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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part IX & X – Day of Shoot
By the time you read Part IX and X, the show has aired, and you know that Donna went out in the appetizer round,
July 28, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part VII & VIII – Day of Shoot
Fear and excitement. That’s what I felt the morning of the shoot. I was anxious whether I would shine and make the $50,000 finals
July 27, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part VI – Day One, Bio Shoot
Donna and family were already in Washington and NY for a week-long Spring break vacation by the time I flew out on the redeye to
July 24, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part V – Journey to NY
Donna and family left for NY for the Chopped Grill Masters shoot a week before me. I was tied up at work so I couldn’t
July 20, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part IV – Dessert Practice
Desserts to me is like Kryptonite to Superman. I love sweets as much as the next guy but cooking dessert is not one of my strengths. I
July 17, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part III – Training
So how do you train for a grilling throwdown against pros who show up with culinary school pedigrees and decades of commercial kitchen experience?
July 13, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part II – Audition
I was surprised how fast a casting associate from Food Network contacted me after I submitted my online application. We chatted briefly on the phone,
July 10, 2015
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Food Network Chopped Grill Masters, Part I – The California BBQ Couple
In 2008, my IT coworkers got me to compete in a barbecue contest as a Bucket List stretch goal. Since that win, I’ve been on
July 6, 2015
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My BBQ Journey – Mike Pagel
Intro by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ When it comes to Harry’s classes, each class is different. Usually, it is 95% men and backyard cooks.
June 29, 2015
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Q’ing and Brew’ing BBQ Competition and BeerFest
Q’ing and Brew’ing BBQ Competition and BeerFest, June 20, 2015. By Donna Fong When Harry said that Steve Botkin had the idea of holding his
June 24, 2015
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Alumni Mike Brady of Smoke Hound BBQ
Intro by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ Two years ago, at a separate BBQ class in SoCal, one of the instructors had asked the students
June 15, 2015
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BBQ-OHOLIC!!! – Alumni Dan Ronchetti of BC Smokers
Intro by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ If you are a former student of the Slap Yo’ Daddy 101 BBQ class, you may have heard
June 8, 2015
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Honey Garlic Ginger Baby Back Ribs
Grilled Honey Garlic Ginger Baby Back Ribs Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 1 hour 5 mins Grilled
June 1, 2015
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Memorial Day 2015 – Review of Gateway Drum Smokers
Gateway Drum Smoker Review by Harry Soo For Memorial Day 2015, I thought it might be a nice change to do a product review of
May 23, 2015
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SYD Alumni Paul Murray’s rookie team takes two back-to-back 1st place Brisket wins
BIG Congrats to Slap Yo Daddy alumni Paul Murray’s rookie team for two 1st place back-to-back brisket awards! Intro by Donna Fong, Butchers Daughter BBQ
May 21, 2015