image

 

   


Weekly Recipes




The cooler weather is here and the weather is spectacular for outdoor cooking! Now, is the time to maximize your grill and savor the flavor.


Best Prices ... Best Selection

Your Barbecue Super Store
  Judging Classes

So, you may be thinking about becoming a barbecue judge ... or perhaps you just want to know what it is that the judges are looking for (and tasting) when judging great barbecue. Who are the table captains? And what do they do? Who officiates the contests? Overcooked? Under cooked? Too Salty? Too flat tasting? Mushy? Tough? and many more.


Check out the 2013 Judging Classes and find one near you!
 

Featured BBQ'n
Video




Well, you asked for it. Here, Smoky answers the most commonly asked questions. He is direct, honest and offers an insight into the time proven techniques to preparing great barbecue that is unavailable elsewhere. If you are unable to locate the exact answer you are seeking, feel free to contact him directly and ask!
He returns all questions . . . . . . .

Topic: "China Box". . . . From: Ethrall,
Subject: Re: Self Made Smoker

I recently attended a pork barbeque that featured the shoulders, butts and hams being cooked inside something called a "China Box". It has spanish writing on it and a Miami telephone number. So I suspect it is a method used by Cuban BBQ cooks. It is plywood exterior and a stainless steel interior with a pan and elevated grill inside. It stands off the ground on wooden legs in front and wooden legs with wheels in the back. The meat is placed in the "China Box", another stainless steel "lid" covers the whole of the interior and charcoal is placed on top so the meat cooks at a low temperature but inside an "oven". I have been looking for a local retailer or Do It Yourself instruction for building one. Have you the answers to my query?? Thanks.

Hi Ethrall,

Didn't you get the Miami telephone?

This sounds like a version of pit roasting, rather than barbecuing. Essentially it is an oven which is heated by the charcoal on top. You can do the same thing with a #3 wash tub covered by a piece of roofing tin. The result is the same as cooking in a gas or electric oven at reduced temperatures.

No doubt los Cubanos used a good adobo seasoning, so it was probably very tasty. However, I know of no plans for such a cooking apparatus available for DIYers.

Good Luck,
Smoky

The Barbecue Store

Bulk Wood Chips
Here's a great money saving idea.  Wood chips and chunks never go bad. So why not order them in money saving bulk boxes?  Simply keep them in a dry area and use as needed!

Click & Order Your Bulk Chips & Chunks TODAY 


Bad Weather? Too hot or cold? Know what your bbq pit is doing with these Wireless Thermometers
Bad Weather?  Too hot or cold? Know what your bbq pit is doing with these Wireless Thermometers


There's not a better BBQ glove. Stylish Suade, lined and double protected from the elements.

There's not a better BBQ glove. Stylish Suade, lined and double protected from the elements.
FlameX Leather Gloves

Get all of Smoky Hale's wisdom and become the best cook around. Learn to do it right!

Get all of Smoky Hale's wisdom and become the best cook around. Learn to do it right!


When cold, romance or just having to burn something, our designer firepits will do it all. Get free shipping on SoJoe FirePits today
When cold, romance or just having to burn something, our designer firepits will do it all.  Get free shipping on SoJoe FirePits today

Visit The Barbecue Store Today!Visit The Barbecue Store Today!
Visit The Barbecue Store Today!

FREE WINE @ The Barbecue Store
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

 

Smoke 'n Fire EnquirerSubscribe now to The Smoke 'N Fire Enquirer, the Internet's most popular backyard grilling and barbecuing on-line tutorial and we'll send you FREE recipes, techniques and tips for preparing the finest outdoor meals. FREE!  See a Sample Newsletter
Names are really important because we give FREE STUFF away in our newsletters!

Barbecue'n Guy!

See Our Privacy
Policy Here

See our Top Ten Sellers!

Follow barbecuennow on Twitter

Join Us On Facebook


Smoke 'n Fire Enquirer
Free Smoke 'n Fire Enquirer
Email *

FirstName

LastName

* Required Field

Since February, 1996

image