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Skewer Love
Grilled lamb skewers with Cabernet sauce, served on heart-shaped pita bread with watercress salad Cooking for the one you love is twice more special than a fancy dinner at a restaurant because on top...
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Secrets of the Char-Broil All-Stars: Julie “She Smoke” Reinhardt
Spring has arrived and even for those of us that grill year-round, it’s time to really start cookin’ outdoors. In my book, She-Smoke: A Backyard Barbecue Book, I give eleven grilling tips. Here are my...
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Grilled Halibut with Grilled Tomato Coconut Shallot Sauce
Grilled Halibut with Grilled Tomato Coconut Shallot Sauce I love spring for many reasons, but one of them is because I can grill dinner in daylight. In Seattle, our winter nights come early. As a food...
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Easy-to-Make Baby Back Ribs – Use the 4 R’s
Julie's "Caw-Caw" Baby-Back Ribs Baby back ribs are a favorite of mine because they get the highest compliment rating for the least amount of work. For you acronym junkies, that’s a high CAW rating...
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Easy Pork Tenderloin Skewers
Here is a method to make small bite-size skewers for a party, without having to grill each individual skewer. The trick? Grill the meat ahead in larger strips, then cut, skewer and glaze before...
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Tea Smoked Chicken for Chinese New Year
I love new beginnings. I may muddle middles and misfire endings, but I’m great at beginnings. That’s one reason I love Chinese New Year. It’s about a month after the Gregorian Calendar new year, right...
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Party Planning 101/Food Quantities: Channel Barry White with a Calculator.
I get frantic calls at the restaurant almost every day, “How much should I get for X amount of people? I have no idea!” Either their party has grown, their time cut short, or maybe the company picnic...
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12 Ways To Be a Locavore by Char-Broil All-Star Julie Reinhardt
With our world economy we can now say, “It’s summer somewhere” which is why watermelon is now apparently a winter fruit. The movement to buy local and eat foods in season is much more than a buzz...
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Homemade Barbecue Sauce…with Love
Barbecue sauce companies and competition teams like to hype their sauces as “top secret,” but here’s the real deal: Making homemade barbecue sauce is a cake walk. What’s more, I bet you have all the...
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7 Secrets of a BBQ Restaurateur
I say I love secrets, but really I love discovering and dishing secrets, rather than keeping them. So, when Char-Broil asked me to write this post, the first thing I checked was the “maximum word...
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Big Easy Pork Shoulder: Smoking slow and low while you sleep
When my Big Easy first arrived, my first thought was, “Can this baby really get enough smoke?” I’ve certainly used other electric smokers and the challenge was getting any smoke and the fact that most...
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Grilled Corn Pudding
Corn pudding Labor day marks the end of summer and what better day to celebrate the shifting of the seasons than corn pudding. It’s summer harvest and comfort food combined in one delicious dish. For...
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Grill Roasted Chicken with Sage, Butter and White Wine Sauce
Labor Day brings with it sunny days with crisp edges, scents of harvest, and that back-to-school energy we all need after the dog days of summer. Here is a delicious whole chicken recipe you can cook...
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Tailgate Pulled Pork: Timing it so you don’t miss any of the game (or party!)
You know the scenario: The game starts at noon, which means the tailgate party starts somewhere between dawn and breakfast. Everybody loves your pulled pork. The question is how can you make it without...
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Load ‘em and Love ‘em Lamb Skewers with Mint Parsley Yogurt Sauce
I have a thing for lamb. Maybe it’s because my mom never cooked it. It was exotic to me until I got older and starting cooking for myself. Lamb cooks a lot like steak, so if you are comfortable...
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Turkey Prep 101: How to thaw, brine and season your turkey
Brine ingredients for the recipe below.Few people know that when Plato said, “The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing,” he was referring...
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Christmas Dinner: Smoked Prime Rib Au Jus, Grill-Braised Carrots with...
Many families splurge for a good ham on Christmas, but when I want to pull out all the stops, I make prime rib. Let’s face it, there’s a certain amount of glory in serving up a bronzed slab of juicy...
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First and Down The Hatch Bloody Mary
The Super Bowl is a long day of festivities. What better way to kick it off (pun intended) with a hearty Bloody Mary garnished with a grilled breakfast wedge sandwich? Assemble the sandwiches ahead of...
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Love Me Tenderloin
Making a special Valentine’s Day meal for your person of interest, whether it’s your spouse of 22 years or a new flame, can create a lot of pressure. This simple grilled pork tenderloin with a Red...
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Girl Power March Madness Appetizers
Hosting a March Madness party? Just because it’s a sporting event doesn’t mean you are forced to eat chips and dip or pigs in a blanket. Am I right, ladies? Here are three grilled appetizers that step...
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