Backstretch Barbeque

05/23/2022

Here's a dessert idea for your next BBQ.

Brownie Grill Bites are the perfect dessert for a weekend BBQ picnic Father's Day easy to make with store-bought brownie bites cute and fun treat for summer

04/02/2022

We visited Humphrey's Smokers in Maine before we decided to retire. Check out this awesome new product they now offer! Perfect for your backyard, isn't it?

03/21/2021

A great article that explains the reasoning behind wrapping meats. We do use "pink paper" or Butcher Paper regularly on our brisket. We only wrap ribs or pork butts (in foil) when we need to hold them.

Should you wrap meats like brisket, beef shoulder clod, pork shoulder, ribs, etc., in aluminum foil or unlined butcher paper hours into the smoke, or leave the meat “naked”? Not unsurprisingly, there are pros and cons with each method

09/16/2020

File this under words we thought we'd never ever utter again..."We bought a new smoker". We recently added our 8th smoker, a Pit Boss Pellet Grill. Tonight's dinner was beef ribs rubbed with salt, pepper and instant coffee granules. Smoked, then wrapped in pink butcher paper and put back on the heat.

06/21/2020

Special delivery to the Saratoga Springs Police Department today. 3 dozen of our popular smoked Scotch eggs. We hadn't made these since our retirement last October.
We thank our police force for keeping us safe.

06/07/2020

Our own smoked bacon ready for the freezer. This is what's left after we gave some to the kids and some to family who had drive-by birthday parades. 16 # plus a couple packages of scraps. The pic of the single pack is just because it looked so perfect. It's the first time we used parchment in packaging. Sure made them look a bit neater.

06/02/2020

We haven't fired up the smoker as much as we'd expected. Since family gatherings have been a bit curtailed we've been mostly grilling for just 2. Today was an exception. Here's what 30 # of bacon looks like. We cured it for almost 2 weeks with maple and black pepper added. There are also 2 thick cut pork chops that we cured and smoked. After the bacon is smoked and chilled we'll slice it and package it up in meal-sized bags. Our Foodsaver will get a workout!

05/03/2020

Good morning! Well, here we are at the first Sunday in May. It's opening day of the outdoor market season at the Spa City Farmers Market. The world is not quite how we imagined it would be when we decided to retire last fall. We hope that you all are enjoying good health and looking forward to the beautiful spring days ahead. Shortly we'll head over to the market because that's what we've done every spring, summer and early fall morning for the past five years. Of course, today we'll just be shopping not vending. The market has put great precautionary measures in place so that you can enjoy a safe shopping experience. Please go out and support our vendor friends. They need us as much as we need them!
On the happiest note of all, our third grandbaby joined the family in late March. Meet DJ. How precious is he?

UPDATE: We came home with a smoothie from The Smoothie Shoppe, dinner from Giovanni_fresco and breakfast from Euro Delicacies. Almost forgot that we also got truffles from Saratoga Chocolate Co.. The market's new hours are 10 til 2. See you there one of these weekends!

04/28/2020

Today we made almost 20 quarts of our award winning pulled pork chili. We delivered 30 servings to our friends at the Saratoga Springs Police Department.

02/09/2020

Spoiling ourselves on a Sunday morning with our homemade maple black pepper bacon and Cobble Hill Farm eggs.