Weekend Summary

The 2nd Annual Jack Daniels Moonshine Rib-A-Cue was a huge success! Despite the threat of rain all day Saturday, the skies stayed clear and people flooded in for BBQ ribs.  We were so happy to meet many, many new people and were grateful for overwhelmingly great feedback. I think every Danger Pig will...

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While Andy’s away, the Duane will play

Posted by Duane | Posted in Duane, Food Porn | Posted on 13-04-2010

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Andy thought it would be a good idea to leave the country for the first 9 days of beautiful weather here in Chicago, so I decided to whip out the smoker and spend two weekends using it. Unfortunately, my first weekend wasn’t captured on camera, but the menu was as follows. All meats from Gene’s Sausage Shop in Lincoln Square here in Chicago. If you haven’t been, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Smoked and pulled pork butt – no rub, no marinade. Just smoked, pulled, then served plain or with Andy’s homemade sauce. If you’re looking for pure pork flavor, nothing beats this.

Marinated Chicken Wings – I had four huge skin-on legs, and they weighed in at nearly 2 lbs. total. The marinade was a buttermilk base with some garlic, ancho chili powder, lime, coriander, cumin, tumeric and hot sauce. This was hands down some of the juiciest chicken legs I’ve ever had.

This last weekend, I went back to Gene’s and picked up a 5 lb. brisket and a few huge logs of cherry wood for the smoke. I had to go to Jewel for a 3.5 lb. salmon fillet. I’m not proud.

Here’s the lineup:

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