The Meatwave http://blog.meatwave.com Adventures in BBQ and Grilling in NYC (c) 2007 Joshua Bousel, All Rights Reserved en-us Famous Dave's Texas Pit BBQ Sauce http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-sauce-review-famous-daves-texas-pit-bbq-sauce Famous Dave's Texas Pit BBQ Sauce

Sauce Stats

Name
Texas Pit
Produced by
Famous Dave's
Cost
$3.50 at http://www.famousbbqstore.com/
Ingredients
Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Tomato Paste, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Mustard, Worcestershire Sauce Concentrate, Salt, Spices, Modified Food Starch, Paprika, Chili Peppers, Dehydrated Onion, Lemon Juice Powder, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sobrate, Citric Acid, Dehydrated Garlic, Xanthan Gum, Caramel Color
Color
Opaque orange-red
Meatwave Rating
3
out of 10
Only in a Pinch
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Read the full review after the jump >>]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:45:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Sauced Reviews Sauce http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-sauce-review-famous-daves-texas-pit-bbq-sauce The Meat Also Rises http://www.meatwave.com/blog/the-meat-also-rises The Meat Also Rises

Despite a distaste for making bread, my pursuits of grilling bread tend to be at least marginally successful. So I thought a Meatwave revolving around grilled bread would equal some good times and good eats.

When considering what type of meats to fill this bread, I came the the decision that an all out Greek feast would fit the bill quite nicely. I started researching how to make those soft pocketless Greek pitas, but the more I read, the more it sounded like they really needed to be made in the oven to get the correct consistency. Already excited about a menu of souvlaki, bifteki, and gyros, I decided to ditch the bread making and side with the meat—purchasing pitas to be filled an array of delicious grilled meats.

More after the jump >>]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:20:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Meatwave http://www.meatwave.com/blog/the-meat-also-rises Frustration, Torment, and Pocket Pitas http://www.meatwave.com/blog/grilling-recipe-pocket-pitas Pocket Pitas

Grrrrrrr. Just thinking of working with dough elicits a deep visceral reaction of frustration and torment—"grrrrr" being one of the kinder phrases that comes to mind when trying to describe that feeling. I love bread, and so wish it came to me as naturally as working with meat. Why is proofing such a mystery, while seasoning so simple? Why is rising such a nail-bitter, while marinating is a walk in the park? Why is baking so perilous, while grilling so care free? All of those feelings should keep me a good distance away from any bread-making endeavors, but some perverse force seems to pull me into doughy situations that often result in the free flinging of expletives that, every once in a while, actually end with something that was worth the suffering, like these grilled pocket pitas.

More and recipe after the jump >>]]> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Recipes Bread Grilling http://www.meatwave.com/blog/grilling-recipe-pocket-pitas Sauced: Bone Suckin' Sauce http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-sauce-review-bone-suckin-sauce Bone Suckin' Sauce

Sauce Stats

Name
Bone Suckin' Sauce
Produced by
Bone Suckin' Sauce
Cost
$6.79 on buybonesuckin.com
Ingredients
Tomato Paste, Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey, Molasses, Mustard, Horseradish, Lemon Juice, Onions, Garlic, Peppers, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor, Natural Spices, Salt & Xanthan Gum
Color
Transparent light red
Meatwave Rating
9
out of 10
Doesn't Get Much Better Than This
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Read the full review after the jump >>]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:05:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Sauced Reviews Sauce http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-sauce-review-bone-suckin-sauce Fried: Hush, Puppy http://www.meatwave.com/blog/frying-recipe-hush-puppies Carne-val

With all this North Carolina talk going on around these parts, it'd be a disservice not to have sides with that, and when I think North Carolina barbecue, hush puppies are right up there with slaw as a must have on each plate. As a kid growing up in suburban Virginia, hush puppies were exclusively found in seafood establishments, and were the only redeeming part of them in my mind. This led me to think of hush puppies as lone wolves—the only thing edible from our otherwise horrendous outings to Red Lobster and Long John Silver's. It wasn't until I had them next to some chopped pork that they were reinvented in my mind as one of the greatest barbecue sides out there.

