Will It Smoke? BBQ

07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July! I decided to bring smoked cream cheese to the party today, it's looking delicious!
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11/27/2025

My turkey is just about done, happy thanksgiving everyone!

10/09/2025

Leftover pitas were the perfect excuse to finally try lamb arayes last night!
I started with the recipe from and adjusted to fit what I had in the kitchen. Definitely try them! They're easy and delicious! (Cooked on the stove because I was cold smoking cheese on the BBQ...)

09/06/2025

Last night's pulled pork did not disappoint!
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Meater + Masterbuilt Gravity grill is such a cheat code I almost feel guilty how easy it was to smoke this butt 🤣

09/01/2025

Since hatch chile peppers are in season, I decided to spice up the Labor day weekend menu with Hatch Chile Hollandaise Sauce + Hatch Benedict!

It is absolutely delicious!
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First, roast your hatch chile peppers and peel them. I did this on my grill at 400*F with a mix of B&B charcoal and apple wood splits (the ones with toothpicks are hotter!).
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For the hollandaise sauce you'll need:
3 egg yolks, the fresher the eggs the better (mine are from The Lott Chicken Farm )
12 tablespoons of unsalted butter
Juice from 1/2 a lemon
Salt to taste
White pepper to taste
1 to 2 roasted hatch chiles (bonus points if you get them from Melissa’s Produce )

Whisk the egg yolks until they thicken
Place the whisked egg yolks over low heat like a double boiler
Slowly stir in the butter, being careful not to overheat the egg
Whisk in the juice from half a lemon
I used a garlic press to separate the flesh of two hatch chiles and whisked them into the sauce
Taste and then season with salt and pepper (and more hatch if you want!)
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For the Hatch Benedict you'll need:
1 roasted hatch chile
1 english muffin
2 eggs
2 strips of bacon

Split an english muffin in half and toast it (a little more butter at this point isn’t going to hurt, so butter the tops of the english muffins too!)
Pick a meat, I went with bacon since I’m not a huge fan of canadian bacon (more hatch in place of bacon would also work!)
While the bacon is cooking poach two eggs
Place the bacon on the english muffin
Place a slice of hatch chile on top of the bacon
Place a poached egg on top of the hatch chile
Cover everything with the hatch hollandaise we just made

And Enjoy!

08/08/2025

New episode is live!

2025, Will it Smoke?! Episode - Thirty something?! I quit counting, lol. This episode was born out of disappointment… I was minding my own business, drinking...