How to Dry Age Beef At Home When the topic of dry-aged steaks comes up, it usually brings a lot of questions from steak-lovers and lay-people alike. The dry-aging process can be a bit mysterious, admittedly. As well, the flavor it produces can be hard to precisely describe. Some wouldn’t shy away from using a phrase like ‘pleasantly rotten’. Others take a more optimistic route, and use words like ‘robust’ and ‘full-bodied.’ Regardless of your semantic persuasions, dry-aging creates a decidedly unique and ...

How To Pan Fry The Perfect Steak Grillaholics, I was recently asked by a fellow Grillaholic what my favorite type of meat was, and honestly, I don’t know that I’ve ever taken so long to answer a simple question. From brisket, to ribs, to chicken wings, to pork chops, my mind was flooded with so many delicious options that I didn’t think I’d ever have an answer for him. I took a night to sleep on the question, and after much intense thinking (pretty sure I could have set off my smoke detectors with how hard my brain was wor...

How To Make Breakfast On The Grill As Grillaholics, we pride ourselves on being able to grill just about anything. From meats to vegetables to fruits, nothing is safe from our grilling expertise. With so many foods in our grilling arsenals, we always have hundreds of options for lunch and dinner every day. Unfortunately, while lunch and dinner are always covered, breakfast has always been an area where finding things to grill can be a struggle. Breakfast foods like eggs, hashbrowns, or pancakes simply don’t work on grill g...

How To Grill The Perfect Bratwurst Grillaholics, in honor of National Bratwurst Day (August 16th) quickly approaching, we wanted to take some time to show some appreciation for one of grillings most underrated foods: the humble bratwurst. As Grillaholics, we’re always trying to challenge ourselves at the grill, attempting to refine our craft as much as possible. And unfortunately, bratwursts aren’t always the most exciting grilling challenge to undertake. They don’t take hours of meticulous preparation like a brisket or pork...

How To Grill Chicken Wings Grillaholics, fall is quickly approaching, and while the end of summer can be a depressing time for many barbecue enthusiasts, true Grillaholics know the beginning of falls means football, and football means tailgating. There’s no better way to prepare for the big game than to crack open a cold beer, fire up the grill, and throw some delicious burgers onto the hot grates. But as Grillaholics, we pride ourselves on the ability to bring more to the tailgate than just basic burgers! For Grilla...

How To Broil The Perfect Steak Now I know as Grillaholics, there are few things that can keep us away from our grills. It doesn’t matter if it’s 110 degrees outside, or if there’s 2 feet of snow. Rain or shine, we’re out there. But sometimes disaster strikes, and you get stranded in a place without a grill (like my mother-in-law’s house). For times like that, when your craving for steak hits, you need a way to make it without a grill, and that’s where broiling comes in. Choosing A Steak Before we get into the step by s...

How To Smoke A Turkey Hey there, Grillaholics! We get the same question every year around Thanksgiving time - "How do you smoke a turkey". Well, we're here to help. Follow this simple guide below and you'll be well on your way to the best Thanksgiving feast yet! Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups salt 2/3 cup light brown sugar 6 large garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons peppercorns 20 sage sprigs, divided 20 thyme sprigs, divided 20 rosemary sprigs, divided 1 turkey (14 to 16 lbs.) 8 handfuls of pecan flavor...

Sous Vide Grilling: The Trick to Hitting Perfect Meat Temps on the Grill Every Time Once upon a time, the sous vide method of cooking was limited to just those in the upper-echelons of the culinary industry. The equipment was prohibitively expensive, and the knowledge of the technique was nothing short of a state-secret. Now, though, sous vide machines can be had for under $100, and there’s no shortage of tutorials and how-to’s on the internet. Sous vide machines are so simple to use now that they can even be controlled by an app on your phone! For us, it’s a no-brainer. Whe...

How To Grill a Ribeye Steak Hey there, Grillaholics! "How do I grill a ribeye?" This is a question we get a lot. There’s nothing better than a perfectly cooked, bone-in ribeye steak. Being more expensive than a regular cut of steak, many people are more cautious about grilling a ribeye, and rightfully so! Whether you choose the classic seasoning of salt and pepper or kick it up a notch with a pinch of spice, this all-American cut is always a crowd pleaser. Choosing Your Ribeye: When shopping for a ribeye, al...

How To Use Your Gas Grill For Smoking Grillaholics, if you’re like me, then you are well familiar with the love-hate relationship that comes with owning a gas grill. The benefits of barbecuing with a gas grill are numerous. For starters, gas grills are easy enough for a caveman to use, often requiring just a turn of a knob and a click of a button to ignite. They also give a consistent and even distribution of heat throughout the entire cooking cycle, which can lead to more uniformly cooked food overall. While the noble gas gril...

How To Grill Corn On The Cob Growing up in the Midwest, corn on the cob was always a staple of my diet, especially during the summer. Several times during the week, mom would place several ears of shucked corn into a pot of boiling water and, soon after, we would have delicious corn on the cob. For so much of my life, I naively believed that this was the best way to prepare corn on the cob. But then I became a Grillaholic. As a Grillaholic, you quickly realize that everything tastes better on the grill, and corn on the...

Wood Pairing Guide For Smoking It's Saturday and you're trying to figure out what you're doing for the big BBQ today. Is everybody tired of the usually chicken and beef that is prepared at your backyard cookouts? If you're trying to switch things up with your barbecue, try smoking your meat instead. Ever wonder what wood you should be using for your bbq? From sweet to smokey, we have the ultimate wood pairing guide for you to use while you're firing up the grill! When it comes to smoking on your gril...

How To Reverse Sear A Steak So you're getting ready for the big BBQ... you have all of your essentials, beer, steaks, seasonings (you know the drill). BUT, did you plan on HOW you're going to whip up your meat for your backyard shindig? If you're anything like me, you have your normal rituals when it comes to grilling, but today you're feeling spontaneous. Maybe it's time to try something new... There are multiple methods to cook a steak, but reverse searing is by far my favorite. If you've never...

How To Grill Asparagus Grillaholics, what I’m about to say is not easy for me to write, but it is unfortunately true: you shouldn’t eat ONLY meat. As a Grillaholic, I can’t even recall all of the times where I considered becoming a pure Meatatarian, before unfortunately realizing that epic amounts of protein cannot possibly replace the essential vitamins and nutrients found in fruits and vegetables that the body needs to stay healthy. Luckily, being the grillmasters that we are, getting these nutrients doesn’t ha...

How to Grill Salmon Alright Grillaholics, let's switch it up a bit! Let's try something that, in the US, is not as common to see on a grill as hamburgers and hot dogs... But is equally delicious when cooked over a flame. I'm talkin' about salmon! It's delicious, flaky, and tender but can be difficult to grill, and has been known to scare off more than one would be grill master.Thankfully, there are a few tips and tricks that are super helpful when grilling it! Let's dive in! Step 1:...

How To Make A Foil Smoke Ball Before we get into the specific steps on how to make a foil smoke ball, it's important that we know the in's and out's of smoking with wood chips. One of the most important pieces of advice I can give you is to NOT soak your wood chips! This method can cool the coals and be very counterproductive in your smoking process, and wet wood chips produce more steam than they do smoke. Dry wood chips will always smoke better, produce more smoke and overall is the better way to smoke with...