Fresh Ideas & Timeworn Classics For One Last Pre-Autumn Backyard BBQ
iStockphoto The end of summer is upon us. Sunday football has arrived and the weather is starting to ebb towards winter. We know, we know. It always ends way too soon. Next thing you know it’ll be...
View ArticleYou Can Get Paid $10,000 This Summer To Travel And Eat BBQ Ribs
Shutterstock Summer is supposed to be all about grilling food, chilling on beaches, and soaking up the sun. If your current summer plans are sounding a little too… not that, consider taking on this...
View ArticleSwitch Up Your Fourth Of July With These *Actual* American Foods
iStockphoto This article is being republished. With the Fourth Of July upon us, backyard grills will be firing up from sea to shining sea. While American Independence from British overlords is the...
View ArticleCooking Solo This 4th Of July? A Texas Barbecue Expert Offers Advice
UPROXX Plain and simple, Derrick Walker is a man who followed his passion. He’s spent his lifetime studying and mastering the art of the pit smoker. That depth of experience is precisely why we...
View ArticleThe New Season Of ‘Chef’s Table’ Offers An In-Depth Exploration Of BBQ
Netflix Chef’s Table is back. The latest season of the now-iconic Netflix series is a departure from the previous iterations. First, it’s much shorter, clocking in at only four 45-minutes episodes....
View ArticleRanking The Best BBQ Sauces Just In Time For Your Labor Day BBQ
UPROXX Summer may be ending but that doesn’t mean we have to stop enjoying some barbecue, or even easy-going backyard grilling. Besides some tasty veg, meat, or fish to grill, you’ll also need some...
View ArticleA Chat With A ‘Chef’s Table’ Director About Making The Beloved Show
Netflix Director and producer Brian McGinn first got attention while directing comedy shorts with Dave Franco. Then McGinn landed a gig producing and directing episodes of Netflix’s hit food series...
View Article‘The American BBQ Showdown’ Is A Fun, Breezy Goodbye-To-Summer Binge
Netflix At the end of last week, a new cooking show premiered on Netflix with little-to-no fanfare. The American BBQ Showdown slid into Netflix on the down-low — an eight-episode reality competition...
View ArticleA Chat With BBQ Pitmaster Rodney Scott About ‘Chef’s Table’ And Whole Hog BBQ
Rodney Scott BBQ Rodney Scott is the pitmaster we all long to be in our wildest barbecue dreams. The widely-acclaimed chef has spent his entire life nailing down the art of whole hog BBQ in the small...
View ArticleThis New York Hot Dog Onion Sauce Will Up Your BBQ Game This Weekend
Uproxx A great hot dog is defined, in part, by its condiments. What those condiments are is, of course, totally up to you. That being said, there’s one condiment that stands above the rest: New York...
View ArticleThree Food Writers Battle Over BBQ Rib Recipes, Just In Time For July 4th
Unsplash Ribs. 4th of July. Three chefs doing their best to out-do one another and then burning one another for their mistakes. You know what this is — it’s Cooking Battle. Me, Vince Manicini, and...
View ArticleHow To Make Brisket Without A Smoker This Weekend
Uproxx Cooking brisket in your home oven is very easy and extremely rewarding. While I like to braise brisket in sweet and sour liquids when I don’t have access to a smoker (or sous vide), I also...
View ArticleWorld Champion Pitmaster Tuffy Stone On Making The Best BBQ Pork Ever
“A lot of times I’ll say that the smell of barbecue is like this symbolic dinner bell and anybody who smells it — it’s inviting,” says legendary six-time world barbecue champion pitmaster and...
View ArticleStar Pitmaster Moe Cason Shares How To Make Impeccable Barbecue Brisket
Ask any true barbecue lover the “right” season for barbecuing and they’ll undoubtedly say, “any time!” Though summer weather inspires many of us to fire up the grill, the passion of die-hard barbecue...
View ArticlePitmaster Lance Kirkpatrick Shares How To Make The Perfect Beef Ribs
Typically, when you hear a pitmaster’s introduction to the world of barbecue, tales of growing up around cooking and a passion for food come into play. This isn’t that type of story. Lance Kirkpatrick...
View ArticlePitmaster Matthew Horn Shares The Keys To Making Perfect Brisket
Uproxx As a native Texan, it’s my birthright to have a palate for BBQ with the inborn ability to decipher the good from the bad. Like whiskey, BBQ has region-specific stylings unique to its location....
View ArticleBarbecue Pros And Pitmasters You Should Be Learning From On Instagram
Uproxx Many things in life warrant appreciation. There’s viewing the sunset at your favorite beach, the joy of tasting a new whiskey, or hearing a beloved band at a music festival. But as much as the...
View ArticleWe Paired Our Favorite Bourbons With BBQ Ribs To Find The Perfect Match
iStockphoto/UPROXX We’re deep in August, which means it’s still backyard BBQ season. And with Labor Day coming, there’s a good chance you’ll be eating some ribs before the leaves start to turn. Hell,...
View ArticleTraeger Released A Game Changing Grill That Allows You To Live Like Tyrese...
iStockphoto/UPROXX/Traeger Traeger helped make us all barbecue pros when it comes to smoking meat at home. Well, at least they made it easier for us to be pros in our minds and backyards with...
View ArticleWe Blind Tested Every Grocery Store Barbecue Sauce We Could Find, Here’s The...
Ralph Ordaz We rank a lot of things around here on Uproxx Life — from jarred marinara to methods of cooking hot dogs and bacon. We’re just trying to make your lives more enjoyable, is all (bad mac...
