Archive for the ‘Barbecue’ Category

“If you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes…”

I guess it’s time for my once a year, “one month in a single post” recap. July has been busy, especially with hosting the first Si Fang Cai (Secret Supper).  Nonetheless, I was able to get out and explore a little…

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Smoked Standing Rib Roast

I’ve been itching for a reason to get the smoker going for the first time this year when it hit me that I’d never smoked any beef – only pork and chicken. So chunk o’meat in hand, the plan was laid.

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Community Q

After a recent hike up Stone Mountain, HX and I stopped for a quick lunch at Community Q in Decatur. Somewhere (maybe on Google Maps) I seem to have read that the folks at Community Q were on a mission of some sorts (I don’t really recall – locally sourced, sustainable, something like that?), but [...]

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Ming's BBQ – Duluth

Jiang you ji – soy sauce chicken
I’m a huge fan of Ming’s (see here), so it was a bit embarrassing when Blissful Glutton asked me if I’d been to the Duluth location and I had to say, “no”. So this weekend, HX and I ventured to Duluth – not a regular destination for me. After [...]

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Combo City

Hey, if I can eat sitting on a moped next to a bombed out gas station in Mexico, I can eat in the parking lot of a liquor store on Marietta Street. Dude in a trailer, with a flattop. It’s not really barbecue, but it’s not bad. ‘Nuff said.

Combo City – buy your beer next [...]

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Mesquite Smoked Pork Spareribs

I’ve blathered on about being from a barbecue family before, and I’ve been asked when I was going to get around to writing some barbecue posts. Well, finally I have my smoker back at out of storage, and today was my first cook in over two years.

Since I’m a bit rusty, I decided to keep [...]

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