBQ Hooker website: BBQ Hooker.com

Here's where you can purshase one from: The BBQ Hooker Store

I hope you all enjoy this review!

Happy grilling!