View ArticleFrotcast 143: Live from SXSW
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View ArticlePresident Obama Asked A Texas Man If He Was Gay, Leading To A Priceless Exchange
President Obama was in Austin, Texas on Thursday and stopped to have some food at the famous Franklin Barbecue. The thing he didn’t know was that the man behind the register was a comedian and...
View ArticleA Woman At A BBQ Got Stabbed In The Eye With A Fork Over A Rib
Shutterstock Being hungry can certainly make people act peculiar at times. This behavior, though, is usually limited to some mild griping or grumpiness. According to the Star Press, a woman in Muncie,...
View ArticleMac DeMarco Is Such A Nice Guy That He Made An EP To Soundtrack Your BBQs
What a thoughtful guy, that Mac DeMarco. Between making goofy interviews and stellar albums, the Canadian artist sure knows how to make us smile. Here’s another thing he’s done recently to cause us to...
View ArticlePlease Allow This Man To Tell You About The BBQ Ribs He Heroically Rescued...
Some people show no hesitation in opening up to camera crews after a life-threatening emergency. Examples include the amazing viral auto accident witness who will live forever in 2015 summer infamy....
View ArticleHow To BBQ Brisket In An Old Propane Tank: A Father-Son Story
shutterstock When I was a kid, we ate out at places with actual silverware four times per year. Tops. We weren’t poor, exactly, but we also weren’t keen on extravagance. Most of the extra money went...
View ArticleThese Vegans Cooking And Eating E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Will Ruin BBQ For You
Who doesn’t love E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? I love E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. You love E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Steven Spielberg and the late Melissa Mathison’s 1982 classic was nominated for nine...
View ArticleCelebrate The Fourth With The Top Television Grill Masters
With the arrival of the 4th of July, Americans are left to ponder many things: what freedom really means, the sacrifices of those who have made our country great, and most importantly, what kind of...
View ArticleThis Guy Upcycled Old Office Furniture To Make Smoked Meat In His Backyard
Cooking meat over smokey fire is probably the oldest method of cooking known to man — it’s what separated us from the rest of the animal kingdom way back when. Ever since we realized that cooking meat...
View ArticleLittle Caesars Wants To Fulfill Your Brisket-Smothered Pizza Dreams
We don’t think anyone has ever accused Litter Caesars of having the best pizza on earth. Crazy Bread aside, it’s more famous for being the place where you spend $5 while very stoned. Little Caesars...
View ArticleTodd Gurley Tells Us How Much He Misses Real BBQ, And Other East Coast...
Getty Image Running back Todd Gurley has had a pretty interesting NFL career in his first two seasons in the league. He’s in the strange position of having played in two different cities … for the...
View ArticleWatching North Korean Defectors Try American BBQ Serves As A Reminder Of How...
Getty Image North Korea is known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for a reason. It’s a country that exists in isolation from Western culture and society. This includes TV, movies, social media and food. In...
View ArticleCraft Beer Friday: The Very Best Barbecue And Beer Pairings
Spring is almost here, we’ve survived another winter! It’s time to celebrate by rolling the smoker or grill out of the garage, putting some flesh to flame, and cracking open a cold beer. For this...
View ArticleYou Can Eat The Best Barbecue Of Your Life If You Let These Chefs Guide You
We are one week out from the 4th of July, which means that the neighbors you hate have probably started setting off a few fireworks here and there. It’s not enough to feel festive, just enough to wake...
View ArticleWhat To Grill For The Fourth Of July, According To The Masses
Let’s chat about grilling for a moment. Barbecue gets most of the attention these days, from Franklin’s BBQ to Ed Mitchell’s Q. Simply throwing some meat on the grill over a flame is often considered...
View ArticleThis Is The Best Hot Dog In The Country For 4th Of July, According To NYTimes...
Shutterstock What’s your favorite hot dog brand? We all know (deep down) which pack of hot dogs we’re going for when we’re pushing our rickety shopping cart along the chilled lanes of our grocery...
View ArticleYes, You Should Absolutely Buy This Smoker Built Into A Cadillac
For almost a year, I’ve thought that the most wonderful, exciting, ingenious way to get your barbecue on was via filing cabinet. Hear me out: your grill may be amazing, but can it smoke meat on...
View ArticleAustin’s Iconic Franklin Barbecue Has Been Forced To Temporarily Close...
What might be Austin’s — and perhaps Texas, though that’s probably asking for trouble — most iconic BBQ joint is closed for business. It’s only temporary, but a fire has forced Franklin Barbecue to...
View ArticleThree Food Writers Face Off With Their Best BBQ Recipes
Look fam, this is waaaaaay late. It was meant to be published in the lead in to 4th of July. Then Labor Day. Then the first NFL game. Now it’s mid-September and… here we are. It’s on me. Zach and...
View ArticleHow Cooking As A Couple Can Connect Your Past, Present, & Future
Shutterstock I work full-time as an editor and columnist in New York City. My partner goes to school full-time — watching our 3-year-old son during the day while I work, then taking classes in the...
View ArticleHere Are The Keys To A Successful 4th Of July BBQ
Uproxx We want so much for you at Uproxx Life. We want you to eat well, we want you to travel often, and we want you to drink the best beers on earth. But more than any of that, we want you to not...
View ArticleA Slightly Unhinged Power Ranking Of 4th Of July Cookout Foods
Unsplash Ah, the Fourth of July! A time that should be spent with friends and family in the backyard, grilling meats and playing in the pool. Or on the beach, watching fireworks explode across the...
View ArticleWow Your Tailgating Crew With These Amazing BBQ Sauce Recipes
iStockphoto/UPROXX It’s always BBQ sauce season. And right now is a great chance to try new BBQ sauces, as families gather around tailgates across the nation for fall cookouts. While where you live...
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