Kitchen Tools

A chuck roast is delicious if prepared properly, cheap, and something you buy. You get it home, throw it in a pan, and then things … Read more

You check on that roast and realize it’s been cooking for hours because the timer was no help at all, and you panic. Meat! Physics! … Read more

Before we carve up our prime rib, we tend to get a little panicky. We look at clock in the oven, grab for thermometer, and … Read more

Around four thirty on Christmas Eve, when the roast’s still in the fridge and the smoker’s cold, panic sets in. It is more than just … Read more

Roasting a big hunk of meat for several hours can be anxiety inducing. Do you cook it long enough to make sure it’s tender (falling-apart-tender) … Read more

You carefully trimmed your whole packer brisket and now fridge is silent. But you’re not done! Why? Because marinating are more complicated then just slapping … Read more

If this is your first time smoking a brisket, then you probably approached it as if it were a math equation: weigh the meat, divide … Read more

Too often, marination is thought of as easy: just plop some meat in a bath, then let time do its work. It is almost never … Read more

But there’s a particular variety of holiday stress, experienced by the cook who’s got the bird (or, in this case, the roast). At some point, … Read more