Memorial Day and Summer BBQ!

Written By Frankie Martinez
Memorial Day BBQ

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This week the guys are talking Memorial Day and Summer BBQ! First segment highlights include Wes’ sausage egg muffin Blackstone hack, Jay’s smoked pork shoulder money muscle, and butterflied chicken drumsticks!

BBQ Question of the week is, “When spatchcock-ing a chicken, how do you keep the skin from becoming rubbery?”

This week’s #grillcoachrecommendation is a reliable pair of Poultry Shears! Heavy duty, spring loaded, easy to clean - and perfect for spatchcock chicken!

In the second segment we dive into Memorial Day and Summer BBQ. We talk some memorial day trivia, what’s on the grill this Memorial Day, summer cook wishlists and goals and three tips to kick off summer bbq!

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