This weekend, millions of Americans will head to the backyard and fire up their grills in celebration of Labor Day.
In order to help take your cookout to the next level, the Grillocracy team has compiled some of their favorite barbecue and grilling recipes including:
Read MoreI am a student of cookbooks; reading them as religiously as some folks might read the Bible. And while I am not one to actually make the dishes outlined between their pages, I thrive on taking inspiration from them and incorporating bits and pieces into the types of kicked-up barbecue and grilling recipes I often share here.
One such book that I have enjoyed cover-to-cover is Gastro Grilling: Fired Up Recipes to Grill Great Everyday Meals by Ted Reader (Penguin Canada 2013) as Ted takes pride in taking every recipe in it just a little bit further.
Read MoreMac 'n cheese meets the old fashioned bacon burger in this Bacon Mac 'n Cheese Burger recipe from yours truly and sponsored by Omaha Steaks.
Read MoreLeave it to Chef Michael Symon to take grilled salmon to a new level with the addition of a Knob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon glaze.
Read MoreWhen it comes to smokers, I am a huge fan of the simplicity and efficiency of the Weber Smokey Mountain. In fact, I currently own four of them. So when my BBQ buddy Bill Gillespie unveiled his cookbook Secrets to Smoking on the Weber Smokey Mountain and Other Smokers (Page Street Publishing Co.), I knew it was for me!
In the book, Bill's got some wildly creative recipes such as buttery smoked cabbage, grown up style pigs in a blanket, and mozzarella stuffed meatballs. But today we're going ol' school with Bill's recipe for beer can smoked chicken.
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