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Barbecuing and Grilling

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    South Carolina Barbecue: A Few Thoughts

    Like the sign says, Dukes Bar-B-Q in Walterboro, South Carolina. The pig on the front lawn isn't real, but the people are. In two trips to South Carolina in the last decade, I've spent much of my time crisscrossing the state and looking at the barbecue there. Yes, sometimes just looking at it.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Blue Smoke's Kenny Callaghan Discusses the New Blue Smoke Location and the Secret to Great Wings

    William Brinson​ Yesterday we talked with Blue Smoke executive chef Kenny Callaghan about his favorite barbecue spots, the difference between barbecue in Kansas City, Memphis and Texas, and how not to overcook your ribs. Today, Kenny talks about his chicken wings, the new Blue Smoke location i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    10 Barbecue Tips for the Fourth of July

    ​Start with a Weber -- or that old wreck of an enclosed barbecue in the background will do just fine, too. 1. Use a Weber, or some other enclosed barbecue with a removable lid. This will allow you to both grill and smoke.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Our 10 Best Barbecue Restaurants in NYC

    Robert SietsemaMemorial Day weekend = meat-eating weekend​ The long weekend is soon approaching, and frolicking in the cool Hamptons waters and firing up the grill are surely top of mind. Stuck in the city this weekend? Don't despair -- you can still enjoy the pleasures of backyard barbecue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    For Memorial Day, Grilling Tips From People Who Know a Thing or Two About Meat

    andrewmalone/FlickrLet the games begin.​Memorial Day weekend is finally almost upon us, which means that America gets to use patriotism as an excuse to grill vast quantities of animal parts. As this signals the official start of the grilling season, we figured it would be a good time to ask so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Barbecue Restaurants

    Lauren ShockeyBBQ has some crazy colored tropical drinks and a loaf made out of onion rings, but will it make it into our top 10? ​Ah, Memorial Day weekend. The start of the vacation season. After months of interminable cold, you can now have summer Fridays, a wardrobe of white, and plenty o ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 13, 2011

    Mable's Smokehouse—We Meat Again

    Williamsburg gets itself another good barbecue joint

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Revisit: Fette Sau, Texas-Style Barbecue in Williamsburg

    ​Our meat hoard (clockwise from top left): pulled pork, sausage, tongue pastrami, pork belly (thin strip), pork chop, beef brisket. Three years ago I reviewed Fette Sau ("Fat Pig"), Williamsburg's tip of the hat to the fabled butcher-shop barbecues of the black-dirt farm country east of Aust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Hill Country's Elizabeth Karmel on Rookie Grilling Mistakes, New York's BBQ and Southern Restaurants

    Hill Country chef Elizabeth Karmel​Yesterday, we brought you a the first half of an interview with Hill Country's Elizabeth Karmel in which she talked about plans for her new restaurant, Hill Country Chicken, and why she feels women need particular encouragement to fire up the grill. Here, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Hill Country's Elizabeth Karmel on Hill Country Chicken, Gas Vs. Charcoal, and Why Girls Need a Guide to Grilling

    Elizabeth Karmel of Hill Country, and soon, Hill Country Chicken​Chef Elizabeth Karmel grew up in North Carolina, raised on barbecue and good Southern cooking. She worked for Weber Grills for years before launching her grilling and barbecuing website, Girls at the Grill. She has authored three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2010

    Great Barbecues of Texas: City Market in Luling

    ​Originating in ther early 1950's, City Market sits on Luling's main drag opposite the railroad tracks that bisect the town. By the time Luling was founded in 1874 as a station on the Galveston, Harrison, and San Antonio railroad, it was already one of the wildest towns in the Wild West, freq ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Big Apple Barbecue Will Return: Crowds, Meat, Madison Square Park

    Pulled pork from Big Bob Gibson ​ The Eighth Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block party will return to Madison Square Park this summer, on June 12th and 13th. The event has become so crowded that it feels like a sauce-splattered cattle drive, but it remains one of the best food events in the city f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2010

    Great Barbecues of Texas: The Salt Lick in Driftwood

    ​What's that curious yellow fluid? Read on to find out. In many ways, the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que in Driftwood, Texas is the odd man out among Central Texas barbecues.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Just in Case You Were Wondering: The White Castle BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders

    ​The pulled pork slider is prominently bannered in the parking lot (!) of the Williamsburg White Castle. Note the Voice box in the left bottom corner, and please take a paper when you try the slider. After enduring the advertisements for several months, and in view of my love of real barbecue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    In the Annals of Bad Ideas: West Village to Get a zPizza

