June 2008 Blog Posts (4)

After the success of the first BBQ, why let the Black Dog stay cold for very long? My family is coming into town on July 3rd, so I'm going to smoke up another delicious pork shoulder and maybe some ribs in celebration of our country's independence from those bastards across the pond. (Just kidding of course, I love the the Brits being that they're responsible for… Continue

While we recognize that a wine pairing should have occurred, the 12+ beers we consumed that day led us to abstain from having wine. However, after tasting the meat, there are a couple of qualities that I'd look for. The first being something that can handle the smoke. While I hate the grape, a Petite Sirah would be big enough. The other wine which I'm a huge fan of is the Sutton Cellars 2004 carignane trimble vineyard. While carignane hasn't always had… Continue

were any wines paired with the shoulder? If not, does anyone have any wines they have consumed with BBQ that paired well, that they would like to share? Continue

After weeks of planning and research, the Landmann Black Dog 42 was put to its first test on Sunday, June 22. On 6/20 Todd and I purchased a 7.9 lb pork shoulder (or more specifically a Boston blade roast) from the fine people at House of Homemade S… Continue