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Smoked Chuck Roast

Southwestern Smoked Chuck Roast

This smoked chuck roast recipe is the perfect way to make smoky, shredded beef with bold Southwestern flavors for burritos, tacos, nachos, rice bowls, and more.

Smoked Chicken Breast

Smoked Chicken Breast

This smoked chicken breast recipe leans into wood fire flavors with a slightly smoky chicken that stays juicy on the inside and has lightly browned crispy skin on the outside.

Grilling Corn On The Cob

A Better Way to Grill Corn on the Cob

To find a better way to grill corn on the cob, we tried different grilling methods and seasonings before landing on a foolproof recipe for delicious grilled corn with a touch of char.

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Seasonal Favorites

A few of our favorite recipes, stories, and tips that celebrate the season.

Southwest Seasoning Blend

Southwest Spice Blend

This Southwest spice blend transforms dishes by highlighting the region’s slightly smoky, deeply flavored food. The seasoning is ideal for grilled meat and veggies and anything from the smoker.

Instant Pot Pot Roast Recipe

Tender & Delicious Instant Pot Pot Roast

It’s easy to make a tender and delicious pot roast when you use an Instant Pot pressure cooker. Cooking the pot roast under pressure helps everything cook faster and the meat to turn out so tender you can cut it with a fork.

Tender Beef Roast Recipes

Delicious Recipes for Beef Roasts

Our favorite beef roast recipes. From top round to chuck roast, we have delicious recipes for the oven, smoker, pressure cooker, and sous vide.

Homemade Turkey Italian Sausage

Homemade Turkey Italian Sausage

This Homemade Turkey Italian Sausage recipe is easy to make with ground turkey and is a healthy option for pizza, pasta dishes, and soups.

Greek Chicken Featured

Roasted Greek Chicken Breasts

This roasted chicken breast recipe uses the traditional Greek flavor combination of oregano, lemon juice, and garlic along with a little thyme and olive oil to cook up a delicious Greek chicken breast that will make you feel like you’re eating dinner under the Acropolis.

Smoked Chicken Quarters

Smoked Chicken Quarters with Crispy Skin

Smoked chicken quarters have a rich smoky flavor and warm buttery texture that melts in your mouth. This recipe includes a versatile dry rub and everything you need to know to get the chicken tender and juicy on the inside with crispy golden brown crispy on the outside.

Everyday Tomato Sauce Recipe

Homemade Tomato Sauce

This versatile homemade tomato sauce recipe takes around 30 minutes to make and is a great starting place for pizza and pasta dishes.

Sweet Corn Recipe

Sweet Corn with Anaheim Peppers

Sweet corn cooked with Anaheim peppers is easy to make and packed with brilliant colors and great flavor. This recipe is the type of side dish that can be thrown together on a moments notice and goes especially well with chicken or pork dishes.

Creamy Corn and Bacon Pasta

Sweet Corn and Bacon Pasta

This Sweet Corn and Bacon Pasta recipe is a great way to take advantage of the summer bounty. It is also delicious with frozen kernels if you need to infuse a bit of summer into the middle of winter.

Roasted Sweet Corn

Three Recipes: The Best Way to Roast Corn on the Cob

To figure out the best way to roast sweet corn, we got a bunch of corn and spent an afternoon roasting it on the grill. What we were looking for was a side-by-side comparison of the most popular corn roasting methods.

Blended Mushroom Beef Burger Recipe

Blended Mushroom and Beef Burgers

For some of the juiciest, most flavorful burgers you’ve ever had try making blended mushroom and beef burgers. Blended burgers combine beef and mushrooms to create tastier, healthier burgers with a lower environmental footprint.

Grilling Ribeye

Perfectly Grilled Ribeye Steak

What makes this grilled ribeye steak recipe so delicious is how the tender, well-marbled cut, absorbs the flavors from the rosemary and garlic along with the heat and smoke from the grill.

Strawberry Habanero Margarita

Strawberry Habanero Margarita

The strawberry habanero margarita is a sweet-spicy take on a traditional margarita made with strawberries, habaneros, and agave nectar. This margarita recipe utilizes agave to highlight the fresh, clean flavors of the tequila.

Grilled Chicken Wings

Tequila Lime Grilled Chicken Wings

With bright flavors that pop, these grilled chicken wings get their scrumptious flavors from a dynamite tequila lime marinade and crispy skin from a hot grill.