I've noticed over some time that we have a few cooks among us. So, I was curious if anybody had a favorite recipie or cooking technique they would like to share. This can be anything from putting together a sandwich to a drawn out complicated method of making the perfect spaghetti sauce, to how you prefer to grill a steak.

I will start off and share 2 of my recipies. I love to cook on a grill and my grill has a smoke pit, so I do alot of smoking meats.

1) Drunk Chicken
1 whole chicken
1 can of your favorite beer
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 of a small onion
1/4 cup of choped celary
1/4 cup of choped bell pepper
Seasoning mix (salt, paprika, cumin, sugar, black pepper, cyan pepper, can't remember the rest off hand, but you get the idea)

Preparation: make sure the chicken is good and clean, cut drink about 1/3 of the beer and then cut out the top, but leave the thicker lip for strength. now put the garlic, onion, celary, and bell pepper in with the beer. generously rub the chicken with the seasoning mix and place the chicken on top of the beer, so it's sitting up right with the beer can in it's butt.

Cooking: the prefered way is to use charcoal in a smoke pit and have the grill at around 250*F. put some hickory chips that have soaked in water over night on and around the hot coals. put the chicken on the grill and slow cook for about 4 hours +/- . If you don't have a smoke pit, put the coals only on one side of the grill and cook the chicken on the other side and rotate the chicken every once in a while for even doneness. cooking time will also be shorter, between 2-3 hours depending on what temperature you can keep the coals at consistantly. remember low and slow is best.


2) Smoked Boston Butt
1 4-6lb. boston butt
injectable marinade (worchestershire sauce, lemon juice, dales steake seasoning, apple cider vinigar, often varies, but mix to taste)
1 beer
seasoning mix (listed above)

Preparation: mix the marinade to taste in a metal bowl, use an injector needle to inject the marinade into the meat. rub the seasoning mix all over the meat untill it is generously covered. wrap the meat with heavy duty aluminum foil, but don't seal off yet. now, pour about half the beer around the meat and seal off the foil wrap, but don't make the wrap too tight.

Cooking: place wraped meat on the grill at about 250*F for smoking. cook in the foil for about 1-2 hours. now, put the soaked hickory chips around the coals and take the meat out of the foil. total cooking times will vary, but usually about 6-8 hours of slow cooking.



Those are 2 of my specialties. I do want to add a note to them....I never cook the same thing the exact same way twice. the marinade's and seasonings are alway's being adjusted, but what I listed should give you a good idea of what I'm going for.