Welcome

Welcome to my blog site where I share recipes, experiences, and fun with everything “BBQ” related.  Here you’ll find mouthwatering pictures, notes on the BBQ sauces that I make as well as tips and lessons learned, victories and defeats, all in the course of my pursuit of happiness, because let’s face it, what could be happier that smoked, grilled, barbecued meat? (Aside from sharing it with good friends and family of course!)

I learned to cook out over wood and charcoal, from my first classic Weber Kettle to offset smokers/grills and for a long time I was very critical of anyone who considered using anything else because cooking with wood takes SKILL!  Anyone can cook over a gas or pellet machine, shoot, you might as well just toss it all in your oven or crock pot if that’s the best you can do.  Hence the website name, “Real Men Cook With Wood.”

I have since added a nice propane infrared grill to my collection and skills, and I have learned there is a right time to use it, such as on week nights when you want a steak fast, or it’s Monsoon season and you can’t reach your smokers and charcoal grills in the rear of the yard without a canoe.  Come to find out, gas grills are more work than I first thought, but they are convenient and when you use a good quality sauce like my Hellfire or Smoky Sweet, you can’t tell that you cheated and used gas.  Yeah, it’s that good! ;)

So anyway, browse around and check out my ramblings, if you like what you read or have any questions, just leave a comment.  Thanks for dropping by!

--Mike