Lodge 5 Quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven Review

Lodge five quart cast iron dutch oven thumbnailToday we are doing a review on our latest Lodge 5 quart cast iron Dutch oven with a bail handle.

We picked up a second one. So, we had loaned ours out a while back and never got it back. Not yet anyway. But we missed ours and wanted it back and that wasn’t happening anytime soon.

So we found a replacement Lodge cast iron Dutch oven on Amazon with free Prime shipping.

Bottom line, you need one and we’ll tell you why.

Mountain House Chili Mac with Beef for Lunch

a hearty bowl of Mountain House Chili Mac with Beef with a dehydrated parsley garnishToday we went out for a much-needed day hike and brought along some freeze dried Mountain House Chili Mac with Beef for a warm-you-up-inside lunch. It’s a sunny, but cold, mid-February weekend with temperatures hovering around 35 °F / 1 °C.

We really like the large selection of Mountain House freeze dried food offerings. It’s all good stuff and we have been eating them for many years.

Besides doing stuff outside meals, Mountain House freeze dried food is an excellent choice to supplement your emergency food supply. FEMA, in their Food and Water in an Emergency publication, say you should strive to maintain a two-week supply of food and water for each family member. And we agree! Don’t forget about your pets.

Homemade Chipotle Peppers on the Kamado Joe

Kamado JoeToday we’re making our homemade chipotle peppers.

Making chipotle peppers is real easy to do. All you need a big bowl full of jalapeno peppers. Red or green will do.

Our day started with thoughts of smoked baby back ribs on our Kamado Joe. We decided to fill the rest of the grill grate with some jalapeno peppers.

You don’t need a ceramic grill and smoker to make these homemade chipotle peppers. Your charcoal, pellet, or gas grill will do just fine.

So let’s get started …

Hickory Smoked Spam on the Kamado Joe

Kamado JoeUp today for lunch is some hickory smoked Spam on our Kamado Joe.

You don’t need a Kamado Joe to make this hickory smoked Spam recipe. You can use the smoker you already have.

We’re going to make some hickory smoked Spam sandwiches.

If you ask me, these taste a lot like fresh-off-the-smoker baby back ribs. The neighbors might end up climbing over the fence once they smell what you’re cooking up.

So let’s get started …

ThermoWorks Signals Review – One Great Barbecue Accessory

Kamado JoeToday we’re doing a ThermoWorks Signals review.

We recently picked up the ThermoWorks Signals barbecue thermometer because of its many features. We thought these features might be handy to make our backyard smoking and grilling more user-friendly.

We’ll touch on some here in our review.

Maybe you’re considering one? If so, read on …

Grilling A Tomahawk Steak on the Kamado Joe

Kamado JoeToday we’re grilling a tomahawk steak on the Kamado Joe as an early dinner.

We found them on sale and decided to pick one up. I think one was all we really needed.

Ours weighed in at nearly 50 ounces, (1.4 kilograms). This was one big steak!

Without a doubt, the best way to grill a tomahawk steak is outdoors, over a fire, on the grill.

So let’s get started …

ThermoWorks Billows Review on the Kamado Joe

Kamado JoeToday, we’re doing a ThermoWorks Billows review.

I don’t know why we waited so long to pick up a barbecue temperature controller accessory.

The ThermoWorks Billows barbecue temperature controller fan was the main reason we picked up our ThermoWorks Signals 4-channel barbecue alarm thermometer with WiFi and Bluetooth.

You can read our ThermoWorks Signals review here.

So let’s get started with our ThermoWorks Billows review …

Smoked Green Chili Cheeseburgers on the Kamado Joe

Kamado JoeToday we are making up a batch of our smoked green chili cheeseburgers.

Fire-roasted green chili peppers for smoked green chili cheeseburgers are real easy to make and take no time. So if you haven’t made fire-roasted green chili cheeseburgers before, then you need to check this out.

You’ll be missing out if you don’t. Because green chili cheeseburgers might be the best thing you ever ate?

You’ll need to make a bunch of these once the neighbors find out what you’re up to; they’ll be climbing over your fence to get one.

Lodge CRS10 Carbon Steel Skillet Review

skillet thumbnailToday we’re reviewing our Lodge CRS10 carbon steel skillet we picked up a few weeks back.

We’re big fans of cast iron cookware and wanted to try out this lodge carbon steel skillet and see how it performs, both indoors and outside, on the grill and fire pit.

So yes, there are other carbon steel skillets. Still, this Lodge skillet has the most customer ratings of all other Amazon offerings.

So we gave the Lodge 10-inch carbon steel skillet a good workout. Here is what we found …

Smoke Hamburgers with Black Garlic Aioli

Kamado JoeUp today are smoke hamburgers topped with a black garlic aioli sauce.

If you never had smoked hamburgers with black garlic aioli sauce, then you need to check this out. It’s real easy to make.

Black garlic is actually an aged and fermented garlic and has a caramelized and slightly sweet taste with a hint of balsamic and molasses and a gummy bear like texture.

So let’s get started …