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  Classic Santa Maria Style Tri-Tip Recipe with our Tri-Tip Rub Bourbon Glazed Recipe. On the central California coast region of Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo grilled and sliced Tri-Tip barbecue is religiously served with grilled garlic bread and pinquito ranch beans....

  Marinades and the Marinating Process: Let's cover what is a marinade and what is the process of marinating.  A marinade is a seasoned mixture that adds flavor and in some cases tenderizes. Marinades are commonly used with thin cuts, such as steaks, chicken, duck or fish. A...

  Follow our step by step process on How To Smoke A Turkey - On Your Smoker to ensure an evenly cooked and smoked turkey. Prepare the smoker by removing the lid and center ring of your smoker, open all vents and place 2 layers of briquettes (about 10 Pounds) in the charcoal basket.  Light...

  Meat smoking has been around for more than One Hundred years. In fact on my last journey to the mountains of Norway (2011) I saw many farmhouses with individual smokehouses on stilts just yards from their backdoor. Smoking not only adds flavor to meat but removing or drying out the...

  A wonderful Southwestern Smokehouse Brisket recipe with exceptional flavor. Southwestern Style Dry Rub seasonings will season this brisket to perfection. Indirect grilling is the preferred method of cooking for this recipe. Ingredients 1/4 Cup Jake's Southwestern Hickory...

How to start a Charcoal Grill  First things first. Before you start, examine the grill to ensure that all grill components are properly placed. Be sure that the ash pan is properly attached to the legs underneath the grill. The charcoal grate should be resting inside the bowl to hold the...

Managing How To Stop and Prevent Flare-ups on your grill Flare-ups occur when splattered grease or fat makes contact with the heat source and sparks into a flame. To prevent flare-ups, make sure your grill is clean before you start-even old grease splatters can cause flare-ups and charring. Make...

  Although dry rub seasoning has been around for many years over the last three or four this form of pre-seasoning meats has become quite popular. In fact not long ago "marinades" were the more popular of the two forms of seasoning. That is quickly changing since dry rubs...

We've been asked this question in numerous forms and it begs an solution. That  answer is YES!   BBQ Grill Vents should be Open when grilling . But then comes the subsequent question, by how much or or  How do you use them?   To answer this...

  Marinating meat can be one of the simplest and easiest ways of bringing flavor to foods. The only real limitation is "time". Planning ahead is crucial to determining the tenderness and importation of flavor that meats experience. In this article we discuss some suggestions...

  Cooking with wood chips has been a favorite with BBQ chefs since the first fire. In recent times we have become so sophisticated with our tastes and techniques that cooking with wood has become an art. Many individuals refuse to cook with propane or natural gas for fear of losing the flavor...

We at Jake's Famous Foods have been making and managing Barbecues for the last 17 years and before that we were making barbecues when we were just knee high to a hound dog.....or at least that's how I've heard it said.  All total we've been making barbecues for some 40 plus...

When the weather changes and cooking and grilling tend to move more indoors never fear that you can't have your favorite homemade ribs.  In fact, with our Instant Pot Ribs (IPR) Recipe you can have those famous homemade barbecue ribs anytime you want.  With our post and recipe,...

Marinate, Season or Dry Rub Tri Tip, which is better In fact we'll go one better...should you even bother no matter which method?  The plain and simple answer is YES, YES, by all means YES!  Now for the best of the methods which would enhance, improve and just all around make you tri...

Looking for gifts for the person who seems to have everything? Who isn't?  Well, we may have the one item that not everyone else has.  Yes, it's our very own first time Gift Boxes.  Our gift boxes include three (3) of our very favorite and popular dry rubs.  In this set...

  Our stellar recipe creator has come up with a new recipe that blends, hot and spicy with sweet and tangy to make awesome JT's Pulled Pork BBQ Sauce. Ingredients: 6 Garlic cloves 1 Qt Beer 1 Cup Brown Sugar 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 Ounce Pineapple juice 1...

   JT'sTexas Cheese Croissant Kiss Recipe - with a kick! Thanks to Jeff Thelen for his excellent contribution. Cheese Kiss Ingredients: Jake's Really Good Original Barbecue Sauce Jake's Tri-Tip, Steak and Rib Rub Salt and pepper 4 Chicken tenders cleaned...

  Grilling juicy BBQ Pork Chops can be a daunting task especially if you've never done it before.   With our guide we're going to walk you through this process and the steps necessary to make this happen.  Let's get started. Pork products have changed over the years...

  Making Juicy Pork Chops on the Grill Pork Chops are excellent for grilling. Our steps here teach you how long to grill pork chops every time. Steps: When chops are seasoned let them come to room temperature for no more than five minutes. If chops need to thawed before cooking make...

  How to Keep Barbecue Sauce Fresh Along with getting asked a number of questions about our sauces, many people ask about simple preservation methods. Meaning, how long can you actually keep a barbecue sauce in the refrigerator before it spoils? Jake's sauces are good for 18 months on the...

  If you're lazy and love the taste of great homemade ribs then this bbq ribs in the oven recipe is for you. A great Oven Baked BBQ ribs recipe from Lee. But first a little background on how this great recipe came into being. Lee and I were out near a Southern California beach one...