Recipes

Bacon–Date Deviled Egg
Bacon–Date Deviled Egg
One egg, two halves, and a filling that tastes like it came off a much longer ingredient list. This is the appetizer to make when you want something that reads... Read more...
Bone-in chicken thighs grilling over a charcoal kettle
Hot Spit Fire-Kissed Grilled Chicken
Bone-in, skin-on thighs are the most forgiving thing you can put on a grill. The bone slows the heat down, the fat under the skin bastes the meat as it... Read more...
A charred brisket resting on a grill grate
Spit'n Fire Double-Heat Brisket
Double heat means two things: two oven temperatures and the hottest sauce in the line. Three hours covered at 300°F breaks the collagen down into gelatin, which is the only... Read more...
Mini Sweet Pepper Relish
Mini Sweet Pepper Relish
This is a condiment built entirely out of knife work. Mini sweet peppers are already sweet and thin-walled, so nothing needs to cook down for an hour — the whole... Read more...
A glazed loaf of meat browning in a dark roasting pan
Hot Spit BBQ Meatloaf
Meatloaf has an image problem it did not earn. Done badly it is dense and grey, and that is almost always because somebody worked the mix like bread dough. Ground... Read more...
Scallion Smashed Potatoes
Scallion Smashed Potatoes
Smashed potatoes exist for the surface area. Boiling them first and then crushing them flat before they hit the oven creates ridges and torn edges that go genuinely crisp, which... Read more...
Roasted Garlic Chicken Bone Broth
Roasted Garlic Chicken Bone Broth
A good broth is not a recipe so much as a habit. Every roast chicken leaves behind a carcass, and every carcass is four cups of something far better than... Read more...
BBQ Bacon Date BBQ Chicken Thighs
BBQ Bacon Date BBQ Chicken Thighs
Barbecue chicken without a bottle of barbecue sauce in sight. This single thigh gets a glaze built from three pantry items — Date Bacon Vinegar, a spoonful of tomato sauce,... Read more...
Deglazed Steak Bites over Herb Rice
Deglazed Steak Bites over Herb Rice
Steak bites are a weeknight answer to a cut that would otherwise need a long cook. Sirloin cut into cubes hits the pan with far more surface area than a... Read more...
Thin cucumber coins arranged on a blue plate
Cucumber Coin Salad with Basil Olive Oil
This is the plainest recipe on the site and the one most likely to get eaten standing at the counter. Four ingredients, no cooking, no cleverness. Its entire quality depends... Read more...
Cooked meat pulled apart on a wooden board
Pig Spit BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
Thighs, not breasts. This is the one rule that makes pulled chicken work. Four hours in a slow cooker turns a breast into dry threads because there is no fat... Read more...
Cast-Iron Steak with Onion Jam
Cast-Iron Steak with Onion Jam
A cast-iron steak is decided before the meat touches the pan. Dry surface, hot iron, and the willingness to hear something you were probably taught to be afraid of —... Read more...