Since getting a pellet grill, I’ve been doing a lot more smoking than grilling. Here’s my favorite way to do wings on the smoker. I make the sauce optional, since after making these for years, about 10% of my guests prefer unsauced wings. I often make some unsauced, and 3 different sauce heat levels when cooking for a crowd. Ingredients: 2 pounds wings Dry rub (I use this one) Wing sauce (like this one, optional) Directions:

After years of making baby back ribs, this simple recipe has stood the test of time and methods, and it’s also the easiest. Now that I use a Treager for most of my smoking, it’s even easier keeping a constant temperature. I don’t do any wrapping or flipping or spritzing. I’ve tried, but I’m looking for simple and consistent, and this brings both. Active Prep time: 10 minutes Inactive Prep time: 1 hour Cook time: 5-6 hours (approximately) Ingredients:

Big Moe’s Memphis-Style Chicken Recipe courtesy of Moe Cason Level: Easy Total: 5 hr 10 min (includes cooling, chilling and brining times) Active: 20 min Yield: 8 servings Level: Easy Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs 2/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup coarse kosher salt 1/4 cup canola oil BBQ Chicken Rub, recipe follows BBQ Sauce, recipe follows BBQ Chicken Rub: 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup paprika 1/4 cup pink sea salt 1/4 cup celery salt 3 tablespoons granulated onion 3 tablespoons chili powder 2 tablespoons dried mustard 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper BBQ Sauce: 12 ounces ketchup 3/4 cup white vinegar 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons dried mustard 1 teaspoon hickory liquid smoke Directions Special equipment: a needle tenderizer; hickory chips or chunks; a smoker or a gas grill with a smoke box or foil pan for the wood chips

A basic BBQ sauce recipe, I make the base with no hot ingredients so it can be used in a variety of recipes. If you want to kick it up for a particular use, just add your favorite fire enhancers. You can also eliminate the bourbon, if it’s not your thing. Also, depending on the tomato sauce and paste you used, you may need to adjust the sweet and or salt content to your tastes.

There are tons of recipes for great brisket, so I grabbed a few of the ones I liked best, and tweaked them to suit the brisket, equipment, and time I had to make it. It turned out really well, worth sharing… Ingredients: Beef Brisket (I used a very small 1.5 lb brisket) Olive oil (enough to cover the brisket) Rub (adjust amount based on size of brisket): 2 Tablespoons Paprika 1 Tablespoon Brown sugar 1 Tablespoon Garlic powder 1 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper 1 Teaspoon Mustard powder Mop (again, adjust amount to the size of your brisket): 1 Tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 Tablespoon soy sauce 2 Teaspoons brown sugar Directions: