Happy BBQ oh, I Mean Bday!

What better occasion for a BBQ than a Bday? Right?  Well we headed to Austin last weekend for a birthday party for a good friend.  We brought the BBQ house!  First, being in Austin and BBQ'n for the first time is a little intimidating.  I mean, come on, Austin and the Hill Country is where Texas BBQ if not born, it was certainly perfected there.  I expected a tough a crowd and prepared my best.  I will say I think it went great!  Aside from me needing to take trailer parking lessons, the weekend was awesome.  The Hill Country definitely represented with sunny blue skies and perfect weather.  The BBQ was great.  I broke out two new recipes with a new sauce  (we are cutting back to two sauces and I think you will like them both!) and a beef sausage recipe.  Great reviews on both.  Very happy! I have of course put some pics below.  A wonderful photographer took them (thank you Deborah!) and I hope you enjoy them.

So happy birthday Robert! I hope you enjoyed the grub as I definitely enjoyed making it!!  Tell me what other events call for a good BBQ.  I was told a wedding this weekend.  What do you think?

Thanks for listening and KEEP ON SMOKIN!!!!

I'm Back!!!

So I have been out of pocket for a while and now I am back.  Look for regular blogs from me. If I haven't traveled to  a new BBQ spot, look for opinions on BBQ tools or rubs or sauces or I just may ramble on about Texas.  You never know.  So let me know some things you want to talk about.  Let's see what kind of stuff we can't get going on this internet thing.

I did have a BBQ over the holidays.  Had a little soiree for my daughter who recently graduated from Sam Houston State.  It was definitely a good time and I have finally perfected my sausage recipe.  I think my menu is complete now.  Take a gander at what we did!

So anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics and I hope everyone had a great holiday!!

Talk to you again soon and Keep on Smokin!!!

Rootin around in Razorback land....

Well this has been an interesting week.  I have been in Little Rock, AR.  I will tell you that downtown Little Rock is pretty nice.  They have some nice bars and restaurants there with some interesting people.  I did go to one BBQ place called The Whole Hog Cafe. http://www.wholehogcafe.com/   The ribs were very good.  Moist and tender and cooked just about perfect.  I was with a co-worker and she got herself a brownie for dessert but this boy went the the ribs for dessert!  Nothing like some smoked pork for dessert.   Well Whole Hog has several sauces and if you know me, I am not a fan of the sauce so much.  Some good Carolina Vinegar sauce on a pulled pork sandwich is great but that's about it.  Whole Hog had six sauces.  Now call me crazy but isn't that a little excessive?  They were all ok but none of them made me say, "Wow!  That was awesome.  Can I have that as a drink?"  


I make  three sauces.  I have what I call Shannon Sauce which is sweet and spicy (hence the name), a savory sauce that I haven't been able to name yet and Kakk's sauce.  Kakk's is very spicy and was handed down to me from my mom who had it handed to her from my grandfather and he had it handed to him from an old BBQ man in North Fort Worth.  I think I have spoken about sauce before but it can be such a huge topic, it never hurts to marinate a bit (I know...poor joke but couldn't resist)  I didn't touch on the potato salad but I think that is a topic for another day.....


Thanks for listening and keep on smokin!!