Amanda’s Craving BBQ!
People may not know that I have visited every small town festival in North & South Carolina with my Dad. Whether the Cotton Ginning Days in Dallas, NC, or the Watermelon Festival in Pageland, SC, I have been to them all! We were always on a mission to find what festivals we should enter next year with my Dad’s side business-- Oscar’s Bar-be-que. When I was 12 years old, he decided to purchase the largest grill I had ever seen to take up his new love of BBQ. He apprenticed under a guy who had won the Jack Daniels BBQ Competition in Texas 3 years in a row!
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| The Top of the Grill |
My Dad runs Oscar’s BBQ a few weekends of the year selling BBQ sandwiches, ribs, funnel cakes, & ribbon fries. He was even invited with his friend Steve, owner of Outlaw BBQ Restaurant in Mooresville, NC, to Super Bowl XLI (Colts vs Bears ’06) to be the Official BBQ Vendor during all the week long festivities.
Over Christmas Eve, we decided to try out something new and a long time favorite. The new item was Beer Can Chicken. We had 2 chickens (one organic and one regular, pumped with steroids I am sure) that were brined the night before in salt, water, and seasonings. That morning we dried off the whole chickens and seasoned them up with Lawry Salt, Pepper, Garlic Power, Chili Powder, & Paprika. In the beer cans, I placed several rosemary sprigs. Then we let them sit on the grill for about 3.5 hours. You have to purchase these special stands for the birds which hold the can and chicken upright.
Our second item was a delicious rack of ribs!! Pork Ribs are one of my all time favorite foods! The night before cooking, we placed a Spice Rub of Brown Sugar, Chili Powder, Paprika, Salt, Garlic Powder, & Pepper. Wrap the rack in aluminum foil and refrigerate. The next morning we placed the rack on the grill and cooked a long side the chickens. Place some sauce on there and you are good to go!!
Overall the taste was fantastic! I did not taste the flavor of the beer, but I did use Budweiser so that could be the reason for the lack of flavor. Has anyone ever found a beer that gave the chicken actual beer taste? The chicken was super moist with a crispy skin. The organic chicken was more tender and we decided that brining the meat helped the overall flavor. Of course the ribs were out of this world! Check out the basic recipes on the NEW Recipes tab.
I end with a random shot of some beautiful teaspoons I got for Christmas! Happy Cooking!
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| Soo Pretty! |
