Soul Food = Food Made With Love

Weather permitting, I like to dine alfresco six-months out of the year.  I love cooking out doors. Grilling your favorite food is economical, healthy, and lots of fun.   Summer is all about being outdoors.  You can create a charming outdoor dining space to enjoy good food, family, and friends.  As well, you can create an outdoor kitchen that is functional and practical.

An outdoor kitchen doesn’t have to be anything fancy.  Your outdoor kitchen can consist of a campfire stove.  A few twigs and a match will grill a juicy steak just as well as a luxury gas grill.  However, in creating an outdoor kitchen, there are a few products I highly recommend.  

The 36” Blackstone Griddle & Air Fryer Combo

Unlike traditional gas grills, on the 36” Blackstone Griddle & Air Fryer Combo, you can bake, sear, roast, sauté, and air-fry.  You can prepare steak & cheese subs on the griddle above; while you air-fry fries in the baskets below.  

This one-of-a-kind griddle makes cooking the simplest of meals that much more satisfying. The 756 sq. inch cooking surface with independent cooking zones provides you with all the room you need to cook meals for a large family.  You can prepare stir-fry like a Hibachi chef!  You can prepare eggs and pancakes – you can do it all on the 36” Blackstone Griddle & Air-Fryer Combo!

Outdoor Kitchen Essentials: The Big Green Egg

Have you ever had chicken gilled over a wood fire?  My goodness, the taste is so good –  it lingers in your mouth for days!  I love the ease of using my gas grill.  However, sometimes I long for the hickory-smoke taste of wood-grilled chicken.  This is where the Big Green Egg shines.   Perhaps you do not have the room for a big 36 inch gas grill.  No problem, the Big Green Egg is all you need! 

The Big Green Egg stands alone as the most versatile outdoor cooking product on the market, with more capabilities than all other conventional cookers combined – well accept for the Blackstone Griddle/Air Fryer Combo.  Include both of these units in your outdoor kitchen and your summer kitchen will rival those of Master Chefs.

The Big Green Egg is so versatile that it is an all-in-one, grill, smoker, and pizza oven.  The Big Green Egg will exceed all of your expectations for culinary perfection – and with seven convenient sizes to choose from, there is a Big Green Egg to fit every lifestyle! Purchase the best kamado-style grill, smoker, pizza oven on the market, the Big Green Egg will give you the ultimate cooking experience!

Outdoor Kitchen Essentials: The Smoker

I’m no BBQ pit-master.  However, my beef brisket can rival the BEST pit-masters out there.  Watch out Big Moe Casson!  There’s no secret to smoking a good beef brisket.  I purchase a quality cut of beef.  I mix together a pretty good dry rub.  I choose a pretty good hickory wood for my smoker; then I let my MasterBuilt Smoker do the rest.  This electric smoker is easy to use.  The results are mouth-watering and AMAZING!

If you like the flavor of good smoked meats; your outdoor kitchen will not be complete until you get a good smoker – try a smoker from MasterBuilt.  The cooking space on this MasterBuilt smoker causes it to stand out from the kamado-style smokers.  With four shelves, you can cook multiple meats without over-crowding.  I have had my MasterBuilt smoker for over ten years.  I have smoked, chicken, ribs, turkeys, lamb, venison, and my famous BEEF BRISKET!

The MasterBuilt Electric Digital Smoke