My daughter just had a birthday party for which I was the designated BBQ chef. Not only that but I had to buy the grub as well. This is double hell for someone on a diet. So when I was shopping I bought a piece of "Fresh" wild Alaskan Salmon...."Not the Farmed Crap" and a Cedar Cooking Board.
You soak the board in water for about an hour. Then while cooking burgers and dog's for everyone I had a slab of Salmon in the back corner slow cooking. You take the board and coat one side with cooking oil then take and smear Mayonaise on the skin side of the Salmon. This will make the Salmon slide right of off the skin when done. While cooking I coated it with "Sweet Maui Onion BBQ Sauce"! If you have never had the pleasure of this BBQ sauce....well let's just say it is to die for. We brought some back on our last trip there. Someone told me you can get it at "Trader Joe's" but I have not checked that out yet.

What's your favorite BBQ Grill meal?

PS...There is nothing like camping in the summer and those outdoor breakfast's. Egg's, Bacon, and Hash Brown's all cooked on the coleman stove outside....MMMMMM...I can smell the bacon cooking already!!!! OH...and the milk from the cooler that has been wedged against the ice block overnight!!!!

MMMMMMMMM...good stuff!

Chuck Eyes are the SHIT cut of meat and a hidden gem and can be found everywhere and usually at really cheap price when on sale. We wait till they go on sale or end up the right price range and stock our freezers with them. There is also something really good about a whole chicken cut in 2 and slowly grilled to that right mix of crispy skin on the outside and moist juicy meat on the inside. Simply seasoned with Lowery's and Black Pepper with garlic under the skin. For good fish recipes I like Halibut, Tuna, or Mahi Mahi marinated in the low fat wishbone Itallion dressing and simply grilled.

Oh and darktemper I hope that you remembered to use only an untreated cedar plank as anything else would be foolish crazy.

Was on the counter in the Fish Market and specifically for cooking with!!!! Thanks though....would be kind of nasty to cook it on a cedar fence plank......!!!!!

Hot Links, which is something I havent seen up here, large sausages that are real spicy.

Nwokie, For a good selection of sausages try Butcher Boys on 4th Plain in Vancouver and Gartners on Columbia in Portland.

They both also have an outstanding selection of other meats too!

They usually have hot links (home made of course!)

I have an excellent recipe for a marinade/bbq sauce that I can copy and post if anybody is interested in it.

It is a "Carolina" style sauce. Heavy on the vinegar and light on the tomato sauce. It is thin in consistency and not full of sugar so it won't burn on the outside of the meat.

I got it out of one of the Cheap Chef's (Frugal Gourmet) cook books.

It is excellent on Beef, Chicken and Pork. I have not tried it on Lamb.

Let me know and I'll post it or I can email it to you if your email is in your profile. Or email me and I'll send it to you.

Spareribs are my specialty. If there is one thing I do rather well in this world, it's barbecue.

Instead of boiling the ribs first like most people, I marinade them, season them and bake them in barbecue sauce for an hour or so, then glaze them over the grill. Good stuff

Skybill - I frequent Butcher Boys, they have really good cuts of petite sirloin that my wife loves, and good London Broils. Slow roast that bad boy on the grill and I'm a happy man.

Go ahead and forward me that recipe Skybill, I am always looking to doctor something up!

DAMN....all this food talk SUCKS!!!! I'm on this stinkin' diet and can't have any of this.....I went off program with the Salmon.....but hey...a guy needs to live a little....RIGHT??? TV is even worse...every time you turn around there is a food commercial on!!

Brianl, I'll send it to you on Friday. I have to go to Tacoma tomorrow and won't be back until Thursday night.

Fair nuff, I leave for Boise on Saturday, get it on Monday when I get back and maybe I'll use it on the barbecue!

And DT - salmon is wonderful for you, and not too fatty. I wouldn't feel bad at all "cheating" with salmon!