    ​ In the space once occupied by Lafayette French Pastry, and more recently by a Burritoville, New York is getting its second zPizza, a "healthy" pizza chain that hails from dieter-central, Laguna Beach, California. The first branch is in JFK's terminal four. Aside from the fact that zPizza ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    O Bao Opens its Doors Tonight

    After having its opening delayed for the past couple of weeks, Michael Huynh's latest project, O Bao, takes its, er, bow tonight. The pan-Asian barbecue and noodle bar will open for dinner, ox tail pho, sugar cane skewers, pad see iew, and all. O Bao 222 East 53rd Street (between Second and Third A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Incredibly Cheap Eats: Meat Combinations at Newark's Ferry St. Barbecue

    ​Ribs and chicken struggle to escape the french fry quicksand. Love barbecue but hate paying top dollar? Jump on the PATH train, which swoops over the picturesque Meadowlands, and take a quick trip to Newark's Ironbound neighborhood, just a few blocks from the terminus of the PATH at Newark's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Recipe: Make Pork Chops Two Ways By Sonoma Chefs Jeff Mall & Josh Silvers

    ​Sonoma chefs Josh Silvers and Jeff Mall of Syrah Bistro and Zin Restaurant, respectively, have teamed up on a cookbook for Rodney Strong Vineyards that highlights Sonoma-style cuisine, entitled Down Home: Downtown. Silvers provides the downtown, while Mall contributes the down home recipes. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    The Early Word: 'Picnick Smoked' Barbecue Truck at Wall Street Park

    ​​When I read in Eater about how the new barbecue truck on Wall Street was mobbed from the minute it opened, I had to scoot down there and see for myself. Sure enough, when I arrived at exactly 11:30, a line was already forming, though it was nothing like it would be by the time noon rol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Open & Closed: Say Hello to Yerba Buena Perry; Goodbye to PetalBelle

    SarahJames promises to bring classic cocktails to Bed-Stuy. The self-proclaimed speakeasy has a "no sneakers, baseball caps, droopy jeans or hoodies" dress code. [Eater] Pastry chef-turned-sandwich peddler Will Goldfarb has launched a barbecue truck on Wall Street called Picnick, Smoked, serving up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Flash in the Pan: DIY, Cheapo Korean BBQ from Han Ah Reum Mart

    ​ There are a few great Korean barbecue spots in the city that grill over flavorful charcoal rather than gas. (Like this one.) But if you want to have a smoky barbecue feast for a fraction of the cost, head to Han Ah Reum supermarket in Koreatown, where pre-marinated meats like pork bulgogi a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Incredibly Cheap Eats: Octopus Skewers

    ​ If you happen to be walking down Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park's Chinatown, especially on the weekend, follow your nose to the charcoal fires. There are several carts and street-side windows selling Northern Chinese-style charcoal barbecue skewers--lamb, beef, fish balls, and more, for bargai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    What's Happening This Week--A Good Herring Day; Learn How to Surf & Turf

    As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city (and, this week, in Jersey). Sign up for it here! Herring & Aquavit Festival Russ & Daughters June 17, 6-9 pm Sample a world of herring, including herring with mustard and dill, curr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Report from the Hapa Kitchen Cook-out at Brooklyn Yards

    The cooks from Hapa Kitchen pose for an exclusive Village Voice photo after serving hundreds at the Brooklyn Yards. According to the Hapa Kitchen website, "hapa" is a Hawaiian word used to describe people of mixed race, generally half Asian and half Western. Now a consortium of cooks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Handicapping the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party

    The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party has grown to be one of the great culinary events of the summer. This year the 7th annual edition will be held on June 13th and June 14th in Madison Square, from 11 am till 7 pm, which is two hours longer than the previous year. As usual, the collection of barbecues ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    Stranger in a Strange Land, Days 3 & 4

    Of course, when I wasn't cooking for the fantasy writing retreat, I was exploring the countryside looking for local delicacies. Just driving around was a pleasure, though a landscape of dairy farms, wooded ridges and rolling countryside, and a slanting winter light and gray overcast sky that ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Fork in the Road Eats 'Cue at Whiskey Sunday

    The sub headline on my story this week is "A new barbecue spot in the land of rotis," and that pretty much sums it up. Prospect-Lefferts Gardens is a paradise of West Indian and Caribbean food, and that's where prolific Brooklyn restaurateur Jim Mamary has recently opened a non-traditional but tast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    A Man, A Plan, A Van -- Barbecue!

