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Nickel City Smokers A family of avid home cooks and competition barbecue team from Buffalo, NY If you find any of this useful and feel like commenting, I'll be obliged to reply.

This page is mostly a collection of photos that document the experiments and cooking adventures of me and my family (and occasionally Buffalo's Charcuterie Club). The record is mostly for me, and it allows me to recall past recipes, techniques, destinations and important events. Thanks for looking!

Over the years I’ve fallen in love with different styles of pizza. But for every one,  and  were always harder to impres...
01/23/2025

Over the years I’ve fallen in love with different styles of pizza. But for every one, and were always harder to impress and pushing for big, thin and round. Previous attempts at anything remotely NYC like were enough to convince me it was impossible. The breakthrough came when doing some research on baking steel vs baking stone. This was only my first attempt at baking a pizza on the steel, but it was lightyears beyond than anything I’ve made on a stone.

Dough recipe

 and I haven’t posted much because we did a full kitchen renovation over the holidays, but we’ve been cooking and eating...
01/21/2025

and I haven’t posted much because we did a full kitchen renovation over the holidays, but we’ve been cooking and eating well throughout the process.

Belly on lamb ribs from  Recipe Crust: fennel, coriander, black pepper, red pepperGlaze: honey, white wine vinegarPlate:...
10/12/2024

Belly on lamb ribs from
Recipe

Crust: fennel, coriander, black pepper, red pepper
Glaze: honey, white wine vinegar
Plate: cilantro chermoula

Baking 🥖 like its 2020
09/29/2024

Baking 🥖 like its 2020

How did I celebrate 25 years with  ? Watching Hot Club of Buffalo with
08/08/2024

How did I celebrate 25 years with ? Watching Hot Club of Buffalo with

Bacon burnt ends!
07/13/2024

Bacon burnt ends!

St Louis spareribsWeber Smokey MountainJealous Devil CharcoalBurnt Finger Smokey KCBlues Hog Original
07/07/2024

St Louis spareribs
Weber Smokey Mountain
Jealous Devil Charcoal
Burnt Finger Smokey KC
Blues Hog Original

Congrats to the graduate! .schmidt.8 I manage to get a picture of 22 of 26 pizzas I cooked with  and  First time using a...
06/17/2024

Congrats to the graduate! .schmidt.8

I manage to get a picture of 22 of 26 pizzas I cooked with and

First time using an koda 16, and was very impressed with how well it works and how easy it is. The combo of a in a baked in the is hard to beat.

Taiwan Part 2 with  featuring   and a rosé from
06/08/2024

Taiwan Part 2 with featuring and a rosé from

Taiwan Part 1 with  6 from  and Made in TaiwanBraised egg, bean curd, seaweedPeddler noodlesFried shrimp rollsStir fried...
06/08/2024

Taiwan Part 1 with
6 from and Made in Taiwan

Braised egg, bean curd, seaweed
Peddler noodles
Fried shrimp rolls
Stir fried clams with basil
Garlic sliced pork
Dry fried green beans

A chicken wingOne hour on a 22”   without a water pan. If there’s a better way to cook chicken, I haven’t found it yet…
05/15/2024

A chicken wing

One hour on a 22” without a water pan. If there’s a better way to cook chicken, I haven’t found it yet…

As an early adopter of an ooni (uuni actually), I’ve spent a long time chasing a Neapolitan ideal. These days, I’ve stra...
05/11/2024

As an early adopter of an ooni (uuni actually), I’ve spent a long time chasing a Neapolitan ideal. These days, I’ve strayed far from that path and much more pleased with my pizzas as a result. My dough recipe has decreased in hydration, increased in mass per pizza, and now includes high quality whole wheat blended into the 00. Pizzas baked in the ooni get finished in the oven to create a crisp crust. The result is thicker, crispier pizzas more like NYC than Napoli.

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