Barbecue is such a guy thang! A throw back to when man discovered fire. After that they all thought they could grill anything and this weekend they did. We attended the Chandler Great American Beer and Barbecue Festival this past weekend. No beer for us but plenty of great barbecue.
Men and their smokers. Who says size doesn't matter?
Our friend, Dan provided great barbecue with his special Prickly Pear BBQ sauce. For those of you who don't live in Arizona, the prickly pear is a cactus. There is a sweet fruit that grows on top of the cactus and has been made into jellies, cocktails and other delicious delights.
Dan had a great menu and we tried a little of everything. He has a special spice mixture available at
www.flavormadesimple.com that we use on everything. I haven't found anything yet that it doesn't work on - except maybe ice cream.
Some of the chain restaurants were also there showing their grill skills.
I stood for a while and watched the ribs. I am a vegan but only when I don't eat meat.
These are pork ribs but they also had a contest to see who could eat a rack of beef ribs in less than 10 minutes. I don't even know if that's possible and why would you want to. You have to take it slow and steady, just like the art of barbecue.
Our wonderful family began when a California Guy with two daughters, married an Arizona Girl with a son and a daughter. Two years later we started adding two more sons to the family. With six children and now five grandchildren we continue to work hard, play hard, love, and laugh through this adventure called life.
