Underground Cooking with Saul

Written By Frankie Martinez
Barbacoa

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This week the we’re back with a very special Listener segment: Underground Cooking with Saul!

In the first segment, highlights include Frankie’s weekend of BBQ, Wes’ impromptu steak night, and Jay’s rib tips on the kettle!

Check out this week's #GrillCoachRecommendation - butcher paper - perfect for ribs, pork shoulder or cooking underground!!

In the second segment we talk Underground cooking with listener Saul! What is underground cooking? How do you prepare an underground pit? Saul covers the basics and walks us through an underground cook of 17 turkeys!

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