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This is the first of four posts on sausage making that stem from last weekend.  Sausage is a bit intimidating at first, you see it all the time in grocery stores, you eat a ton of it, but you really don’t know all that goes into it.  We took a lot out of this past [...]

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Not to often I get a turn around like this from the time a meal enters my mouth to the time it hits the site.  My son got really ill this weekend so no super bowl parties this year.  We did however take it easy today, are watching the game now, and did a bunch [...]

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I have had this book for quite some time now and it has just sat on my shelf.  Like many cooks, I hate to use a recipe and use cooking as an outlet to be creative.  I am not sure what exactly made me pick it up today but I did.  It could be that [...]

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As the Thanksgiving weekend comes an end, I thought it would be fitting to post the recipe for the smoked turkey I made for event.

As with most meats that hit the smoker, it all starts out with a brine. Nothing special here, just salt and water. Friends of mine mentioned using honey, brown sugar, and [...]

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The leaves are starting to change, the temperatures are dropping, and fall has arrived. With that, it is time for one of our favorite pastimes here in Colorado; hunting. I have been into hunting the last few years and this year I am going to extend past the standard elk hunts. Last [...]

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The 11th annual brewfest was a spectacular event. 18 brewers from all across the country serving their latest and greatest brews. The United Way of Southwest Colorado were expecting 300 – 500 to attend and over 700 made it. It was a huge success and it was an outstanding event again. [...]

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Another great meal we had in the mountains last week was our pork chops with Pork Barrel BBQ Rub. Most people did question our food practices after the packing in of the steak for the bundles the first night but having pork chops the second night really let them know we are serious about [...]

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On our trip into the mountains last weekend we had quite the feast and part of that feast was our bacon wrapped steak bundles. What is a steak bundle exactly and how do you get it to keep hiking five miles or so into the wilderness? Great question. Let’s start by what [...]

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What a weekend and what a trip. We are really looking forward to the video from this one as we got some amazing footage of the rugged mountains that surrounded camp and took backpacking food to the next level. Little Bear lived up to its reputation as being a tough peak and we [...]

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I spent all day today smoking meat for some friends. I smoked some pork shoulder, pork loin, brats, and ribs. I used some rub from Pork Barrel BBQ and a variety of different types of wood. I know that a lot of our readers are BBQ competitors and weekend warriors of the [...]

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