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

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

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

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!

Here's how to make Bacon Bowls

Well today I decided to attempt to make Bacon bowls on my BBQ and stuff them with ranched flavored mashed potatoes. I never tried making them before and got the idea of making these bacon bowls from my friends from Winter Grilling on Facebook. The bowls its self are a little difficult itself to make but once you get the hang of making them it isn't so bad. The major thing to remember is the bowls will shrink approximately 45% in size ounce cooked. Well let's get cooking!

What you have to first do is cover a metal bow or flip a muffin pan upside down and cover it in foil. Then you basically rap, weave or cover the foil with bacon.

I then seasoned the outside of my Bacon bowls with a little rub!

I then refrigerated the bowls for approximately 30 minutes to stiffen them up. Meanwhile I preheated the BBQ to 275 to 300 degrees F and set it up for indirect cooking.

Now for the fun part is to carefully remove the metal bowl or metal cupcake pan and place the foil mold and bacon bowls on the BBQ. It's also a good I deal to punch a couple of holes in the foil bowl in the bottom to give a place for the grease to escape! Keeps a very close eye on the BBQ while cooking these because the grease has tendency to flare up and can be a fire hazard. You position the bowls in the BBQ like picture above.

You want to cook them till they are slightly crispy them remove them from grill and let them cool and remove the foil and you now have a bacon bowl!

You can use these bowls to put salad, mashed potatoes etc.. inside of them.

Ok for the Ranched flavored Mashed Potatoes all you do is boil some potatoes. Then you mash them with some butter and ranched salad dressing to taste. You then stuff the bowl and add a little cheeze on top and place in BBQ till cheese is melted and serve!

Enjoy! and Happy Grilling!

Jungle Heat Mild Smoke Glaze

Well a few weeks ago the online store From Mild to Wild Hot Sauce Shop gave me the opportunity to do a review on the Jungle Heat Sauces & Jellies Mild Smoked Glaze which I accepted. What I really like just looking at the bottle of this glaze is the fact that its certified Gluten Free and contains no fat at all. This smoked glaze is manufactured by Jungle Heat. The Labelling of the bottle is also well designed and appealing to the eye. Seeing all the vegetable chunks floating in the bottle while looking at the bottle itself is very appealing!

Product:

Jungle Heat Mild Smoked Glaze

Aroma:

This glaze has a nice sweet smell and you can actually smell the peppers, beets and has a little hint of smoke which is real nice. When you smell this glaze you can't really tell that this sauce packs a little punch by the aroma which I found pretty impressive but everyone has their own opinion on this one.

Texture:

Well this glaze is slightly on the liquid side but folks don't let that fool you! Looking at the texture of the sauce it's actually pretty impressive seeing tons of small chunks of onion, peppers, carrots and beets. Just by seeing this it shows that its pretty good quality glaze! This is also what you would expect out of a homemade sauce/glaze but not from a bottle sauce! It definitely looks like it was home made fresh in a food processor which is real nice to see or made by a vendor at a farmers market! This glaze also stuck to whatever food I used it on. I quickly discovered you can thicken this glaze by just refrigerating it before use.

Taste:

This glaze you can actually taste the peppers and isn't too sweet like other glazes out there. It packs a nice zing of heat which hits your taste buds after a second or so after you taste it which isn't overwhelming. This little punch of heat definitely came from the Habanero peppers. Every spoon full of this glaze taste so fresh that it makes you want more. Also the sauce has lots of chunks which you can actually taste, feel in your mouth and make you want more!

Taste after cooking/glazing:

You can still taste a bit of the peppers in the glaze after the meat has been cooking. I also discovered that you lose a little bit of the zing of heat. This can be remedies by giving you meat a fresh mopping of the glaze right before serving. The taste of this glaze the overwhelm you food which is nice to see. If you're a hot sauce lover you will definitely love this glaze. After cooking you can still visually see chunks of vegetable from the glaze which I found appealing.

Ingredients:

Water, Sugar, Carrots, Beets, Green Bell Peppers, Light Corn Syrup, Onions, Rice Wine Vinegar, Red Habanero Pepper, Liquid Smoke Hickory, (Water, Natural Smoke Flavor, Mollases, Caramel Color, Vinegar, Sulfiting Agents), Pectine, Salt, Xantham Gum, Sodium Benzoate. I notice that this glaze uses Xantham Gum as a thickening agent and Sodium Benzoate has a preservative which is commonly used in acidic sauces, glaze and salsa.

The Jungle Heat Mild Smoked Glaze makes a pretty good dips for chips. All you have to do is mixed it with some sour cream and enjoy! This glaze also make a wicked good Buffalo Chicken Nacho-Style Potato Chips which I included the recipe at the end of this review! If you're a seafood lover like me you will really enjoy this as a glaze on shrimps and/or use it as a dip on the side. As you can see this glaze is actually pretty versatile! If you love salsa this glaze is phenomenal mixed in with it which I highly recommend everyone to try! This glaze is very versatile and is worth a try and I would definitely recommend it to my friends and family!

Here's the Buffalo Chicken Nacho Style Potato Chips Recipe that make a wicking game night appetizer and is pretty easy to make.

Buffalo Chicken Nacho-Style Potato Chips Recipe

Ingredients:

- 1 chicken breast
- 6-8 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 3-4 teaspoons of Jungle Heat Mild Smoked Glaze, adjust to your taste
- ½ cup bleu cheese
- ½ cup scallions, chopped
- homemade potato chips or regular ones

- Dizzy Pig Jamaican Firewalk (or your favorite rub)

- 1/2 cup grated mozilla cheese optional

Directions:

1. Pre-heat your BBQ to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

2. Season your chicken breast with Jamaican Firewalk from Dizzy Pig Rubs and cook until no longer pink on the BBQ grill. Set aside and allow to cool, then shred.

3. Tinley slice potatoes ( I prefer red potatoes or russets) into tin chip slices then seasoned them with a little Jamaican Firewalk from Dizzy Pig Rubs (put rub to taste and remember Jamaican Firewalk packs a punch of heat) and cook them in a frying pan with a little bit of canola oil till they are golden. If you're in a hurry you can fry them in the deep fat fryer or use regular plain chips!

4. For Kamado Joe owners put the heat deflector with the stone in the top position and place pizza stone on top. For Big Green Egg users place the plate setter with legs down with pizza stone. For regular propane or other charcoal BBQ place pizza stone on top of Grill.

5. Now you want to bring BBQ temp to 425 Degrees Fahrenheit and let the heat settle.

6. In a small bowl mix together sour cream and Jungle Heat Mild Smoked Glaze.

7. Lay potato chips on Pars man Paper with little to no overlap. Drizzle with wing sauce and then top with chicken, bacon, bleu cheese, scallions, and optional grated Mozilla cheese.

8. With Pizza peel place on the BBQ pizza stone with lid close for 6-8 minutes or until bleu cheese starts to bubble.

You can get this glaze and any of the Jungle Heat Sauces here: From Mild to Wild

The Jungle Heat Website: Jungle Heat

I hope you enjoy this review!