Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.

Smoked Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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Start out with store bought mashed potatoes.

Transfer the container of mashed potatoes to a tin container, cut up a half a stick of butter and insert the pads of butter evenly.

Scoop out a couple of tablespoons of minced garlic and spread evenly on top.

Set up the smoker for indirect grilling, pit temp between 300-350, add wood for smoke.

When the top just starts to brown up a little whip it up a little to distribute the butter and garlic and then cover it and let it go for another 10 minutes.

Finished product

I cooked it along side my wife’s chicken pot pie leftovers from the day before.

Chicken pot pie on a smoker brings it to the next level.

Make my Black Bean Salsa Cottage Cheese Dip. It’s healthy and stupid delicious

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Soooo simple

2 big scoops lowfat cottage cheese

2 big scoops of black bean salsa (any brand)

Garlic powder to taste

Sriracha to taste.

Mix it up.

Top with shredded Mexican cheese.

You want more? Double the recipe.

Even a dummy like me can make it in under a minute and it doesn’t require you to have a crazy amount of ingredients that you probably don’t already have.

Nice Premium Carry Bag For Weber Smokey Joe

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This would be perfect to pack up with charcoal and small utensils inside the grill so it’s all together for a trip to the beach or park. Here’s a link to purchase

Guess I’ll need a bunch 🙂

Thermoworks Smoke is 20% off and my favorite remote BBQ Monitoring Thermometer

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Here’s the link: https://www.thermoworks.com/Smoke

By subscribing to the Thermoworks list you get an extra 10% off as well.

My good friend Joe Ball alerted me to a big sale on a commercial grade remote thermometer- the Thermoworks Smoke.

I’d always used a Maverick 732 which is a decent consumer grade remote thermometer that retails for around $60.

The Thermoworks Smoke is professional grade.  The build quality is conservatively speaking about three times greater and it can be had for $79.99 including shipping.

I can’t stress enough how good of a unit this is.  If you have a grill master in your life, trust me buy this and put it away for a birthday or Christmas and they will love you for it.

@WeberGrills Family Q 300 Reverse Sear Chairman Reserve Ribeye

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@WeberGrills Family Q 300 Reverse Sear Chairman Reserve Ribeye. Love the two burner Q for reverse searing. Easy peasy. I think between the thick grates for an excellent maillard reaction and the separate burners the Family Q makes for a great reverse searing machine! Check out my blog if you want www.northeastbbq.com for more