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Recipes, rubs, gear guides and straight talk from the crew at Buffalo Barbecue Quest in the McKinley Mall.
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Pie-deas: A White Pizza and a Buffalo Cup-n-Char Pepperoni on a Pellet Grill
Two pizzas from our Green Mountain Grills pizza oven. A white pie with a garlic olive oil sauce you can measure in tablespoons, and Buffalo's own cup-n-char pepperoni. Temps, the sauce ratio, and where we buy the dough.
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Chiavetta'sCharcoal Grilled Wings, the Buffalo Way: Marinade, Rub, and a Duck Fat Binder
CajunHow to Do a Backyard Seafood Boil (Cajun Foreplay, a Rolling Boil, and One Big Dump)
Pat's birthday boil for his oldest boy. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Cajun Foreplay in the pot, vegetables first, crab and shrimp in the last ten minutes, then the whole basket goes onto ...
BeefHow to Cut a Whole Strip Loin Into 13 Steaks (and Pay About $17 a Steak)
Pat broke down one certified Black Angus strip loin from Butcher Dave's into 13 New York strips and three pounds of burger. Here is how to do it at home, what it costs, and the ...
Grilling BasicsSix Grilling Mistakes Will Fry the Grillin' Guy Sees Every Weekend
Best SellersWhat Actually Sells at a Barbecue Shop: Our Number One Sauce and the Rest of the Top Three
Custom GrillsCustom Grills, Explained: Offset, Santa Maria, Pellet, Trailer-Mounted, and How to Order One
AcademyThe Buffalo Barbecue Quest Academy Pop Quiz: 14 Questions, With the Real Answers
McKinley MallWhy We Opened a Barbecue Shop Inside a Mall (and What Year One Taught Us)
People told us malls were dead and nobody shops local anymore. One year in, a 20 square foot display had turned into a 1,000 square foot store with a billboard on the I-90. Here...