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Margherita pizza on the Outset 18 inch cast iron pizza stone

How to Use a Pizza Stone on the Grill (Gas, Charcoal, Traeger & Big Green Egg)

How to use a pizza stone on the grill: preheat, temps and launch tips for gas, charcoal, Traeger and Big...

Pizza baking on the Outset 18 inch cast iron pizza pan on a gas grill

Cast Iron Skillet Pizza on the Grill: Pan Pizza and Thin Crust

How to make cast iron skillet pizza on the grill: crispy pan pizza in a deep skillet or thin crust...

Sliced smoked brisket with a dark pepper bark on a cutting board

Dalmatian Rub 101: The Salt and Pepper Rub Pitmasters Swear By

Dalmatian rub is just coarse salt and coarse black pepper, usually mixed 50/50 by volume. Use coarse kosher salt and...

Lane's BBQ seasoning and sauce next to a rubbed spatchcock chicken on a grill

Lane's vs The Spice Guy: Building a Pitmaster Spice Pantry

Lane's BBQ and The Spice Guy are the two craft spice brands in our Pitmaster Pantry. We carry Lane's for...

Al pastor pork and pineapple skewers on a wood board

Homemade Al Pastor Rub (Copycat Taqueria Seasoning)

To make a homemade al pastor rub, mix ancho or guajillo chile powder, sweet paprika, ground cumin, chipotle chili powder,...

Grill Masters Club 10 oz stainless steel dry rub shaker beside a Grill Masters Club box on a grill

How to Fill and Use a Seasoning Shaker for Dry Rubs

To fill a seasoning shaker for dry rubs, mix your rub in a bowl first, break up any clumps, and...

Perfectly glazed spare ribs on a grill grate

3-2-1 Ribs vs No-Wrap Ribs: Pick Your Method, Nail the Bite

3-2-1 ribs (3 hours smoke, 2 wrapped, 1 sauced at 225°F) are tender, forgiving and softer-barked. No-wrap ribs at 250...

A chef’s knife shaving thin, crispy, red-edged slices of al pastor pork off a vertical trompo stack sitting in a cast iron skillet on a grill grate

Al Pastor on the Grill: The Backyard Trompo Method

Make al pastor on the grill with a DIY trompo: slice and marinate pork shoulder, stack it on a skewer...

Three street tacos side by side in a neat row on a dark weathered wood table, each on doubled small corn tortillas

Al Pastor vs. Carnitas vs. Carne Asada: The Big Three Taco Meats, Explained

Al pastor and carnitas are both pork shoulder, but al pastor is chile-marinated and spit-roasted while carnitas is slow-cooked in...

A tall stack of thin red chile-and-achiote-marinated pork slices on a vertical metal skewer, standing in a cast iron skillet on the grate of a black charcoal kettle grill

Al Pastor BBQ: The Backyard Guide to Mexico's Favorite Taco

Al pastor is thin-sliced pork marinated in dried chiles, achiote and pineapple, stacked on a vertical spit called a trompo...

Christmas Gift Ideas for Dad: 9 Picks for the Dad Who Grills

Christmas Gift Ideas for Dad: 9 Picks for the Dad Who Grills

Stuck on what to buy dad for Christmas? Skip another gadget and give him flavor he can't find at the...

Steak Doneness Temperature Chart: Pull Temps for Every Doneness

Steak Doneness Temperature Chart: Pull Temps for Every Doneness

Medium rare is 130 to 135°F after resting. The full steak doneness chart with pull temps, carryover by thickness, where...