By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on May 15th, 2012%
One of my coolest friendships in the BBQ community would have to be with Chef Ted Reader. I first met Ted at the Toronto Beechfest in 2010 where he did some mouthwatering demonstrations for cooking burgers on gas grills while promoting his new at that time called Napoleon’s Everyday Gourmet Burgers which is a wonderful [...] . . . → Read More: Meating with friends at Clancy’s Meat Co. in Whitby, Ontario and Tailgating with Ted Reader just Beerlicious
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on May 9th, 2012%
I received this Press release today and I will make every attempt to visit my friend Ted Reader and report on this Grand Opening… Clancy’s Meat Co. Whitby Grand Opening Celebrity Chef and BBQ Guru Ted Reader will be firing up the grill with charitable events supporting Children’s Wish Foundation in co-operation with Hearts [...] . . . → Read More: News Bite- Grand opening of Clancy’s Meat Co., in Whitby, ON with a visit by BBQ Icon Ted Reader May 12th 2012
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on March 12th, 2012%
I have been to many BBQ shows and events across Ontario and also down the US East coast from North Carolina to Florida but there is something special about RibFests here in Ontario. Just imagine crowds of over 100,000 people filling a park over a 3 or 4 day week-end enjoying endless Musical entertainment while [...] . . . → Read More: 2012 RibFest Schedule for Ontario Canada – Get your BBQ fix
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on March 9th, 2012%
Yesterday was a great day! I visited an old friend in Hospital in Guelph that recovering from a very serious illness that I had not seen in almost 20 years and after a huge scare it look like a recovery in well within reach. My best wishes go out to Mike. After that I drove [...] . . . → Read More: Dinner from the Lancaster Smokehouse in Kitchener, Ontario – Hog Tails Bar B Que’s newest location
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on January 25th, 2012%
Ah, the start of my second annual Southern Expedition which I have dubbed 2.0 is underway and off to a fantastic start. Just like last year I am driving down to Florida for my vactaion which will include a lot of BBQ and time spent with many friends including stops in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia [...] . . . → Read More: BBQ Joint Review – Q Barbeque one of Tuffy Stone’s Restaurants in Midlothian, Virginia
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on January 20th, 2012%
 As I am packing for my 2nd annual trip down south that I call “My Southern Expedition 2.0″ I was disappointed that I did not have time to write a blog post this week even though I have lots to write about I was very pressed for time. But to my rescue comes a [...] . . . → Read More: Guest Post by Annette A. Penney – My Specialty is Social Media, Not Sauce! – Her review of Draper’s BBQ A.P. Rub
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on January 11th, 2012%
My oh my what a web we sometimes weave! Social Media is a very strong tool and in the BBQ world and yesterday I have seen a perfect example of the power that can be shown. Only Mother Nature can dish out storms better than Social Networking can. This story is mind blowing, and as [...] . . . → Read More: News Bites – Social Media ignites into a battle of words Atlanta BBQ Joint fights back against bad review
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on January 7th, 2012%
First of all, I would like to say Happy New Year to all of my readers, I have taken a couple of weeks off during the holidays from writing but I hope to produce a few posts before I head down south on my second annual Southern Expedition later this month. One of my blogs [...] . . . → Read More: Review of The SKrAPr – Tested on my Masterbuilt Smoker and my freezer – Marketed by Annette Penney
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on December 23rd, 2011%
As my regular readers know, I am more than willing to help others promoting their Blogs, Products and even the People of the BBQ Community. Today I am asking for others to promote me!, I entered a contest called the Tailgaters Recipe of the Year. and there are some really cool prizes available to the [...] . . . → Read More: You can help me win Tailgating Recipe of the year contest with my MOINK Balls
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on December 17th, 2011%
All work and no play makes it tough to continue to put out top quality content for our blogs and or Social media. So to lessen our chances of suffering from writers block we like to get our hair permed, get out our best polyester clothes, platform shoes and boogie the night away. Join Hanneke, [...] . . . → Read More: What do BBQ Writers do for fun near Christmas??? We Disco of course
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on December 14th, 2011%
When I am in down time just surfing the web to have a few laughs (or as some would say “Shits and Giggles”) one of my go to sites would have to be the Nucking Futs Mama blog. It is a very popular blog where Jennifer Marshall gives us a little peak into her family’s [...] . . . → Read More: Nucking Futs Mama takes her family for BBQ and it hits the fan!
