Outdoor cooking experiments—primarily on my Big Green Egg and new Traeger grill—are documented here. Posts recount brisket attempts, sous‑vide pork butt sessions and holiday tenderloin traditions, with candid notes on smoke, temperature and results.
Weather: Cool morning in Venice. Very nice. Much warmer in Florence in the evening. Nice in the shade. Bad restaurant choice for crêpes at breakfast, but had nice seating in the shade Much better choice for pastries at Pasticceria Giovanni Return to Combo Hotel to get luggage …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 14These three pork butts spent 18 hours in the Sous Vides at 165 °F and are finishing with 2 hours on the Big Green Egg at 220 °F. 🐖🔥
I’ve been using Butt Rub for a number of years, but made my first direct purchase from their website and got this awesome t-shirt as a free gift! Great rub, great name, great shirt! 🐖🔥😍
After 22 hours in the Sous Vides the pork butts transition to the Big Green Egg to get a bark and smoke em up. The liquid in the bags is in a sauce pan to reduce and add back to the final product. 🐖🔥💨
First round of Smashburgers on the flat top for 2023! 🍔🍔🍔
We enjoyed our tradition of π Day dinner of nothing but pies! Chicken Pot Pie was delicious, followed with a Nutella Pie. All homemade from scratch!
See Pi Day Collection.
We drove an hour out to Buffalo, MN this morning to take a macaron class at Abundant Kitchen led by owner Becki Melvie. Melvie shared that the recipe was taught to her by Nikkolette of Nikkolette’s Macarons, which we have had before and thought were amazing! The recipe had a lot …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Macaron ClassHaving to get creative to thaw out the Big Green Egg. 🥶🔥
The snow, subzero temps, and frozen lid on the Big Green Egg are too much to overcome. Need to find different way to cook tenderloin steaks. No grilling this Christmas Eve. 🥶
Made Toffee Bars this morning. Grandma Rose used to make sure these were around every time I was at the farm because she knew they were my favorite. Don’t suspect I’ll ever make them as good as she did. Miss you Grandma! 🥰
