5 Tips for Troubleshooting Low Flame Output on your BBQ Grill

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Several questions have been asked on my Weber Technical Support Experience blog post regarding low flame output or yellow flame output on a BBQ Grill burner, so I thought I would post some ideas to resolve the problem. This post is for the detective in each of us to figure out why the family barbeque [...]

Source for new Cream Cans

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I recently ran across a fantastic source for new Cream Cans (Milk Cans) that can be used for a Cream Can (Milk Can) Dinner. For a family reunion that I cooked for, I searched high and low for a source for used cream cans.  I called thrift stores, Intermountain Farmer Stores, an old dairy, and [...]

Cream Can Dinner Recipe

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Here is a basic recipe for a delicious cream can supper that will feed 30-40 people. This is perfect for the 10 ½ gallon Ogallala Cream Can available from www.ogallalacreamcansupper.com. Originally, rocks were used in the bottom of the can to keep food out of the liquid since we are steaming, not boiling. However, we [...]

BBQ Smoker that looks like a huge pistol

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One of our readers sent us the following pictures of a BBQ Smoker in Texas that their customer created from the ground up that looks like a pistol. It is modeled after the Colt Single Action Army pistol in a 4-3/4 barrel and is built to scale. The firebox is in the handle of the [...]

How to get your BBQ Grill ready for Summer

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Each year when it finally starts to warm up, the urge to grill hits up and down the street, and soon the smells of bbq start drifting through the neighborhood.  Summer is rapidly approaching with family barbecues on the calendar along with big plans to clean up the backyard and make it the party place [...]

Do It Yourself – Make a Barbeque Smoker out of a Cardboard Box

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Every once and awhile, I come across something on You Tube that I think is worthwhile. This video features instructions on how to create a barbeque smoker out of a cardboard box. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GgcMXB78b4[/youtube] The movie is part of the Honda Do It yourself series where you can win $15,000. Check out the Honda Do It [...]

Handgun Barbeque Grill

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This photobucket picture of a grill that was created in the shape of a handgun is hilarious! The idea of the smoking gun takes barbecue to a whole new level! Let me know if you have other examples of hilarious barbecue pictures either of grills or other barbecue topics.

BBQ Food Handling Safety

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With the recent scare of the Tomato salmonella scare, the topic of safe food handling should be on everyone’s mind. Use common sense and use some of the following safe food handling tips to avoid food-borne illness: Always wash the surfaces of the counter tops before and after handling raw meat Never return cooked meats [...]

Milk Can Dinner – Food for 40

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We attended an extended family reunion in Mount Pleasant, Utah. It is about 2 hours south of Salt Lake City in a very small farming community. There were about 40-50 people there – including aunts and uncles and cousins that we didn’t even know we had. Two of the popular events at the reunion was [...]

Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler – Simple Recipe

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My latest in a series of Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler recipes. There are so many ways that I have tried to cook a good peach cobbler in a dutch oven. This is the easy recipe. Ingredients: 2 cans of peaches – homemade canned peaches are even better Butter 1 vanilla cake mix cinnamon brown sugar [...]