I recently took a great sausage making class over at my local butcher shop, Butcher & Public. The class was great for so many reasons. First, because it gave me up close and personal face time with a really good sausage maker, so I could ask a million questions and really learn the “ins and…
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Payne’s Bar-B-Que in Memphis, TN
Payne’s Bar-B-Que in Memphis, Tennessee is a family owned and family run place, and has been for at least the last 40 years. It’s the kind of place where you come to enjoy the easy chat with the owners, but where you return for the fabulous $5.50 jumbo chopped pork barbecue sandwich. You can toss in a soda…
How to Smoke Your Own Chipotle Peppers
Chipotle peppers are smoked jalapeño peppers. I love them for their smoky and gentle-but-sweet heat. I use them in adobo sauce when cooking Mexican food and I use them ground up in my Standard BBQ Rub, which I use on ribs, pork and chicken. Chipotle pepper powder is great in flavoring homemade salsa, too. I take a…
Hickory Smoked Tofu with Sautéed Baby Spinach
Mrs. WooPigFoodie is a vegetarian, so that means I am “mostly” vegetarian. But I love my smoker and my grill for my non-vegetarian meals (like making real barbecue ribs). Over time, I have learned how to make really tasty and flavorful vegetarian meals on my grill, including my Grilled Veggies and my Oaxacan Grilled Corn….
Bottling Your Own Barbecue Sauce
Before you jump into the below great recipe, if you’re looking for my Competition Barbecue Sauce, click this link! It’s thick, rich and sweet, with just a little heat on the back end. That recipe also describes how to bottle it, just like the below recipe. Check it out! Now back to our Barbecue Story:…
Leatha’s Bar-B-Que Inn in Hattiesburg, MS
Welcome to Leatha’s, enjoy your stay… Thank you kindly for comin’ this way! I found barbecue nirvana in a little roadside shack in Hattiesburg, MS. Leatha’s Bar-B-Que Inn is in a large old wooden meeting hall tucked high up off the highway, so hidden that you can’t even see it from the road, but you…
Barbecue Chronicles West: The Central Texas BBQ Tour
Arkansas lies at a BBQ crossroads, with the beef and sausage BBQ of Texas to the West, the dry rubbed and spicy-sauced pork BBQ of Memphis to the East, and the dry rubbed beef and sweet sauced BBQ of Kansas City, Missouri to the North. To better understand the true essence of Arkansas BBQ, I…
Kreuz Market in Lockhart, TX
I’m looking forward to going back to Kreuz’s Market to re-review it. It just didn’t hit the mark this time. In fairness, I was there on a Monday afternoon around 2 pm, so I may have just hit it at the wrong time. That being said, let’s just jump in. Here is my review. Kreuz Market…
Black’s Barbecue in Lockhart, TX
Black’s Barbecue seems to own the town of Lockhart. There are signs pointing you directly to Black’s from far away, and all around the restaurant are parking lots which sternly warn that they are only for customer’s of Black’s. When you get up to Black’s, it looks like an old Texas roadhouse. It has an…
Smitty’s Market in Lockhart, TX
Oh boy, was Smitty’s fun. It’s like going over to Grandma’s house for lunch, if Grandma made barbecue. You walk in through a pair of old clacking wooden screen doors, and walk down a long, dark, and somewhat smoky hallway to the dimly lit pit room. The first thing you see when you enter the…
City Market in Luling, TX
Sitting right in the old downtown of Luling, among the hardware stores and other family business, City Market has tons of character. This place feels like you stepped back in time 50 years. (Which it should, since it was opened in 1958.) It has the look and feel of an old general store, but is…
Quick Cook: Grilled Black Bean Burgers with Guacamole and Oaxacan Street-Style Corn
It’s Memorial Day, which is always a good time for gathering with family and friends to celebrate freedom and enjoy some good food. In Arkansas it’s already in the 90s, so firing up the kitchen is just too much. Let’s take it outside. Here’s a quick cook grilling meal that is vegetarian-friendly. To keep it quick,…