Tropic-Al's BBQ Review

Coconut Charcoal? OH YEAH

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:22:00 +0000

It takes some getting used to but this stuff is cleaner burns hotter and longer than hard wood charcoal. Flavor is good as well! I have a gigantic Weber gas grill on my deck. But after...

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Revolutinary Picnic and Carnivale Menu for July 4, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:31:00 +0000

BEER Grilled wings: still working on spices, heat etc Assorted skewerd meats including: Chicken, beef, sausages, bacon all marinated in beer Assorted marinated char grilled veggies: peppers,...

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Tropic Al's Now Only Accepts it's Own Currency

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:31:00 +0000

Visitors to the island will be asked to trade in all forms of currency for Island Rum Money the official and only accepted form of cash on the island The American Dollar is fading in value fast...

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A Little Comedy For the New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:55:00 +0000

Hard to grill with two feet of snow in the way. However this combination of two Hallmark Xmas ornaments and a menu from the Weber Grill Restaurant in Chicago light up my day Tropic-Al's:...

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New Year, New Attitude

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:48:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's has not posted much this year. 2011 will be different. More on Q ad on Time Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Tropic-Al's: A Banana Republic in The CatskillsTropic-Al'ss...

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Perfect Smoke Ring

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:31:00 +0000

Excellent pink smoke ring on this pork butt (look at lower part of photograph) just before it got shredded and mixed with a batch of homemade BBQ sauce. This three pound butt was cued...

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noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:39:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Perfect BLT! A little extra from the garden. Roasted Marconi frying pepper, onion steak and red sail lettuce. All on the grill as the sun...

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Great fourth of July BBQ

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:28:00 +0000

Had a great fourth of July weekend. Parties Friday night Saturday and Sunday had everyone over for a BBQ. Only thing is some landlubbers ate all my ribs before I got some! Got rave reviews anyway...

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Open for The Season-ing

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:07:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Tropic-Al's is open for the season and BBQing has begun. Going to...

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Superb BBQ in Utah!

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:09:00 +0000

BANDIT'S GRILL AND BARPARK CITY, UTAH Bandits BBQ indeed is the best in the west as the sign concurs. Excellent nachos, outstanding brisket BBQ sandwich and good beer.Located about 45 minutes...

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Revolutionary Picnic and Carnivale a Success

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:04:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining We started "cooking " Friday night the third of July for our big shindig an Saturday. I spent three and one half hours formulating my famous BBQ sauce, grilling...

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Dredging the Lagoon Today

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Taking a tip from GE, we heard that the federales' were coming our way looking for stashes of booty and rum. They won't find any though. We dredged the lagoon...

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BBQ Today

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:37:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Had a test run on the gas unit last night. Everything went fine. Burnt hamburgers to a crisp as this is the only way the family eats them. Who am I other than...

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Great Turn Out In Newburgh

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining I did not know what to expect Saturday Feb 22nd when I arrived in Newburgh at Adams Fairacre Farms to set up for my class on Rubs, Marinades and BBQ sauces. Of...

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Chicken Wing Shortage Predicted for Super Bowl Weekend? No Problem Make Great Snacks and Appetizers on the Grill Instead

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:51:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Chicken Wing Shortage Predicted for Super Bowl Weekend? No Problem Make Great Snacks and Appetizers on the Grill Instead Just as I sat down to write this...

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Time to Teach "CUE"

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surf side Dining In late February, my favorite seminar, BBQ comes up. Join me in Newburgh as I race through a one hour messy cooking demonstration making rubs, oils and BBQ...

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It's Not Grilled But Then Again The Outdoor Kitchen is Froze Up!

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining Happy New Year BBQ nuts! Right now it is 12* outside and the deck is frozen which means no BBQing today. But I have to make something for the church soup and...

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Snowed and Iced in for Xmas

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining It seems just as I get snowed n each winter I miss the grill most. Now mind you I grill/bbq year round. But when we receive threes storms in four days the grill...

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A perfect Ssaturday BBQ

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:44:00 +0000

Tropic AL Hosted some landlubbers Saturday afternoon to a beautiful fall lunch. The feature was spaghetti squash grilled to perfection over a Weber Summit. After the outer shell was charred to...

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Lemon Verbena A Rough Cut Tongue Biter

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:57:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining With it's light green fine textured foliage and great citrus aroma lemon verbena is a winner. I just wish it were hardy in my back yard. Growing to six feet this...

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Set sail for the 4th With Us!

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:16:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surf Side Dining Well here at the island we have been busy. We have sold the northern frontier Log Jam BBQ to a yuppy family from New Jersey. So for the 4th we are celebrating our...

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Rub It In

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:46:00 +0000

Almost everyone is familiar with food pan blackened by Cajun spices. Just a few years back however pan blackened spices in the Cajun tradition was about as far as rubs went with American cooks let...

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Look What's Floating in The Lagoon

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:04:00 +0000

Tropic-Al's: Almost Surfside Dining The Floating Restaurant Table The bbq-donut is a motorized floating picnic table, complete with barbecue, sound system, coolers, and seating for 10 We're always...

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Picked My First Chile Today

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:05:00 +0000

That's right! Here in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains I picked my first New Mexico chile right off the plant from the garden. Actally I started the plants indoors under compact flourescents...

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noreply@blogger.com (Greg Draiss) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:47:00 +0000

Weber hits a winner with the Sear Station. On the Summit Models S470 and S670 Weber has installed a sear station so you can get the heat up to over 1,000*F and sear your meat. Now the jury is still...

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