Grilled Bacon & Cheese Burgers

Aaaah...cheeseburgers with bacon, a classic!

I use half beef and half pork for my burgers, mixed with egg, all spice, garlic, pureed onion and rolled oats ( to help bind it all together ). after flipping the burgers put a handful of chopped home-smoked bacon ( already cooked ) and shredded provolone cheese on top and cover them with tin foil roasting pans to speed up the melting....

Beef Fajitas

Mrs Sawhorse and I love fajitas...a simple meal full of great intermingling tastes. I like to grill a Top Sirloin steak ( we like our steak rare ) and slice it while sauteing onions and green peppers in chili infused olive oil with crushed pepper and sea salt. Throw the steak slices in for a minute or two and serve on tortillas with salsa and cheese.

Marinated Cheese

Marinated cheese is a very simple appie to make and is great with a fresh baguette. In this one used cubes of mozzarella, fresh rosemary, santalina tomatoes, and virgin olive oil. Marinate in the fridge for at least a week and take out of the fridge an hour before serving.

Flank cut beef sh0rt ribs

This is one of the easiest ways to enjoy the taste of beef ribs with about half the time ( it is still going to take 3-4 hours).

I like a simple rub of fresh cracked pepper corns and sea salt with a drizzle of olive oil. Very simple and allows the beef taste to be prominent. Throw these on a hot, pre-oiled, grill and stand back to listen to the beautiful sizzle of searing meat. Sear both sides to brown and lower the heat to low (225F) close the lid and walk away. a simple mopping of beer, butter, and BBQ sauce every hour with a flip and these bad boys should be fall off the bone ready after 3 hours.

I use a cast iron wood chip box on my direct heat burners as the ribs cook over the other side of the grill.

Uncle Sawhorse's Garlic Hot Sauce

I have finally decide to get off my ass and start making my garlic hot sauce for sale at local farmers markets. I have been making hot sauce for awhile now as presents to my friends who, in turn, have encouraged me to make more of it and sell it.

Uncle Sawhorse's Garlic Hot Sauce is made with red thai chili peppers, white vinegar, kosher salt, tomatoes, and of course garlic...lots and lots of garlic.

The taste has been described as a "BANG" of garlic followed by a wave of medium heat...never taking away from the taste of the meat. Hot sauce should never overpower the taste of meat...it should enhance it.

Grilled Top Sirloin Steak

Top Sirloin is one of my favourite steaks to grill. It is big and very beefy, but also tender. The c0st of top sirloin versus tenderloin makes it a great purchase to feeding a group of people.

The key to grilling a top sirloin is a thick cut and high heat. I like to use 1 1/2" thick 32 oz full slices of sirloin at 550 degrees farenheit.

a generous dry rub of cracked pepper and ground sea salt with a drizzle of of olive oil on each side is the best and most basic way to prepare the steak.

4-5 minutes at 3/4 of an inch above direct heat before flipping and then 3-4 minutes on the other side should give you a nice rare steak with plenty of bark ( the charring of the steak ).

If you prefer medium rare try moving the steak to indirect heat for about 2 minutes before flipping and then put back over direct heat and follow the process.

Remember there are different cuts of sirloin so make sure you ask your butcher for "Top Sirloin".

Barbecued Ham

There is nothing quite like the smell of ham being cooked on the barbecue. I like to use a picnic shoulder ham for 2 reasons, the first is its inexpensive, the second is because of the amount of fat that melts into the meat...remember fat = taste.

I use indirect heat in a charcoal kettle at about 300F and 20 minutes a pound. While the coals or charwood is getting ready i score the top of the rind in a checkerboard pattern and place the ham in a bbq roasting pan and add enough apple juice and beer to cover the bottom of the pan.

As I put the ham on the grill i add soaked wood chunks to the coals for smoke flavouring. I like to use a spritzer bottle filled with apple juice, liquid smoke, and chipolte hot sauce to keep the ham moist every 1/2 hour

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