Smoked Cream Cheese Dip

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This quick and easy recipe is great for game day!

1 Block of Cream Cheese

1 Tsp Favorite BBQ Rub

10-12 Cherry Tomatoes

Wheat Thins is favorite crackers to dip with

Pepper Jelly

Place cream cheese block on a foil covered baking sheet. Make diagonal cuts in top of the cream cheese, creating a “cross-hatch” pattern. Dust with the rub or seasoning. Surround with cherry tomatoes. Start grill, smoker, or oven and set to 225F. Once up to temp, add the cream cheese on baking sheet. After 2 hours, remove and let cool. Add a few tablespoons of pepper jelly to the top of keep to the side. Surround with crackers, and dig in!

Bahn Mi Pulled Pork Sandwiches

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We make pulled pork about once or twice a month. Usually smoke a big fatty pork butt or shoulder. Unless we’re having a backyard patio party, we have a few pounds leftover. Sometimes we vacuum seal and freeze the leftovers for a weeknight delight. Getting “porked out” usually isn’t a problem around our house. But when you have a day old heap of pulled pork sitting in your fridge, what to do with it?

We like to make Bahn Mi Pulled Pork Sandwiches! Here’s how…

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Photo Credit: Andrew Hollister

13 Barbecue Books To Get Started

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You know what they say: You can’t judge a book by its cover. So we asked a few of the top barbecue groups on the internet for their BBQ book recommendations. The response was amazing.

Within a few hours, we had a monster list of titles and author to sort through. We then invested even more time looking at each book’s sales ranking, customer reviews, and status on most wished for lists.

Presenting 13 books, to get started as a novice griller, or for continuing education as a pit master!

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