Great News

I look at the date of my last post and realize with horror that it’s been three months since I poked my head out and wrote. I realize I have just spent 90 days training you to think my blog is dead and not worth coming back to. [Shudders!] Well, I am about to turn this blog around and retrain your thoughts so that you will love to return often and read the latest and greatest. That is how it should be, right?

Today, I want to kick it off by sharing my goals for the future here at Yoder’s Smoky Mountain Barbecue. There is no denying, I want to keep selling lots of Meadow Creek smokers and grills. Nothing new about that. Beyond that, I have a passion to teach barbecue—the real thing, the kind that flavors up your life, and gets people talking (and eating)! There is much to be taught and smelled and experienced. This year, Lord willing, we will be pushing out regular recipes, tips, and training, including HD videos showing how we cook around here.

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We ran a photo contest on Facebook last week for all the folks who are on my email list. It was a great success with at least 80 entries! 🙂 I choose three winners and am giving away these three gifts:

1. RT600C Super-Fast Probe Thermometer
2. Char-Broil Electric Charcoal Lighter
3. 3 Small Shakers of Meadow Creek Rub (Assorted)

Here are the winners:

First Place: John McCarthy
He runs Caseys Pub in Holliston, MA. Looks like they make lots of great barbecue dishes and some outstanding wings.

Second Place: Margaret Finocchiaro
These are folks are into great barbecue and happy feet. Check out their family shoe store, Red Wing Shoes in Fredericksburg, VA.

Third Place: Toby Schnitker

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who participated. I really enjoyed seeing what others are cooking.

Have fun,

Lavern

PS. Want to know when we do this again? Fill out the form below to get in the loop.  🙂  Also, jump over to my Facebook page and join the other barbecue enthusiasts hanging out there.

We are having a great time today with the SQ36 BBQ Smoker and the PR42 Pig Roaster fired up, cooking 28 pork butts. If you doubt the seriousness, come on over and you’ll see what I mean. Cold Springs Garden Center (parent company of Yoder’s Smoky Mountain Barbecue) is having open house and Mother’s Day celebration Friday and Saturday (May 6 and 7).

On the menu is homemade donuts and coffee in the forenoon, pulled pork sandwiches and BBQ samples around noon. If you drop by tomorrow (Friday) we’ll be cooking more pork butts for the next day. We plan to have the SQ36 Offset Smoker fired both days with chicken, sausage, and pork ribs for samples (until they are consumed). All free, by the way.

If you are close enough and it suits, please do come by. While you’re here, you can check out our fresh load of Meadow Creek inventory, watch the Meadow Creek equipment in action, and the best—fill your belly with authentic southern-style BBQ!

Here are some pictures I shot today to show you what’s happening around here.

Click a photo to enlarge it and start the slideshow.

Leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Have fun,

Lavern Gingerich

We’ve just added some new photo galleries to help you explore these revolutionary barbecue smokers from Meadow Creek.

We’re not done adding photos, but you can browse a separate photo gallery for each cooker in the Barbecue Smokers category.

Here ya go: Barbeque Smoker Photos

Or you can hop over to the smoker pages in my store:

PR36 Barbecue Smoker
SQ36 Offset Barbecue Smoker
TS60 Offset Barbecue Smoker
TS120P Push-Around BBQ Smoker
TS120 Barbecue Smoker Trailer
TS250 Barbecue Smoker Trailer
TS500 Barbecue Smoker Trailer

Also check out the main Barbecue Smokers page.

I have so much other stuff to share with you, like recipes, how tos on grilling and smoking, pics of what we’ve cooked, and a few “good” reasons why you should not buy one of these awesome Meadow Creek cookers from us, ever.

Maybe you are curious what is all to come. Sign up to my email list using the form in the sidebar or subscribe to my RSS feed.

Lavern

Do you have a good barbecue sauce to share? Today I’ve got two exciting outlets for your sauce creations!

2011 Sauces of Honor

Here is your chance to see how your sauce compares with the best of the best. National Barbecue News is hosting their first Sauces of Honor barbecue sauce contest.

Kell of NBBQN says, “This will be the most unique sauce competition in the world.” He says anyone is welcome to enter. The goal of this sauce contest is to honor the best barbecue sauces that accompany different cuts of smoked meat.

If you have a sauce you feel great about, read the rules and fire your sample(s) off to National Barbecue News now.

The deadline to enter is this coming Friday at 5 PM (April 15, 2011).

Download the rules and application. (PDF format)

If you have a slow connection, you might want to right click on the link and choose “Save Link As…” or something like that and save it to your Desktop.

My Barbecue Sauce Recipe Book

Maybe you have a barbecue sauce recipe that you want to share with everyone. Some of my subscribers want to learn how to make amazing barbecue sauces.

I’d like to compile a bunch of BBQ sauce recipes into one big “saucy” recipe book. So I need you, my subscribers and blog readers, to help me out.

Click here to submit your recipe, and it’s very likely I’ll put it in my book. Also, I’ll be sure to send you a copy once it’s done. 🙂

Without the help of my readers, it won’t happen. So I look forward to hearing from you.

Have fun!

Lavern Gingerich

PS. What good is sauce without a good BBQ smoker or grill? Check out Meadow Creek’s revolutionary barbecue cookers and trailers.

Now Famous Dave himself owns a Meadow Creek Chicken Cooker. Watch what he has to say about Meadow Creek cookers.