Winter might be still be in full swing, but you know it's always HOT In The Pit!
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AmazingRibs.com Nominated For 2020 IACP Digital Media Award!
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IACP is the “
International Association of Culinary Professionals,” a prestigious organization of chefs, cooking teachers, food writers, cookbook publishers, bloggers, food photographers, food marketers, and more, who've been around since the 1970s. It’s a cross-section of
everybody in the food business with a particular focus on food communication and media. It’s a big honor to be nominated!
Winners will be announced at IACP’s annual conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this year on Saturday March 28.
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February's Great Giveaway Winner
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February's Great Giveaway Sweepstakes winner is 6th-year Founding Member Mark Toth, or "TDogg" as you may know him.
"I have to say I was in disbelief to get the email and my initial reaction was 'I never win anything!'", Mark said. Well Mark, we're all happy that now you've won something!
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Each monthly winner also gets:
- a $24 value 3-bottle pack of Black Swan Gourmet BBQ sauces (now on Amazon),
- a $100 gift certificate to Porter Road meats for some high quality proteins of their choice to toss on their cooker, and
- a $60 value 4-bottle pack of low-salt/high flavor premium seasonings from Heaven Made Products,
- everything, including the main prize, delivered for free!
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Every paid USA member* gets automatic entry each month that their membership is current, there's nothing else you need to do. Whether you joined yesterday or have been with us since our first year in 2014, your name is in the hat.
Your odds are 1 in 1,333 over the course of a year.
*For more on why it's only valid for USA members, please see the Q&A section at the bottom of this newsletter and follow the link to the Help section of our forum.
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You snooze, you lose!
The winner has 5 days from when we notify him or her, and once that time's up we draw another name and the previous winner forfeits, and this is non-reversible. It happens every few months, someone doesn't get our email and they forfeit. Don't let that be you!
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Change your email?
Don't forget to update it
in your account settings. Also, if you'd prefer this newsletter be delivered to a different email address, just scroll to the bottom footer of this newsletter and click the "Update Profile" link as shown by the red arrow below. There you can change the email address to which this newsletter goes.
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Meat-Up In Memphis Giveaway
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If you missed it the last couple months, we're giving away a great prize to a new person each month out of all the Meat-Up In Memphis registrants.
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Congratulations to
Benjamin Lowe
as our January winner. He scored a classic Pit Barrel Cooker, valued at $299!
You have another chance for February!
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Anyone who's booked a ticket to the Meat-Up in Memphis through February 29
will automatically be entered for a chance to
win a
Cuisinart 3-in-1 Stainless Steel 5-burner Gas Grill, which
Max gives a Gold Medal Award!
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At most, your odds are 1-in-400 for each monthly giveaway, but they're even better as registration fills up. Pretty good chances!
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We're getting close to our 400 seat capacity, so reserve your spot soon.
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Special Discount From BBQGuys.com
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As posted in the Pitmaster Club forum's
Discounts And Deals
channel
earlier this month, through the month of February, BBQGuys.com is offering a discounted price on Looftlighter Charcoal Electric Lighter & Fire Starter for our Pitmaster Club members.
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The Looftlighter is the perfect replacement for lighter fluid and will ignite fires in a matter of seconds. The Looftlighter does not throw flames, but instead blows a hot air stream at 1256 degrees Fahrenheit. It is fully equipped with a safety casing that cools to the touch within a few seconds after use.
To use, simply plug the Looftlighter into a wall socket, and touch the nose of the lighter to your wood or coals. In about 15 seconds sparks will appear. At this point, withdraw the Looftlighter by 3-6 inches and continue heating the same spot. Before you know it, you will have a roaring fire. The length of the power cord is approximately 10 feet. There is also an integrated bottle opener at the foot.
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Regular Price- $79.95,
Pitmaster Club Price - $71.96
with Free Shipping
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Stay tuned for more monthly specials from BBQGuys.com exclusively for our members!
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It's still going! PK Grills has given us an unadvertised bundle deal that they refer to as the "Big BBQ Bundle". This deal isn't promoted on their website, so it can only be seen by people who have access to the Big BBQ Bundle link (us)!
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It is a PK360, in silver or graphite (shown here), and every accessory they sell for it for
$335 under the regular price. We are part of a small group that has been invited to promote it.
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Like the classic PK Grill? Want to save $60 on an exclusive AmazingRibs.com PK Bundle? This bundle includes a classic PK grill in your choice of classic silver (shown) or graphite, a Littlemore Grid add-on grate, and an improved weatherproof cover, and it all ships free!
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Give A Friend A Free Trial Membership
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BE AMAZING!
Share the love; send a friend, family member, or co-worker who loves BBQ, grilling, and cooking in general this link to snag a free 30-day trial membership to the Pitmaster Club
(
o
ne free trial per person)
:
https://amazingribs.com/pitmaster
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Once a Free Trial member loves us and becomes a $23.95/year paid member, they'll also get the comprehensive temperature guide magnet & automatic monthly entry into the monthly
"Great Giveaway" Sweepstakes.
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Maybe they're not ready to join yet? That's OK too. Point them toward our free semi-monthly public newsletter,
Smoke Signals
,
where they can get to know us with free seasonal recipes, tips & tricks, and links to fun & informative content to their email inbox. We never spam or sell their email addresses, and we're happy to share
our privacy promise
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Show Us What You're Cooking!
