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Let someone else do the cooking last night, got together with some old co workers for a holiday dinner, yearly tradition. The key word is old lol Not the worst steak I’ve ever had but not as good as what I regularly cook on the KK at home.

So, I decided to try my hand at making sweet tamales. I have been making traditional tamales for years and upped my game once @Syzygies turned me on to nixtamilized Heirloom corn. I took our family recipe for masa and modified it for sweet tamales and added additional ingredients based on my research and taste I was looking for. Today was my second run at this after making a 1 pound Bach with a number of variables about 3 weeks ago. For this recipe I used Rosado Heirloom corn for the base masa. I added whipped butter crisco with powder sugar, cinnamon, cayenne and baking powder. Then I cooked some rice and added some milk to it after cooking and puréed it and added this to the masa and then blended it until it floats in tepid water. For the filling I whipped up some cream cheese and added maple syrup to it. I also fried up some home make KK bacon until crisp. After spreading the masa on the Hoja I added the cream cheese mixture, 4 blueberries and 2-3 pieces of bacon. I steamed in my steam over for about 1 hour and 20 minutes……….I think I have a winner and am looking forward to sharing with family and friends this Christmas!!! All the best, Paul

Nothing like pork belly burnt ends, KK style. It took hours to render it, but in the end, it was a real hit. Sauce was Head Country, brown sugar, and honey.

Nice! I was trying to think of what to do with the brisket I smoked and put in the freezer. I made some chili with it from this recipe yesterday for the Packers/Chiefs game. Made a great halftime dinner. I really like the recipe and will definitely make it again next time I have leftover smoked meat. I had a slice of the brisket when it came of the grill to try it. And I had some more after I thawed and warmed it up. For just a Costco USDA Choice brisket, it really tasted good. I've definitely improved my brisket game on the KK. So I used up the flat for the chili, now I need to use up the point! https://www.chilesandsmoke.com/smoked-brisket-chili/

in seoul, korea eating pork bbq the heat source is charcoal supplemented by a gas flame that gets turned on when you need a boost in heat. but this is the first time i’ve seen common variety garden hoses for gas lines. whatever works i guess…

I've been wanting a nice bowl of chile for the last month. Finally got around to it today. Smoked a chuckie, simmered down the Chile, put it together to simmer for approx 3 hrs. The chile took a spin in the blender then thru a fine mesh sieve a few onions to add some texture

Cooked to perfection!!

This year's batch of aji yellow hot sauce. Didn't get many peppers this year, so only a couple of bottles of sauce - enough to get me by for a while. I still have a couple of bottles of last year's batch.

I know a good gumbo when I see one. And for some reason it's always better the next day and even better after you freeze it.

They turned out great. There was plenty of marbling for me. They were still super rich. Maybe it just didn't show up in my pictures but in the second one you can see the marbling pretty well on the sides. Went well with some leftover Thanksgiving mashed potatoes!

@MacKenziethanksgiving dinner would be my “death row meal”. I love it more than any other plate. I forgot to do green beans this year but the turkey was the finest I’ve cooked in my life to date so that was nice. Wet brined for 24 hours in hot water, apple juice, kosher salt, garlic powder, black peppercorns, fresh cut lemon thyme from the garden, Montreal steak seasoning, fresh cut honeycrisp apple chunks and a pinch of brown sugar. Then rubbed with Irish butter, thyme, rosemary mix and place two slices of Irish butter under the skin on top of the breast meat smoked on the KK at 225 with apple wood for 5 hours until thighs were 165 and rested for 3 hours before carving. Absolutely tasty. My new bar for Thanksgiving turkeys