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on December 12th, 2011%
Having been to 11 RibFests during the 2011 season I had just realized that I had not yet written my review of the event that was held in Guelph back in late August. I figure since here it is December you could all appreciate some pictures that you have not seen reminding us of a [...] . . . → Read More: 2011 Guelph, Ontario RibFest and The SKrAPr Lady handing out GrILLrs to the Ribbers
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on December 8th, 2011%
As Christmas gets closer we are hearing more and more holiday music on the radio but the five of us decided it was time to Rock the house! Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab! Watch the video right here on this page by clicking above and LET’S ROCK!!! Now if only we [...] . . . → Read More: Deck the halls with BBQ Bloggers Fa La La La La La La La . Another JibJab starring the Ogre & Friends
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on December 2nd, 2011%
After our highly successful Thanksgiving JibJab I have done a series of Christmas based vids with the same cast of characters. If your in the BBQ community on facebook and or twitter you know all of us. This is the first of three Christmas videos the other two I will post in the coming weeks [...] . . . → Read More: Feliz Navidad from the BBQ Cinco Gang another JibJab with my BBQ Pals
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on November 23rd, 2011%
If you know me than chances are you also know one of my best friends on the interweb Hanneke Eerden. You may know her from her twitter handle of @hanneke158 and or be her friend on Facebook. If you are not yet attached to her in the social media world… please do, as she is a [...] . . . → Read More: We can help Hanneke Eerden and The Dutchess Cooks blog to get inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on November 9th, 2011%
I do not do pre-review posts very often but I am super excited about this and could not wait to tell you all what arrived today! After some discussions with Jesse Black that is the PR and Social Media person for ThermoWorks, Inc. , Jesse sent me a Purple Thermapen to test out for this [...] . . . → Read More: Woot! Woot! Look what I got in today…. a Purple Thermapen from ThermoWorks
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on November 6th, 2011%
I was asked to review a hot sauce from Cholula for their National Chili Garlic Week which was the week of October 24th so they were kind enough to send me a couple of bottles to try. I had the pleasure of spending a weekend with a few friends in beautiful Bancroft, Ontario at a [...] . . . → Read More: Review of Cholula’s Chili Garlic Hot Sauce… Great on Pulled Pork Sliders in Bancroft
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on October 18th, 2011%
A while back I had a package of Sauces and Rubs delivered to me in the mail from Old Timer Rubs and Coolio was excited to pose with the products. What I wanted to do was make a meal using both one of the rubs from Old Timer and also their Bar-B-Que Sauce. But so [...] . . . → Read More: Old Timer Rubs Mustard BBQ Sauce reviewed on Chicken and Brisket with Suzi Q’s Seasoning
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on October 13th, 2011%
One of the questions I get asked quite often is what got me started in my hobby of Low & Slow BBQ and all that came with it. Well I can thank a video series on YouTube for that. The BBQ Pit Boys are a bunch of great guys that have been making BBQ videos [...] . . . → Read More: BBQ Pit Boys – They are the reason I got into this game
By Wilfred Reinke aka @OshawaOgre, on October 12th, 2011%
I am thrilled to have as a new sponsor Grill Parts Canada, Shawn Catera has been fantastic in helping me to rebuild my gas grill that I really thought was destined for the scrap heap. You can read all about how I was able to rebuild my grill with the help of Grill Parts Canada [...] . . . → Read More: Please join me in welcoming Grill Parts Canada as a new sponsor of my blog.
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