Barbequed Food

On January 20, my wife and I helped plan, decorate, and cook for couple’s night at our church. The barbecue (yes, ‘que of course! ) turned out well, except that I totally forgot to glaze the ham with sauce and honey before serving it. Oh, well, I got quite a few good comments and no bad, so apparently it wasn’t too serious.

Whether you’re trying to plan a sweetheart banquet or just love good barbecue, you will find some great inspiration in this post. It was a bit stressful getting everything ready and I didn’t get as many pictures of the food as I wish, so I will try to fill in the blanks with my story.

My wife and I love decorating for this kind of stuff.

I made smoked ham and smoked skinless turkey breasts on my SQ36 Offset Meadow Creek Smoker. My wife planned the rest of the menu: Creamy Potato Sticks, green beans, 7-layer salad, butterhorn rolls, and three different kinds of ice cream pies. (Keep reading this post for recipes.)

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I just posted a new slideshow video on my site for you. It’s a slideshow of us smoking ribs on a Meadow Creek TS60 Smoker. The pics are enough to drive you “crazy” if you’re at all hungry. 

Click here for the video.

By the way, we have a fresh load of Meadow Creek cookers scheduled to come in next week. If you are trying to get your hands on a new unit soon, this is your chance, even if you live several hours away.

Meadow Creek has been 8-10 weeks out, and I think it’s really put a crunch on things. I expect some of this inventory to head out of here pretty quickly, now that these pieces are made and up for grabs.

Anyway, that’s all for now.

Here’s that link again for the video.

Hope you enjoy the pics. Leave a comment on the video page to let me know what you think.

I hope everyone is staying cool and enjoying plenty of barbecue. I just love cooking and eating in the back yard!

On Memorial Day, Marlin and I got together and cooked a whole bunch of stuff on Meadow Creek’s PR36 Backyard Smoker. The PR36 Smoker is small, versatile, and easy to use. For indirect (low and slow) cooking, we build the fire beneath the drip pan. Or you can build your fire on the drip pan for direct heat grilling.

Here is a photo album to get your mouth watering and your brain spinning. We cooked meatloaf, pork tenderloin, a whole chicken, potatoes, onions, and steaks. Was it ever good!

Have fun,

Lavern

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I’ve been wanting to follow-up with more pictures of our big barbecue event at the Open House on Mother’s Day weekend. Here are a few more shots to feed your eyes and make your stomach rumble.

I cooked on my SQ36 offset smoker both days of the Open House, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. We smoked bone-in chicken breasts, Italian sausages, pork ribs, and Boston butts and got rave reviews.

So here is a little to make you wish you were here.   Click a photo to enlarge it.

Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Have fun,

Lavern

We are having a great time today with the SQ36 BBQ Smoker and the PR42 Pig Roaster fired up, cooking 28 pork butts. If you doubt the seriousness, come on over and you’ll see what I mean. Cold Springs Garden Center (parent company of Yoder’s Smoky Mountain Barbecue) is having open house and Mother’s Day celebration Friday and Saturday (May 6 and 7).

On the menu is homemade donuts and coffee in the forenoon, pulled pork sandwiches and BBQ samples around noon. If you drop by tomorrow (Friday) we’ll be cooking more pork butts for the next day. We plan to have the SQ36 Offset Smoker fired both days with chicken, sausage, and pork ribs for samples (until they are consumed). All free, by the way.

If you are close enough and it suits, please do come by. While you’re here, you can check out our fresh load of Meadow Creek inventory, watch the Meadow Creek equipment in action, and the best—fill your belly with authentic southern-style BBQ!

Here are some pictures I shot today to show you what’s happening around here.

Click a photo to enlarge it and start the slideshow.

Leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Have fun,

Lavern Gingerich

I hope all this great weather is making you really itchy to fire up and make some ‘que.

If your barbecue has gone to the birds, don’t let that keep you from grilling up some burgers for dinner or smoking some good old butts this weekend.

It would be great if a brand new cooker would keep looking like new, but it’s certainly not the case. Paint peels, metal rusts, stainless steel turns nasty looking, and grates get cruddy. A dirty grill or smoker can be depressing. If yours is in a mess, you know what I mean.

Thankfully, a little scrubbing and polishing and painting can make a real difference. Even then, you might need some inspiration.

Here is a collection of pictures from picnics and cooks we pulled off in the last year. I am running behind in publishing them, so I packed some of the best ones into a photo gallery for you to enjoy.

Be inspired. 

Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Lavern

Click on a photo to enlarge it and start the slideshow.