The Backyard Boogie (Tools To Make Your Next BBQ A Complete Success)

When the Summertime temperatures begin to soar from coast to coast and the wild outdoors (or even the backyard) begin to beckon to your senses with the great smell of BBQ and timeless music, you know only great times are ahead for the next few months. Whether you plan on hitting the beach for some daytime fun in the sun or taking the family on a vacation for the week or two, there are a few tools that everyone should check out to help enhance the entire experience. 

The great smoky smell of grilled food permeating through the air as grown folks sip on expertly blended cocktails while their loved ones tear up on their toys is what life is all about. The backyard boogie in a sense, is what we are all about. Whether it be in the heat of Summer or the dead cold of Winter, we can always be found out and about in the backyard, grilling something for the family or working on a recipe we just cant get enough of, in the backyard it will be perfected. 

That being said lets check out a few new grills and accessories that will liven up any function in an instant. Play some great music, enjoy some great drinks & food and whatever you do, take pictures, because these are the moments you should want to recall down the line.

Let the games begin because Summertime is in full swing. 

Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition - $299 - $500 www.HomeDepot.com or www.Brinkmann.net

Take your smoking/grilling experience to the next level with The Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Charcoal/Wood Grill and Smoker. Featuring approximately 962 sq. in. of cooking space, welded heavy-gauge steel construction, smokestack damper, and an adjustable side air vent to help regulate heat and smoke. The Trailmaster is great for everyday grilling or large gatherings where you can smoke juicy tender meats of any kind, or fire up the charcoal/wood grill and maximize the flavor of the choicest cuts of meat.

Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti

National Spaghetti Day is a day we like to celebrate (especially seeing as how it landed on a Friday.) This is a day where we try to get all of friends and family together to cook up a huge meal where everyone can sit around and talk about good times from our past as well as hopeful future plans. 

This recipe isn’t really Spaghetti at all, but more of a way to get people to try new things they haven’t experienced before. Nothing is wrong with trying new things, so long as they aren’t deadly or illegal, in the even they are, then you are on your own.

Happy New Years & Enjoy Spaghetti Day.

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Homemade BBQ Chicken Pizza

Nothing beats the feeling of doing something yourself. Whether it be changing your oil, cutting your own hair, doing your own taxes or feeding your family, we have said this time and time again doing something for yourself feels amazing. Today we hope to help you capture that same feeling by making your own pizza instead of ordering from the local delivery spot. Now you don’t need to use only our ingredients as your toppings, we just told you what we used for the night. Take this recipe, master it and make it your own. We love to hear when people take recipes and turn them into family nights or a romantic night with someone special.

Enjoy!

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Parsnip & Potato Latkes w/ Homemade Cinnamon Apple Sauce

There is something to be said about a warm plate of fresh made Latkes with a dash of either Sugar on them or some Applesauce on the side. Ok maybe that is just a feeling that only I have, but either which way, I feel that Latkes are something not enough people know how to make them properly. 

This recipe is an adaptation to my Great Grandmothers recipe that has been used by my family for almost 100 years. For those not in the know, a Latke is simple a Potato Pancake that has been seasoned and fried. 

Something of a treat that we grew up eating during the Holidays, Latkes are a fun thing to make with your Children, because nothing beats cooking with Family and eating fried bits of joy, as soon as they hop out the frying pan.

Enjoy!

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