More and recipe after the jump >>]]> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:45:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Sides Recipes Bread Frying http://www.meatwave.com/blog/frying-recipe-hush-puppies The Most Divine Swine http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-recipe-big-bob-gibsons-championship-pork-shoulder Big Bob Gibsons Pulled Pork

Compared to ribs, pulled pork didn't take me long to get it to a place I was happy with. In just about one and half Meatwave seasons, I felt my recipe for a smoked pork butt was pretty top notch. I actually preferred my homemade pork to most I got in restaurants and at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, with one big exception, Big Bob Gibson's. To this day, I have not eaten a barbecued pork shoulder that is as juicy, tender, and flavorful as the ones that pitmaster Chris Lilly churns out. I figured that I could never match such a seasoned pro, and was perfectly fine with my own pork, so never bothered trying to match it.

Having a chance to sit down and talk swine with Chris Lilly the day prior to this year's Block Party, then getting some pork making tips the following day, and having eaten another one of his fantastic sandwiches, I thought I really should be shooting for the stars and decided to amp up my pulled pork game. After this resolve, was there any place else to start except for the recipe that I aspire to?

More and recipe after the jump >>]]> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:15:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Pork Barbecue Recipes http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-recipe-big-bob-gibsons-championship-pork-shoulder Meatomic Bomb http://www.meatwave.com/blog/meatomic-bomb Meatomic Bomb

BOOM! That's the sound of the Meatomic Bomb dropping, and the resulting shockwaves of meat hit us all hard this past Sunday. Fiery foods ripped through the neighborhood all day long, while the Meatwavers attempted to counteract all the destruction being imparted with the introduction of sweets. It was to little avail though, as we're all still suffering from the immense fallout left behind.

More after the jump >>]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:58:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Meatwave http://www.meatwave.com/blog/meatomic-bomb Sauced: KC Masterpiece Smoky Bourbon http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-sauce-review-kc-masterpiece-smoky-bourbon KC Masterpiece Smoky Bourbon

Sauce Stats

Name
Smoky Bourbon
Produced by
KC Masterpiece
Cost
Appx. $2.50 for 18 oz.
Ingredients
Tomato puree, high fructose corn syrup, water, molasses, cider vinegar, vinegar, modified food starch, bourbon, salt, less than 1% of: spices, natural hickory smoke flavor, dried onion, dried garlic, natural flavors, xanthan gum, caramel color, tumeric, paprika extracts
Color
Deep, dark brown
Meatwave Rating
2
out of 10
Not Worth It
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Two years ago I went through a truly transcendent experience, one involving the introduction of vinegar to pork. While visiting two of my most favorite people in world in Eastern North Carolina, it was a given we'd be hitting up some local joints like Allen & Son and Ed Mitchell's The Pit. There I learned, without a doubt, just how well dressed up vinegar could enhance the flavor of barbecued pork.

My instant enthusiasm led me to the purchase of Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue, a tome of all things North Carolina barbecue. Captured within those pages was an original recipe for North Carolina vinegar sauce, which I made during my next pulled pork cook, and with just a little cut down on the salt, it tasted pretty good to me.

Little did I know that the evolution of the sauce had come such a long way from that dated recipe, and Serious Eaters let me know it in no uncertain terms. With the breadth of comments that post elicited, I've been able to piece together and refine a sauce that I finally feel confident enough is in proper shape to present to the finest smoked swine and the interweb masses at large.

More and recipe after the jump >>]]> Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:40:00 EST barbecue bbq grilling foodblogs foodblog nyc new york city meatwave Sauce Barbecue Recipes http://www.meatwave.com/blog/barbecue-sauce-recipe-north-carolina-vinegar-sauce Carne-val 2010 http://www.meatwave.com/blog/carne-val-2010 Carne-val

Oh glory of glories, it's Carne-val time once again, the celebration of everything that is meat! While last year's feast focused on many varieties of meat, this year honed in on the swine, and a lot of it. A whopping 27 pounds of raw hog—divided equally between ribs and butts—went into the smoker and emerged many hours later as some of finest barbecue one can find (at least around these city parts). Despite some rainfall, most made it out to revel in the meat and make this year's Carne-val fantastic.

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