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Smithfield Carnitas Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Smoked Carnitas Grilled Cheese Sandwich

January 5, 2021

We are thrilled to announce that Grillocracy has teamed with the fine folks at Smithfield* to celebrate their marinated fresh pork products.

Perfectly seasoned and easy to prepare, the Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork products include pre-seasoned tenderloins, sirloins, and loin filets as well as a few new additions to the Smithfield Fresh Pork collection!

Over the next several months, we’ll be highlighting select products with some mouth watering grilled fresh pork recipes including the Smoked Carnitas “Grilled” Cheese Sandwiches below.

Smoked Chocolate Toffee

December 12, 2020

Over the past few years I have become known for my holiday toffee, making large numbers of batches for teachers, family and neighbors.

This year I decided to turn up the heat on my traditional recipe, smoking the chocolate chips that would coat a number of different toffee flavors.

By smoking the chocolate, I was able to bring a truly unique depth of flavor to the buttery toffee and wow everyone who was the recipient of a toffee gift box!

Here’s the “how to” if you want to do something really special for the folks on your grift list this holiday season!

The Ultimate Guide to Restaurant Quality Steaks at Home

September 25, 2020

There are some things in life that are meant to go together like peanut butter and jelly, weddings and the chicken dance, and steaks and the grill.

While steaks can certainly be prepared indoors in a skillet, grill pan, or the oven, these methods pale in comparison to the depth of flavor that is achieved by cooking with smoke and fire. To help get you started on the road to creating a restaurant quality grilled steak at home, we’ve created the following tutorial.

Award Winning Competition BBQ Smoked Ribs Recipe

July 3, 2020

Everyone loves smoked ribs but what you love at home may not necessarily work when you go to enter them in your first barbecue contest as I learned very early on in my competition days. Here's the story of how I got starting in BBQ contests, some tips that I learned for cooking competition smoked ribs, and my recipe for award winning ribs.

Grilled Red, White and Blue Poundcake

June 30, 2020

Looking for the perfect grilled dessert to round out your July 4th cookout? Today Grillocracy's got a patriotic red, white, and blue grilled poundcake that is not only simple to make, it tastes great too! Note that this recipe can be prepared in advance of your cookout then assembled when ready to serve.

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