Ya I know..thanks....but that Johnsonville "Cheddardog" that I forgot to mention wasn't! OK Damnit...I had two! Don't ever ask a man on a strict diet to shop for grub and then BBQ it....."IT'S JUST NOT FAIR"

Skybill, put me on the list too! It's getting to be that time of year.

For the gourmets that like the grill and are on a diet or need a good side try a Grilled Vegatable Napaleon. Take all your favorite veggies such as Portobello Mushrooms, Eggplant, Think cut sweet onion. Elephant garlic sliced thin, Zuchinni, Squash, and non green bell peppers. Slice all pieces reletively thick cut so that finished grilled product is stackable. Lightly toss with whatever herbs you like along with salt and pepper and grill. When done create a Balsamic Vinegar reduced to make a thick syrup for it all. Serve with a salad and whatta grilled meal.

I have a feeling the longer our friend Darktemper is on his diet, the more exclamation marks he will be using in his posts.

You got that right!!!! You try eating only processed vacuum packed bland food and only powder drinks!!!! It is hard!!! !!! !!!
I miss RED MEAT!!!! OK! That's the spot for the next get together!! Saylors Country Kitchen!! I'm doin' the 64 ouncer with all the trimmins'!!!
But seriously I'm on track to average 4lb's a week so in 25 weeks I should loose 100 lb's!!!
You won't recognize me!!

Stop teasing Darktemper with that tender steak sizzling deliciously over a perfect bed of coals. Even though it seems funny to mention the aroma of herbs and cooking beef as it wafts gently toward him, it is not kind. So please be quiet when you pull the piping hot baked potatoes out of their foil, and butter up that corn on the cob. Really, try to enjoy all this without saying "mmmm" or "oh yeah" or "hey, you should have a bite" because it isn't nice. :o)

Darktemper, if it makes you feel any better, I had a crummy lunch. I'd have been better off with a shake.

I love to do skewers with mushrooms and potatoes and tomatoes ... I add shrimp and beef and chicken too, leave off the onions and peppers (yecch!) ... those are healthy for ya.

A real bar b que, dig a hole in the ground, put in some hickory with a little mosquite thrown in, start the fire, let it burn down throw a half a cow and a pig in, let it cook for several hours.

Break out a few kegs and a bottle or two of jack.

Damn Nwokie, that's the first thing you've posted I've agreed with, ever!

When and where? I'll be there with a glass, ice, knife & fork.

Next time I butcher one of my cows ill save a half for an Okie Q! They are a small breed called "Dexter" but mighty tastey and good field mowers!

I found the recipe on a web site, which is cool. Saves me a lot of typing!

Pride of Deer Camp Barbecue Sauce Recipe

Ingredients;

1-1/2 cups dark brown sugar
1-1/2 cups Worcestershire sauce
1-1/2 cups prepared mustard
1 quart ketchup
1/2 cup freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup crushed red pepper flakes (or a little less if you do not like a spicy hot sauce)
3 quarts red wine vinegar
2 quarts water
1 quart white wine
1-1/2 cups salt


Instructions
Place all the ingredients in a 12-quart stainless steel pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover, and cook for 30 minutes. Store, covered, in glass canning jars in the refrigerator.

Note: Suggested uses include a marinade sauce and a barbecue sauce. Also good in Bloody Mary’s.

Yield: 8 quarts

Credits
Recipe from: The Frugal Gourmet Whole Family Cookbook by Jeff Smith (Wm Morrow) - out of print

Her is the link for it; http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blsauce48.htm

If you can find the Frug's cookbook mentioned above, get it. It has lots of other good recipes in it as do all of his cookbooks. He gives a lot of theory and technique hints too.

His cookbook "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines" is an awesome cookbook. I use it at least twice a month!

Find it on eBay and get it! You won't be sorry, I promise.

Too many carnivores for me on this thread.

There is room for all of God's creatures........

Right next to the mashed potatoes on my plate!!