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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg Tri-Tip BBQ
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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg Tri-Tip BBQ

August 2, 2020November 24, 2020

Tri-tip is California’s contribution to the BBQ world.  Living in San Diego we have become experts over the years in preparing tri-tip.  Our preferred method is to cook tri-tip on the Big Green Egg using a form of reverse sear. Go To Recipe Tri-tip is a triangular cut of bottom sirloin.  It is hard to…

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Cole Cooks: California Santa Maria Style Barbecue

August 2, 2020November 24, 2020

California is not known for its barbecue.  The one exception is Santa Maria style barbecue.  This barbecue developed in the early ranch days of the Santa Maria Valley in the 1800s.  Since the 1950s, the main feature of a Santa Maria style barbecue is tri-tip. The official Santa Maria Valley website has a history of…

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Cole Cooks: Classic Dry Rub Recipes

May 28, 2020November 26, 2020

When cooking or smoking meat, a rub can make all the difference.  A rub is simply a blend of spices added to the meat before cooking.  These are a couple of my favorite dry rub recipes that work well with pork and beef dishes. Go To Recipe Overview There are all kinds of commercial rubs…

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Big Green Egg Baby Back Rib
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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg Baby Back Ribs

May 21, 2020November 26, 2020

The Big Green Egg is perfect for cooking ribs.  This is our method for Big Green Egg Baby Back Ribs. Go To Recipe There is always a great deal of controversy over cooking ribs.  Competition ribs are different from what most home cooks will prepare.  Our Big Green Egg Baby Back Ribs are not competition…

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North Carolina pulled pork
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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg North Carolina Pulled Pork

May 11, 2020November 26, 2020

The Big Green Egg is perfect for cooking North Carolina pulled pork.  We add our rub and use our classic North Carolina vinegar sauce.  This recipe is easy to prepare but it does take an entire day of cooking. Go To Recipe Much of my family is from North Carolina and I attended the University…

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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg Smoked Meatloaf

April 30, 2020November 26, 2020

Smoking meatloaf adds an entire new level of flavor to a classic dish.  This recipe is for smoked meatloaf on a Big Green Egg smoker. Go To Recipe I have developed my own recipe for meatloaf.  When researching smoked meatloaf, I came across a recipe from Oklahoma Joe’s, a smoker and grill website.  Their secret…

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Big Green Egg Sous Vide Turkey Breast
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Big Green Egg Sous Vide Turkey Breast

July 5, 2019December 6, 2020

One of the great recipes on the Big Green Egg is smoked turkey.  We have learned to combine Big Green Egg cooking with sous vide.  This works great for poultry which is easy to overcook.  This is our Big Green Egg Sous Vide Turkey Breast method. Go To Recipe The beauty of sous vide cooking…

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Big Green Egg Smoked Bacon
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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg Smoked Bacon Recipe

January 22, 2019December 12, 2020

Our Big Green Egg is back in action for 2019.  For the New Year, my first smoking project was smoking bacon.  This is my Big Green Egg Smoked Bacon recipe. Go To Recipe If you don’t know about the Big Green Egg check out our overview for general Big Green Egg tips If you don’t…

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Texas Brisket Rub Recipe
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Cole Cooks: Texas Brisket Rub Recipe

January 22, 2019December 12, 2020

Over the years, in my experiments with cooking brisket, I have developed my own rub recipe.  This Texas Brisket Rub Recipe is designed not only for brisket but can also be used for ribs. This recipe was designed for our Big Green Egg Texas Brisket.  The full recipe will more than cover a whole brisket…

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Big Green Egg Texas Brisket
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Cole Cooks: Big Green Egg Texas Brisket

January 22, 2019December 12, 2020

When we got our Big Green Egg back in action for holiday 2018 we invited a huge group of family and friends over for a BBQ dinner.  The highlight of the menu was our smoked brisket.  Making a brisket can be a party is a daunting task.  This is our guide to making Big Green…

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