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Okay folks, let's kick this month off with a fantastic cook by "Richard Chrz"
. This pork tenderloin was done on the grill, as well as some bok choy, grilled lemons, grilled onions, purple radicchio, and cherry tomatoes. Great presentation, as always.
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"Ernest" is back at it with some amazing looking steak tacos with mango salsa and limes. So fresh and so clean.
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"grantgallagher" fired up the charcoal for the Puppy Bowl. He and his son enjoyed this big ol' ribeye that was rubbed down with Spiceology Espresso Chili Rub. It looks like Grant nailed this one with a perfect medium-rare, wall to wall. Nice work.
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Let's head up to the Poconos for some killer pulled pork nachos by "Dewesq55"
. These nachos were topped with cilantro, jalapeño, tomato, black olives, scallions, cheese and sour cream.
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"HouseHomey" was putting his Weber kettle to work this month by cooking up some amazing St. Louis-style ribs. Just look at these before and after pictures. What a great cook.
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"goosebr160" was busy making a Pitmaster Club favorite, pork belly burnt ends. There is almost too much succulent goodness in these photos!
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"treesmacker" was in charge of making some great eats for the Super Bowl this year. Check out these r
iblets, pulled pork deviled eggs, and focaccia bread. Those eggs look
fantastic.
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"Troutman" had his culinary skills in high gear this month. Check out this mango-tomato-cucumber-tomatillo arrangement with a basil vinaigrette dressing. Next, some mock gyros made with smoked leg of lamb, pita bread topped with a homemade tzatziki sauce, cubed up cucumber, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Last but certainly not least, we have these amazing looking pastrami short ribs.
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Now for one of my personal favorites; how about these amazing cast iron Dutch oven chili dogs? These dogs were cooked to perfection by "FishTalesNC"
. Talk about comfort food.
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"Charley Langer" went all out with some braised short ribs with squash and chili. Topped with cilantro and a side of lime.
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"texastweeter" threw together a meal that is fit for a king. Check out this plate, lamb chops
with a balsamic glaze, seared sea scallops, garlic Parmesan cauliflower puree, grilled asparagus, and a small salad with simple vinaigrette. Great work.
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"tbob4" made some grilled tri tip, and just to amp up the flavor he made it into some steak fajitas on his gasser.
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"Old Glory" might get the 'keeper of the flame' title for the month. How about this action shot of his monster 3-inch strip steak. This was cooked SVQ (sous vide then seared over the open flame).
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Taking a break from his busy life,
"rgriffeath" finally got a chance to get out and smoke up some baby back ribs. How about this cook for a return to the smoke? Wow.
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"Meat P
" fired up his gasser to make some awesome c
heese bacon smash burgers using his BGE plancha. Great presentation.
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"MarkD" kicked off 2020 with a great brisket cook and some Texas Twinkies.
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Let's head out west to Washington for some pork c
arnitas with leftover pulled pork made by "Red Man"
.
What a way to use some left over pulled pork.
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As we mentioned in last month's issue, we made a big change to the PitCast with Greg Rempe. We are going to
make the PitCasts
monthly
instead of weekly. Then they can be built over the month and be even more fun and interesting. Plus, since we all love Meathead and we love picking his brain, each new monthly PitCast will feature a Q&A with Meathead!
We'll open up a special Q&A topic in
The "PitCast" with Greg Rempe channel
early in each month, so watch for that! Toward the end of the month Greg will close that topic and interview Meathead and ask him all the questions you've posted, and we'll hear his answers.
February's
"Questions For Meathead"
topic
is still open
until Saturday February 22nd
, so prepare your questions on anything and get in there and ask while there's still time to hear his answers to YOU! Of course as other fun and interesting topics and interviews come up they will be included in each monthly episode too, but Greg has confirmed it will definitely not be a compilation dad jokes from Jerod Broussard and Huskee.
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If you want to sit for a brief interview with Greg for a spot on the next PitCast, we can still make that happen!
You don't have to be a pro pitmaster or chef, or even know much about BBQ, you just have to answer his questions and tell us a little about yourself. He does most of the work and makes it very enjoyable.
Click here to let Greg know you're interested.
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How nice of you to think of giving us as a gift! Alas, at the moment, our software is not sophisticated enough to handle gift subscriptions and the complexities of who gets charged for renewals, how to handle multiple gifts, etc.
There is a workaround: Subscribe with your email and credit card and create a username and password. Give this info to the recipient and tell them that once they have logged in, they can easily change the password.
You must then decide if you want to pay for their renewal. If so, then you will be automatically charged at renewal time. If not, then ask the recipient to change the credit card number in "
My Membership" before the renewal date or you will get the charge.
If this is too complicated, simply sign them up for a Free Trial membership and pass the username and password to them.
Here's another great gift idea: Our book "
Meathead, The Science Of Great Barbecue And Grilling" was named "One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time" by Southern Living magazine. Click here for more info
https://amazingribs.com/book
Another option: Check out our Gift Guide!
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Don't Miss Meathead LIVE On Facebook!
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Bring your toughest questions!
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"
HOT From The Pit!
" is the exclusive members-only monthly newsletter of the AmazingRibs.com Pitmaster Club by
Pit Boss Aaron
"Huskee"
Lyons
and Moderator John
"Spinaker"
Bowlsby.
You're receiving this because you're awesome and you're a member of the Club
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