Raise the Steaks this summer with these top 5 steaks for the grill and your next meat fest may be your best one yet.

When I’m grilling for July 4th, I like to keep it light and simple. Steak and Ribs are great, but to me, July 4th is about grilled hamburgers and hotdogs! Here are some of Grilling Guides favorite July 4th grilling recipes:

Fall Sports Traditions October and November is the best time of year for sports fans. As the baseball season is winding down with the World Series, High School Football on Friday nights, NCAA football on Saturdays and NFL Football on Sundays is taking its place. This is also the time of year the NBA season [...]

It is no secret that Chef Paul Kirk is prize winning. Over the past thirty years, this Kansas City Baron of Barbecue has acquired more than 500 different accolades for his barbecue recipes, ranging from local and state honors to national and international awards. His winnings include seven world barbecue championship titles, including the very first Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue.

My favorite Halloween memories are the times when we would come back from our pillaging and a nice hot meal would be ready as we walked in the door. Whether its soup or spaghetti, the perfect time to get a hot meal ready is while the ghouls and goblins are out scaring up some sugary [...]

List of Previous Jack Daniels Invitational BBQ Grand Champions plus a PDF download of BBQ posters throughout the years

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Touted as being globally recognized as the true “Health Oil”, I got in contact with Ellen Davenport from California Rice Oil Company and asked her why I should use her company’s rice bran oil to deep fry my turkey this year.

It’s important to think about the way you eat as one way to start improving your health. By making five simple changes in your eating patterns, you can boost metabolism, achieve optimum health and well being and shed those extra holiday pounds.

What are the best oils to use? Comparison charts of antioxidants and fats for Rice Bran, Olive, Canola, Peanut, Soybean and Grapeseed cooking oil.

Turkeys & Chickens are about the same – one section is dark meat (leg-thigh) and the other white meat (breast – wings) Because of modern breeding the breasts of domestic chickens and turkeys are much larger than previous generations. Dark and White meat also cook at different rates due to fat content. Consider cooking separately & joining for presentation.

There has been a lot of talk about grilling and cancer. Choose foods that are naturally low in fat and then learn how to reduce the risks associated by grilling…These herbal antioxidants reduce the formation of free radicals (bad stuff) when meat hits heat.[...]

A water filled spray bottle is a weapon of last resort. I know many so called experts that keep a spray bottle of water close at hand like a fire hose to put out flare-ups the second they happen. There are several reasons you don’t want to use a spray bottle.

Whether you’re grilling chicken, hamburgers, steak, pork chops, ribs, or just a simple hot dog. My family cooks out at least a couple times a week. Below I have listed a few grilling tips I have found useful.

Author: Anthony Robert While preparing for this year’s Thanksgiving fest, where I’ll be serving delicious Deep Fried turkey, I became interested in the origin of the succulent treat. What is deep fried turkey? “Frying whole turkeys is sort of the Southern version of making fondue. You have a lot of your friends over, you poke [...]

Author: Billy Bristol Your average backyard cook is no expert in the barbeque or grilling field. He has no television shows on the Food Network. He has no grilling cookbooks out. Nor has any of those been part of his lifetime goal. No, your average outdoor cooking enthusiast makes more mistakes with bbq grilling than [...]

Turkey Fryers can be dangerous if safety precautions are not followed. Submerging a turkey full of juice into 350 degree oil, surrounded by open flames should not be taken lightly. Overflows splashing down the sides of the fryer and into the flames can easily catch fire. Always refer to your cooker’s owner’s manual for specific [...]

Following proper operating instructions for your turkey fryer will help keep your experience enjoyable.

Propane cylinder safety for grills and outdoor cookers 3 out of 4 U.S. households own grills, and 61% of those use propane gas. Enjoy your grill the safe way. Propane is a hydrocarbon (C3H8) and is sometimes referred to as liquefied petroleum gas, LP-gas or LPG.Propane is produced from both natural gas processing and crude [...]

In most cases, you can have the grill assembled right there and then all you have to do is hook up the propane (gas) tank to it and get started. Just make sure to double check the gas tank where you hook it up to the grill. Be sure it is screwed on even and tightly so as not to have any gas leaks. Most grills have an ignite switch so you don’t have to worry about a long match or lighter either.

Lighting a charcoal grill consists of layering and the use of additives to help ignite it. Some folks like to use lighter fluid. Some use pre-soaked self lighting coals and again some like the lump charcoal as it generally lights quickly and easily with less of a hassle.

Cooking outdoors for friends and family can and should be a rewarding and tasty time for everyone. But sometimes folks seem to forget the common practices of food safety they adhere to when cooking indoors only a few steps away! I just can’t stress enough how important it is to pay attention to using the best practices for handling food in all the various states of preparation.

Winterizing Your Outdoor Grill For Winter Storage Living in the Southeast, we grill all year long. But in the northern climates, fall and winter signal the end of the grilling season as the days are shorter and the nights are a little more than crisp. But that doesn’t mean just walk away and let it [...]

The sauce is the #1 MOST important ingredient for the barbecue. And as you know, there are as many different variations on barbecue sauces as there are people on the planet.

So, who are you going to trust?