As promised after my rant about our trainee at the restaurant that cut off the burnt ends of the brisket and put them in the scrap pile (breathe, Julie, that’s it, inhale, hold it, exhale….), here is a recipe for “faux” burnt ends. If you see burnt ends listed on a restaurant’s menu, by the way, I’ll betcha ten […]

Thanksgiving week at Smokin’ Pete’s means we are drowning in gravy and are up to our elbows in brining turkeys. I’m working on a post about turkey this year, but thought I’d stall a bit and share my posts from last year. The first post is about Brining. I highly recommend brining your turkey, especially for […]

I’ve been shakin’ things up here at the She-Smoke blog. Part of why I posted so little last month, aside from us being freakin’ busy at the restaurant with catering, was that I need some time to ponder the direction of this little corner of mine. I know I overthink things. Just put up a damn […]

I need to rant tonight. I left the restaurant earlier and our new cook trainee did something that still has my jaw dropped down. Not in a good way. I noticed he sent out a brisket plate and that there was a pile of the brisket burnt ends on his cutting board. “What’s this?” I […]

For a barbecue blog, I sure post about cake a lot. Perhaps it’s because food is a celebration to me, and many celebrations involve cake. Or perhaps it’s because my husband, Eric, has a way with cakes. His aren’t delecate cakes, or even pretty cakes, but they are the kind of cake that make you […]