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Making Bacon From Scratch
If you've ever wanted to learn how to make the King of Meats right in your own kitchen, you've come to the right place. Making bacon really couldn't be any simpler!
Grilling: Direct vs. Indirect Heat + Meat Temperature Chart
Tips
An Easy Hack for Thawing Meat
Find yourself in a pinch with frozen meat and dinner closing in? Use this tip to speed up thawing time!
How to Carve a Chicken
These four easy steps demystify carving a cooked chicken into separate pieces and makes serving easier.
A Mess-Free Way to Cook Bacon
Don't fret over bacon grease anymore. With this quick tip for oven-roasted bacon, you'll have perfectly cooked bacon and minimal clean up.
Better Bacon-Wrapped Appetizers
Ensure perfectly crisp and tender bacon-wrapped appetizers with this easy-to do and make-ahead tip.
How to Make Room for More Ribs on the Grill
If you're going to grill ribs, you might as well grill for a crowd! If space is a little tighter on your grill than you'd like, here's a creative way to make room for even more meat. Ensure you have enough room on the grill with this quick tip.
Crushing Meat with a Potato Masher for a Smoother Meat Filling
Here's a helpful tip to achieve a texture that's perfect for filling manicotti with ease every time.
How to Render Bacon
Rendering is a simple technique used to melt fat from diced meat. The result? Crispy perfection.
All About Natural-Casing Hot Dogs
Here's the low-down on natural-casing hot dogs, what exactly they are, and what makes them so delicious.
How to Freeze Uncooked Bacon for Easy Use Later
Don’t always use an entire package of bacon at once? Freeze it so it lasts longer, using this tip to keep the strips separate. You can then defrost individual slices depending on how many you need.
An Easy Way to Grill Sliders
Good either for finger food or a full meal, sliders are perfect party food. Here's an efficient way to cook them.
Techniques for Roasting Chicken
The secret to a perfect roasted chicken lies in how it's prepared prior to roasting. Here are the tips you need for success.
Do Double-Duty by Freezing Your Meat in Marinade
With a little planning ahead and just a bit of work, you can thaw and marinate frozen meat — at the same time.
How-To's
How to Make Homemade Corned Beef
Enjoy this St. Paddy’s Day favorite like never before when you make it yourself! A few spices and a little time are all you need for this flavor-packed, tender homemade corned beef.
How To Spatchcock a Turkey + Our Juiciest Turkey Recipe Ever
Roasting a juicy, perfectly cooked whole turkey doesn’t have to be stressful. Try this classic spatchcocking technique and Thanksgiving dinner will be faster, easier, and more visually exciting than ever before.
How to Make Homemade Stock
Stocks are the foundation of classic cooking — they won't dazzle you with their good looks, but surely will with what they bring to your cooking endeavors. Simply follow our fundamental guidelines, including our six principles for making from-scratch stock, and you'll soon be creating amazing soups, stews, and more.
How to Make Homemade Pastrami
Making Homemade Pastrami isn’t a weeknight project, but once you try your hand at making this highly coveted deli staple, you’ll fall head over heels for its succulent slices. So grab our recipe for Homemade Pastrami and follow along.
How to Flavor & Tenderize Meat and Vegetables with Marinades
Look around your kitchen, and you’ll see everything needed to add extra layers of flavor or to tenderize your favorite meal — vinegars, juices, milk, vegetables, spices, even wine. In this step-by-step tutorial we explain all that you should know about marinades and how they work . . . while you relax.
How to Buy, Trim & French Lamb Chops
This quick tutorial and accompanying video Trimming Lamb walks you through how to buy, trim, and prepare lamb rib chops using a technique known as frenching. Then once you've got that mastered, grab our recipe for Grilled Lamb Chops with bistecca oil and put your new skills to work.
How to Grill the Perfect Steak
A perfectly flame-charred steak is truly a work of art, but you need more than just a full tank of propane to become an artist. These tips are sure to put you on the road to success.
All About Pork Ribs and How To Smoke and Grill Them
Learn all about buying and trimming pork ribs — baby backs and spareribs. A simple rub and sauce is all your ribs need (check out our recipe for Spicy Dry Rubbed and Grilled Spareribs with bock barbecue sauce).
Learn All About Indirect Grilling
What is indirect grilling? It's bascially a technique that turns your grill into an outdoor oven so you can cook big items, like whole chickens, pork loins, pizzas, etc. So the next time you fire up the grill, follow these four simple steps, and take the indirect route to perfectly cooked meats, vegetables, and more.
How to Make a Basic Brine
Brining is a simple technique that replaces the water in meat and poultry with the brining solution which yields juicier, more flavorful meat. With this quick refresher, you'll learn how to make a basic brine so you'll be well on your way to juicy, flavorful meat and poultry in no time.
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Recipes
Spicy Dry Rubbed & Grilled Spareribs with bock barbecue sauce
Once you've checked out our How To article All about pork ribs and how to smoke and grill them and learned how to buy and trim ribs, then it's time to rub them, cook them, and sauce them. And this all-purpose recipe for Spicy Dry Rubbed & Grilled Spareribs with bock barbecue sauce is just what you need. The chili powder adds a little kick, so pull back on it if you're sensitive, and the malty flavor of bock beer i…
Pork Chops with Sautéed Apples & Pecans
It’s hard not to feel satisfied when you have meat and potatoes on your plate. We kept portions in check in this dish, bumping up the flavor with “extras,” like cheese, nuts, and sweet apples.
Pan-Roasted Pork Chops with Apricot Sauce
Here’s to “the other white meat.” Taste this perfectly pan-roasted chop and see why it merits all the publicity it’s been getting.