Top 5 BBQ Recipes from your Favorite Chefs

Friday is the time for indulging a little bit—or maybe more than a little bit. And because it’s the end of the official BlendAbout BBQ week, we pulled together five of our favorite and most indulgent recipes from some of our favorite chefs and food bloggers.

Eat up!

1.   Molly’s Dry-Rubbed Ribs from Smitten Kitchen

This recipe makes us think of summer. It’s the perfect dish to create for a Memorial Day BBQ or Saturday afternoon gathering. Get the recipe »

2.   Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt from David Lieberman

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Top Food Festivals for Summer 2013!

If you’re anything like us, then you must love to eat! And eat you shall, at these upcoming summer food festivals. From BBQ to Lobster these are some of the best food festivals around the country and are not to be missed!

Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, June 8-9

This huge public party takes place in New York City’s Madison Square Park, from 11am until 6 pm. While you are able to attend this incredible BBQ festival for free, the amazing and award-winning barbecue food is not. It only costs $9/plate to try some of the tastiest BBQ food by some of the country’s top pitmasters.

Big Apple BBQ Ribs

Since this festival is free to the public, lines can get long. To bypass the long wait for some mouthwatering BBQ you can buy a “FastPass” for $125.  A FastPass has a $100 value redeemable for food and beverage and it allows the holder and one guest exclusive access to express lines for any food at the block party. While you are enjoying some of the country’s greatest BBQ you can also enjoy free music, seminars and demonstrations. Proceeds of Big Apple Barbecue Block Party help support the Madison Square Park Conservancy, to help maintain this historic park.  

Gilroy Garlic Festival, July 26-28

This will be the 35th annual Garlic Festival also known as the “Ultimate Summer Food Fair” held in Christmas Hill Park of Gilroy, CA. Here you will be able to enjoy three days of incredible food, beverages, arts & crafts and live entertainment.

Garlic fries

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Chef Casey Thompson Shares BBQ Tips Recipes & More

It’s not every day that one gets to speak with one of their favorite chefs on one of their favorite subjects. So you can image my thrill when I had the opportunity to chat with Chef Casey Thompson about my favorite subject: Barbecue.

Born and raised in Texas – home of some of the best barbecue in America, Casey began her culinary career at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas. She worked her way up the culinary ladder and after a few years she became ...   READ FULL ARTICLE >>

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Classy Ketchup

Now that tailgate season is in full swing, why not add a spoonful of class to your bratwurst. Sir Kensington’s Ketchup comes in a small jar and you can choose from the more traditional taste or a bolder, spicier spread. The cost to dish out is $9 for 11oz, but that is a small price to pay for BBQ bliss. If your tailgaters are the craft beer, organic meat type, why not bring this tasty lil topper to the table.