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lousubcap

Not cheffing but a cheffing related article:

This Is the Most Popular Grilled Food in Each State

By Mariah Thomas

Updated on Jul. 08, 2026

https://www.rd.com/article/most-popular-grilled-food-in-each-state/

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy

lousubcap said:

Not cheffing but a cheffing related article:

This Is the Most Popular Grilled Food in Each State

By Mariah Thomas

Updated on Jul. 08, 2026

https://www.rd.com/article/most-popular-grilled-food-in-each-state/

Totally disagree with this article.

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

lousubcap said:

Not cheffing but a cheffing related article:

This Is the Most Popular Grilled Food in Each State

By Mariah Thomas

Updated on Jul. 08, 2026

https://www.rd.com/article/most-popular-grilled-food-in-each-state/

Totally disagree with this article.

Says sausage for mass nh me and and vt.  Probably cooked 300 red hot dogs this summer so far.  I’ve never bought one in my life

fishlessman

Would have thought marshmallows for Texas😭

paqman

Beef plate ribs, pics in random vanilla order

Botch

Gulfcoastguy said:

lousubcap said:

Not cheffing but a cheffing related article:

This Is the Most Popular Grilled Food in Each State

By Mariah Thomas

Updated on Jul. 08, 2026

https://www.rd.com/article/most-popular-grilled-food-in-each-state/

Totally disagree with this article.

But you clicked on it, and that's all they're designed to do (and so did I).  

CPFC1905

Tomapork  

Butcher around the corner cut it to size.  He's from the wider kamado community, but that's OK.  Perhaps thats why it was tremendous value at £15 and was 'double chop' width. 

As ever, reverse sear and skin flamed for the crackling - following my life goal action plan of one day getting that right.

Yes, it is pink at the rarest part but no, I haven't developed horrific belly-ache or highly fluid motions in either directions as a result.   I trust chicken far less than I do pork - not starting a thread, just saying. 

Also, posting from my phone as images won’t upload from my laptop.  🤔

GrateEggspectations

Made bifanas (feat. homemade rolls) for a family gathering yesterday. Great memory of Lisbon. Some neighbourhood kids were over during prep, so I let them pound out the pork.

GrateEggspectations

Simple breakfast. 

paqman

GrateEggspectations said:

Simple breakfast. 

you would love a weber slate (or a blackstone)

GrateEggspectations

@paqman

Always been tempted! Just don’t want to risk drawing the ire of my gal with too much more cooking gear! 🙃

Paolo

Deep fryed squid and shrimps in my gas bbq

GrateEggspectations

Paolo said:

Deep fryed squid and shrimps in my gas bbq

Showed my wife and she said “can we go visit him?” 

Beautiful. 

Paolo

Nice comment from your wife @GrateEggspectations.
Yes, you can!

Gulfcoastguy

Red beans and rice with sausage and some of my hot peppers from my mini garden. Maybe roasted eggplant, no Egg here.

fishlessman

Some summer squash

keener75

GrateEggspectations said:

Made bifanas (feat. homemade rolls) for a family gathering yesterday. Great memory of Lisbon. Some neighbourhood kids were over during prep, so I let them pound out the pork.

Love this! We recently returned from Portugal and fully enjoyed a Bifana in the Alfama area of Lisbon with the mustard and the hot sauce! It got kinda messy at the end but was well worth it!

I tried to recreate the Piri Piri chicken on the BGE when we returned but that recipe will need some work.

Fresh fish was mostly our diet in Lagos and Porto and I would like to continue that now that we are back home.

GrateEggspectations

So cool, @keener75. Sounds like we charted similar paths, as we did Lisbon, Porto, Sevilla (Spain), then Lagos - with some stops in small towns along the way. Two weeks. Great trip. In Lisbon, we also stayed in Alfama. 

These recipes have served us really well since our return.
https://leitesculinaria.com/282255/recipes-bifanas-portuguese-pork-sandwiches.html
https://leitesculinaria.com/282693/recipes-papo-secos-portuguese-rolls.html

GrateEggspectations

Spaghetti carbonara with a side salad. Avert your eyes to the bastardizations (and apologies), @Paolo.

Battleborn

GrateEggspectations said:

Spaghetti carbonara with a side salad. Avert your eyes to the bastardizations (and apologies), @Paolo.

I would crush that in a heart beat. 

Battleborn

GrateEggspectations said:

So cool, @keener75. Sounds like we charted similar paths, as we did Lisbon, Porto, Sevilla (Spain), then Lagos - with some stops in small towns along the way. Two weeks. Great trip. In Lisbon, we also stayed in Alfama. 

These recipes have served us really well since our return.
https://leitesculinaria.com/282255/recipes-bifanas-portuguese-pork-sandwiches.html
https://leitesculinaria.com/282693/recipes-papo-secos-portuguese-rolls.html

We are currently planning our 20th anniversary (May ‘27). We met in the military while on deployment (don’t tell ‘Cap). Our first “date” was in Rome and the next was in Toulon, France. We have been deciding between going back to Europe or something more tropical. You guys make Spain/Portugal sound amazing. 

GrateEggspectations

Congrats on the upcoming anniversary, @Battleborn. Hard to beat a first date in Rome! Portugal and Spain were pretty great. Have had a lot of contacts go as of late and none have been disappointed so far. 

We’re thinking we may do a bit of Asia (sans kids) for our next travel. 

Too much to see; too little time. 

Battleborn

My buddy gets back tonight from a trip to Milan and Mykonos. That may sway my decision. I’ve always wanted to go to Greece. I flew through the Azores once and the was beautiful. So many places, I agree 

lousubcap

Not cheffing a thing -but @GrateEggspectations, any carbonara is a complete win.  Taking exception with @Battleborn, I would crush the lower half, too much green up top.  
@Battleborn - there is a back story to that "date."