Tagged with 'tips'

Chef Tom fires up the Napoleon Presige P500 to show us How to Grill Chicken Breasts on a Gas Grill.

Chef Tom shares his tips & techniques for preparing a delicious hummus from scratch, including a recipe for fire roasted jalapeño and red bell pepper hummus, finished with a quality extra virgin olive oil and everything bagel seasoning.

Chef Tom shares the process of preparing and utilizing a brine from scratch in order to maximize the flavor and juiciness of your grilled and smoked meats.

This week on Tips & Techniques, Chef Tom takes us back to barbecue basics with this All Purpose Barbecue Rub. This seasoning is on the sweeter side, with just the right amount of salt, pepper, savory and smoky flavors. Perfect on your favorite barbecue foods, from chicken to pork to beef!

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing is a handy little condiment to have in your repertoire. You can put it on everything from burgers to salad to pizza. Some people even like it on a steak. Who are we to judge?

Chef Tom takes us back to barbecue basics with this Tips & Techniques video on how to trim a Boston butt pork shoulder for smoking.

Chef Tom walks us through the Tips & Techniques needed to make the perfect Pizza Dough. Flour, water, salt and yeast. Simple and delicious!

Chef Tom walks us through the process of making a modern aioli. This Grilled Lemon Dill Aioli is a hybrid of the classic aioli and mayonnaise, and with the kiss of char from the Napoleon Grills Prestige P500, it’s a perfect condiment for everything from seafood to burgers to grilled veggies and more!

Putting together a grand-looking charcuterie board doesn’t have to take a lot of work. Chef Britt shows us her tips and techniques for putting together a super easy, yet very chic-looking board that will have your guests in awe. Read on for a wonderfully simple recipe for smokehouse BBQ nuts!

Chef Britt shows us a delicious smoky cocktail featuring homemade nocino and a maple-smoked turbinado simple syrup!

Every grill master should have a great from scratch sausage recipe. These Homemade Hot Links will blow away your taste buds with their incredible flavors and texture! They are a perfect place to start, for a beginner, but an equally great recipe for you more seasoned sausage makers to add to your repertoires.

Chef Tom shows you how easy it is to make aioli from scratch. We of course put a twist on it and add a little something extra, but the basics are here.

Chef Tom shows you how to quickly, and easily, pickle red onions. These are perfect for topping sandwiches and are a great jumping off point for getting into pickling different foods.

Chef Tom shows you how easy it is to butterfly a pork loin for a roulade.

Just how does Chef Tom move all that hot food without big cumbersome gloves? The answer is simple, nitriles over cotton gloves.

Chef Tom shows you how easy it is to break down a whole chicken at home. Save money, and make better food at home with your own chicken stock. Chef Tom is using a Semi-Stiff Curved Boning Knife for this process.

You’ve heard it before, that you need to sear your steak to “lock in the juices” or “lock in the moisture.” But what is really happening when you sear your steak? Chef Tom breaks it down for you.

Chef Tom shows you just how easy it is to make clarified butter at home.

Chef Tom puts the theory of resting steaks to the test. We cook five steaks to 125º internal temperature and rest them for different periods of time, from 0 minutes to 12 minutes. We provide you with the results of our test, and you can decide if you want to rest your steaks or not.

Chef Tom cooks up two racks of St. Louis cut spare ribs, spritzing one, but not the other. He then breaks down the major differences in the two cuts when they’re all finally finished.