Team Q & The College of BBQ Knowledge

[spicewine]

Team Q will be doing cooking demonstrations at Inside Columbia Magazine's College of BBQ Knowledge in June. We would like to base this session on BBQ Appetizers.

If some of you would like to share some of your favorite Appetizers & recipes, we might choose to use them at this function. 350 people are planed to attend.

Thanks in advance!!

Spice

[Divemaster]

Hawaiian BBQ Candy.

Sliced Spam (about 1/8 to 3/16 inch thick and then quartered)
1/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
1 teaspoon cyan pepper

Smoke the spam until slightly browned.
Mix the remaining ingredients and coat the spam. Allow to cook for another 10 minutes to set the coating.

[Fredbird]

Originally Posted by spicewine

Team Q will be doing cooking demonstrations at Inside Columbia Magazine's College of BBQ Knowledge in June. We would like to base this session on BBQ Appetizers.

If some of you would like to share some of your favorite Appetizers & recipes, we might choose to use them at this function. 350 people are planed to attend.

Thanks in advance!!

Spice

In other words, we're looking for something simple, easy and quick that serves 350 people!

[SpammyQ]

mmmm Dive, that sounds good. That may be one of the firsst things I try on my new WSM when she gets here.

[Divemaster]

Originally Posted by SpammyQ

mmmm Dive, that sounds good. That may be one of the firsst things I try on my new WSM when she gets here.

I brought it to a party but wouldn't tell any one what it was made of until I left... should have seen their faces....

[OSD]

You could do a bunch of these. Cut each one into 4 to 6 bitesize pieces, stick a toothpick in each piece( for safe handling ) and have some of your BBQ sauces for dipping on hand. It would be a good advertisement for your rubs and sauces.

[71-South]

Columbia, huh? I really miss Shakespeares pizza - and all of the good Greek restaurants - and Alexander's.

[Bossmanbbq]

Originally Posted by Divemaster

Hawaiian BBQ Candy.

Sliced Spam (about 1/8 to 3/16 inch thick and then quartered)
1/4 cup Dark Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Maple Syrup
1 teaspoon cyan pepper

Smoke the spam until slightly browned.
Mix the remaining ingredients and coat the spam. Allow to cook for another 10 minutes to set the coating.

SPAM has to be an aquired taste, I HATE THE STUFF I would do the same thing but use buckboard bacon. Bacon wrapped asparagus is a good moving appetizer you might want to include, Hell everything is better with bacon!

[Jorge]

Originally Posted by Fredbird

In other words, we're looking for something simple, easy and quick that serves 350 people!

If you'd cooked the 6th best ribs in the world at the Royal could you do them twice as fast?

Phil's cheesy bread is always a winner when I do it. If you are using the big, red, comp cooker you should be able to cube enough up.

[Fredbird]

Originally Posted by Jorge

If you'd cooked the 6th best ribs in the world at the Royal could you do them twice as fast?

Phil's cheesy bread is always a winner when I do it. If you are using the big, red, comp cooker you should be able to cube enough up.

I didn't cook the 6th best ribs in the world at the Royal. I only got 3rd!

The cheesy bread is a good idea!

[spicewine]

Anyone else have any ideas??

[Dale P]

All bbq, or is grilling part of the function?

[Dustaway]

This is Bill Canons recipe I have had this before and it is great
BILL’S SURPRISE POTATOES


1 full size aluminum-serving pan – this will serve about 50 to 75 people

10 pounds of whole potatoes (I have used Idaho’s, russets, and others)

1 family size can (27oz) of cream of mushroom soup

1 family size can (27oz) of cream of chicken soup

2 cups of sour cream

½ cup of Texas BBQ Rub

¼ cup of paprika

3 cups of shredded cheese (use cheddar or a blend of Monterey jack and cheddar)

¼ cup of granulated garlic (use this to your flavor liking)

Alt. Ingredient – your choice of chopped meat (brisket, butt, sausage)

First cut the potatoes in half (this will speed up the cooking time) and I leave the skin on the potatoes.

In a large pot, boil the potatoes. Cooking time on the potatoes is about 30 to 45 minutes. When the potatoes are done, drain off the water and pour them into the serving pan.

While the potatoes are still hot, crumble the potatoes into pieces. Add both cans of soup, the sour cream, Texas BBQ Rub, and the granulated garlic and mix into the potatoes. Now add about ½ of the cheese and mix that into the potato mix. Spread this out in the pan and top with a large portion of cheese and then sprinkle with the paprika.

Cover with aluminum foil and you can heat this in the oven at 225 degrees for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours (till all the cheese melts) or I stick mine on the pit and melt the cheese on the pit.

[bbqbull]

Jay, why not serve bite size pieces of pulled pork.
Little pieces of pulled brisket or chusck roast.
Smoked cheese ?
Smoked nuts?
Jerky?
Chunks of country style ribs?
Unstuffed fatties covered with dry rub, cut into pieces.
Smoked salmon?
Chicken wings?
The pieces could be put in little cups or skewered on tooth picks, like the samples they give out at the chain stores.

[Bigmista]

Originally Posted by Divemaster

1 teaspoon cyan pepper

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And you thought there was no blue food....