    Rumors had been filtering in for nearly two months of a red van parked inside a roofless garage just off Quincy and Bedford in Bed-Stuy, a van that made and vended barbecued meats. I ignored the rumors for a long time, because frankly how could it be that good -- I mean Hill Country or Fet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    The Early Word -- Woodburning Pit

    Best Dish: Pork rib I've made no secret of my enthusiasm for the Portuguese neighborhood barbecues of Newark's Ironbound, corner bars that hand-rotisserie massive racks of ribs and whole splayed chickens with pirir-piri sauce over lump charcoal. Now Bay Ridge has its own Portuguese barbecue (known ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Pretend You Care About Football, Gorge on Meat

    While some are wondering who will be playing on Super Bowl Sunday, we're more interested in what we might be eating. Some options via Grub Street:-Momofuku Ssam (207 Second Avenue) is offering their bo ssam for pickup as part of a $275 Super Bowl package. The Super Bowl Bo Ssam To-Go-Go serves 10 an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Fork in the Road Eats Korean BBQ in Flushing

    This week, my column is on Ga Si Ri, a charcoal Korean barbecue spot in Flushing. (Right now the picture that's up with the column isn't actually of Ga Si Ri.) I love this place, even though it seems that you can only get the kalbi (short ribs) grilled over the coals--everything else over gas. But t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Got a Dollar? Get a Chinese-KC BBQ Skewer

    This weekend, after eating noodles in Sunset Park because it's good luck for the new year and because I love noodles, we stumbled upon this cart, which grills various skewers over glowing hot, smoky coals, and sells them for $1.I believe the 'cue sizzled up here is in the style of the northern Chin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Strange Snacks of the World--Beef and Seaweed Potato Chips

    This weekend, after eating noodles in Sunset Park because it's good luck for the new year and because I love noodles, we stumbled upon this cart, which grills various skewers over glowing hot, smoky coals, and sells them for $1.I believe the 'cue sizzled up here is in the style of the northern Chin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Our Man Sietsema and the Undercover Cops

    This weekend, after eating noodles in Sunset Park because it's good luck for the new year and because I love noodles, we stumbled upon this cart, which grills various skewers over glowing hot, smoky coals, and sells them for $1.I believe the 'cue sizzled up here is in the style of the northern Chin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    Our Man and Fork in the Road: BBQ Extravaganza

    This weekend, after eating noodles in Sunset Park because it's good luck for the new year and because I love noodles, we stumbled upon this cart, which grills various skewers over glowing hot, smoky coals, and sells them for $1.I believe the 'cue sizzled up here is in the style of the northern Chin ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 27, 2008

    Kui or 'Cue, at 35th Street Korean

    This weekend, after eating noodles in Sunset Park because it's good luck for the new year and because I love noodles, we stumbled upon this cart, which grills various skewers over glowing hot, smoky coals, and sells them for $1.I believe the 'cue sizzled up here is in the style of the northern Chin ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 27, 2008

    De Lo Maximo

    If you throw a party, they will come

  • Dining

    May 27, 2008
  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    Snapshots of Brooklyn's Chinatown

    If you throw a party, they will come

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Our Man Sietsema and the Franken-cue

    If you throw a party, they will come

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Our Man Sietsema: ''Lean' is Too Lean'

    If you throw a party, they will come

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2007
  • Dining

    April 17, 2007

    Poking the Fat Pig

    Brilliant no-nonsense 'cue at Brooklyn's newest barbecue

  • Dining

    January 9, 2007

    Blazin' BBQ

    Smoking up an eclectic Brooklyn joint

  • Music

    July 11, 2006

    "Music for Torching!" The Summer Barbecue Special

    Special guest: "Handsome" Jim Bentley, BBQ master

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2005

    Morning Report 8/17/05
    'Charred Bodies All Over the Place'

    Special guest: "Handsome" Jim Bentley, BBQ master

  • Dining

    July 19, 2005

    'Cue Cue

    Our smoked-meat hound advises you to pick ribs, turkey, and sausage

  • Dining

    March 26, 2002

    Special Part

    Our smoked-meat hound advises you to pick ribs, turkey, and sausage

  • Dining

    August 15, 2000

    Organ Recital

    Our smoked-meat hound advises you to pick ribs, turkey, and sausage

  • Dining

    November 16, 1999

    'Cue the Kalbi

    Our smoked-meat hound advises you to pick ribs, turkey, and sausage

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