I've previously blogged about my Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce which accompanied my pulled pork this past Labor Day. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of that cook so I couldn't write about it. That changed this weekend. I prepared a pork butt for the first time in my new Primo XL and made sure I took photos this time. The Dr. Pepper pulled pork came...

I've never been a fan of beef jerky but one day my son's girlfriend brought some over, here dad had a bunch and shared a little with us. I tried it and was like, woah, this is actually really good. Because jerky is so damn expensive and having recently bought a propane smoker I realized that it would be really cool to come up with a way to make this...

Previously I wrote about my homemade BBQ sauce in which I also hinted at a Dr. Pepper version of my sauce. I figured I'd follow up with a little post that highlighted the process I followed to make this variation. It's pretty easy to make and this version tastes quite good.

Start with my Original BBQ Sauce recipe. Here it is for ease of use:

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So tonight I wanted to really break in my new Primo XL (I'll blog about the adventure of getting this another time). Last weekend I'd picked up a pair of porterhouse steaks but ended up going with some boneless ribeyes instead so figured that these were perfect for this weekend.

I've wanted try a coffee rub for quite awhile now. Additionally, ever...

Last November, after we upgraded our kitchen cookware (to an All-Clad set) a revival in the art of cooking took place in the Heon household. This further continued in March when I finally bought a smoker (Camp Chef Smoke Vault 24"). My current passion lately has been using the smoker to make all sorts of delicous things. During one of my first cooks...