Little Smokies

Little Smokies, Ken and his daughter Katie introduced these to me when Ken & I were dating. Now we make little smokies every holiday, parties and tailgating... These are quick and simple, can be done on any grill, stove top or the crock pot. Make a great last minute treat that your guests will love and is very low cost to make… Little Smokies A…

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Cold Smoked Cheese in the Pacific Living Outdoor Oven

Cold Smoked Cheese Cold Smoked Cheese, we love smoked cheese and we use it in our recipes to add a whole new layer of flavor. Things like Mac and Cheese, Stuffed meatloaf and burgers are crazy good picking up the smoky flavors of the grill. Not even talking about sauces and dips. Cold smoking cheese is so easy to do. Today we used our Pacific…

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Krabby Poppers

Krabby Poppers Krabby Poppers, friends wanted a recipe for appetizers that were fancy and cheap, too. Everyone loves our different kinds of poppers. We’ve stuffed both sweet and jalapeno peppers with all kinds of fillings. Of course, they’re always wrapped with bacon. This time Patti stuffed pretty, sweet peppers with fake crab (aka Surimi, but you can use real crabmeat, too) mixed with sharp cheddar,…

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Bacon Cornbread Sticks

Bacon Cornbread Sticks Bacon Cornbread Sticks, Ken was making his famous Chuck Wagon Chili and wanted something different as a side. Patti loves our antique corn bread stick molds. They were Ken’s grandmothers. Ken lives in fear of dry cornbread so I always add extra ingredients after starting with an easy box mix. Tonight was a whole can of creamed corn and some crispy, cooked…

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Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese

Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese, Ken loves mac & cheese as long as it’s extra cheesy. He calls it the ooey gooey factor. Plus, our cold smoked cheese makes it even better. Patti invited her lovely friend Harriett over for lunch to try this new recipe. To make it a little fun she made it with wagon wheel shaped pasta…

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Holiday Seafood Enchiladas

Holiday Seafood Enchiladas Holiday Seafood Enchiladas would be an easy, elegant dinner or brunch for any holiday or special occasion. Patti made these for our anniversary dinner because Ken was in the mood for lobster. She made these with a combination of lobster, shrimp and crab with a “Kiss of Smoke”. You can use any combination you like. Patti and I have set one night…

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Smoked Garlic & Brie Stuffed Boule

Smoked Garlic & Brie Stuffed Boule Smoked Garlic and Brie Stuffed Boule (A boule is just a round of bread.) because while we were enjoying this stuffed sourdough bread at a local winery we were thinking of ways to make it better. So, we added our garlic sauce and crumbled bacon. Two of our favorite things! This is a great pull apart appetizer or snack…

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Cold Smoke Essentials

Cold Smoke Essentials Cold Smoke Essentials: garlic and cheese for our “Smoked Garlic Sauce” and our “Smoked Chipotle Garlic Sauce” and when you add smoked cheese to your recipes it changes everything in a GREAT WAY!!! We thought while we were at it we would throw on a ham chub that we’ll slice for sandwiches and pork chops seasoned with our new “Date Night Butt…

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Video Kens Famous Baked Beans Redux

https://youtu.be/BXh1Gb2K-Ao Kens Famous Baked Beans Redux Video Kens Famous Baked Beans Redux because we love taking a great recipe of ours and making it even better. Ken’s been working on this recipe for over thirty years and these are the best yet. The BIG difference is we are now 5 cameras better and thought we would also do a video. Our friends didn’t really care…

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Cold Smoked Cheese

Cold Smoked Cheese Cold Smoked Cheese, we really enjoy smoked cheeses, we eat them as snacks and Patti uses them in different recipes. Patti made a nice Caprese salad with some of the Mozzarella Cheese and I used some on our Fiery Cowboy Pizza. Off The Hook!!! Cold smoking cheese is so easy with our GMG loaded with Bull Racks and smoke from the Wedgie.…

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Honey Baked Ham

Honey Baked Ham Honey Baked Ham, who doesn’t love it? We were asked to do the hams for our community Christmas party. So we did 2 spiral cut hams with 3 simple ingredients. Honey Baked Ham for 50 people. We gave it a “Kiss of Smoke” with a smoke tube filled with Pecan/Peach pellets made by Pacific Pellets and filled the hopper with Mountain Maple…

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