The Grillin' Fools

The Grillin’ Fools are: A group of guys located in and around St. Louis. Enthusiasts of backyard BBQ who also happen to have cameras and a website. Extremely passionate about grilling all kinds of food outdoors – some might refer to us as fools. Committed to helping others learn to grill by providing detailed, step-by-step instructions with pictures, so you can create delicious meals on the grill without making the same mistakes we've made. Strong advocates for giving back to the community.

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Beyond Easy Smoked Ham Recipe

Dec 4, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

We take a smoked ham and smoke it again. While we smoke the ham a second time it is coated with a glaze made with bourbon, honey, brown sugar, crushed pineapple, orange zest and orange juice. This smoked ham recipe could easily be the featured protein for any holiday feast, whether opposite a turkey or as a stand alone. I served this next to my turkey on Thanksgiving 2024 so these pics were taken during that holiday.
Hot Honey Party Ribs

Nov 22, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Greg Thomas |Scott Thomas

Baby back ribs, carved into individual ribs and seasoned and smoked. We glaze the ribs with a hot honey sauce. The ribs yield the most epic bark compared to traditional ribs. The saucy glaze is caramelized with a blow torch to complete these Hot Honey Party Ribs Party Ribs are sweeping the country. What’s not to love? Better bark and shorter cooking times than traditional ribs. We smoked these party ribs and served them over a bed of pork rinds (highly recommended).
Grilled Stuffed Pork Chops

Oct 8, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

Two inch thick pork chops, carved off an entire pork loin and then carved to create a pocket in the middle of the chops. Cream cheese, smoked gouda, bacon, jarlic, chives, and parsley are blended together and piped into the pockets in the pork chops like icing. After seasoning with salt and your favorite BBQ seasoning the stuffed pork chops are smoked for about 30 minutes and then seared to perfection. Pork, is such an amazing and inexpensive way to feed the fam some fantastic protein.
Fire Roasted Tomato Salsa Recipe

Sep 9, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

In this fire roasted tomato salsa recipe we crank up a hot charcoal fire and roast up Roma tomatoes, white onion, a fat poblano chili, some jalapeño peppers and then combine everything in a blender with some fresh cilantro and salt. Once the salsa is blended, we pour it into a bowl and top with some fire roasted corn and a little more of that cilantro as a garnish. I realize that this is a vegetarian recipe, and while that’s not really our thing, we have no problem if it’s yours.
Party Ribs on the Grill

Sep 2, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

For these Party Ribs on the Grill we take a slab of baby back ribs, carve them into individual ribs and then slather with garlic aioli as a binder. The slathered individual ribs are then dropped into a bag of seasoning, shaken and coated thoroughly. The ribs are slow smoked on a charcoal grill at 225F for 2 hours until just short of fall off the bone tender otherwise known as competition style. Scroll down for the pic-by-pic, step-by-step, foolproof grilling instructions.
Grilled Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

Aug 26, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

Two seasoned pork tenderloins are trussed together, then smoked before a quick sear. The pork tenderloins are then sliced and placed on a toasted baguette and slathered with aioli as well as topped with provolone cheese. A blow torch is used to melt and brown the cheese (although a broiler will work too). The result is a warm, soft and toasted sando that is always a pleaser. Scroll down for the step by step, pic by pic, foolproof instructions for this Grilled Pork Tenderloin Sandwich.
Grilled Scallops on a Cast Iron Griddle

Aug 20, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

We take sea scallops, wrap each of them with a strip of prosciutto and grill them on a cast iron griddle in a charcoal grill. These grilled scallops are finished with a lemon dill sauce that we cook right on the grill. I have to come clean. I am a seafood junkie. I’m also based about as far away from good seafood here in St. Louis. I mean, I love my home town, but getting great seafood here is not easy.
Smoked Cowboy Beans Recipe

Aug 15, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

Five types of beans are combined with brown sugar, BBQ meat, bourbon, bacon, sweet bell pepper, garlic, molasses and vinegar based BBQ sauce and then smoked over charcoal. The brown sugar, bourbon, bacon fat, molasses and BBQ sauce make for the tastiest sauce you will ever find in any smoked cowboy beans recipe. Additionally, the BBQ meat will thicken this side dish to a meal in itself. This dish is inspired by the BBQ joints in the West Kentucky BBQ Belt. We’ve made kicked up beans recipes before.
Marinated and Grilled Mutton Chops

Aug 11, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

Inspired by the tasty mutton of the Western Kentucky BBQ Belt, these mutton chops are marinated in fresh herbs and garlic before being smoked over charcoal and then grilled hot and fast to get that tasty char on the outside. We take the marinated and grilled mutton chops to a lovely medium rare before serving these “baby steaks” with cowboy beans (which I will publish shortly, so stay tuned). Sideburns or Dinner? OK, some are wondering about the whole Mutton Chop thing.
Santa Maria Pork Steak Recipe

Jul 24, 2024 | grillinfools.com | Scott Thomas

Two inch thick pork steaks simply seasoned and then slow roasted on an open air, Santa Maria style barbecue pit. To finish this pork steak recipe the steaks are slathered in BBQ sauce and cooked until ooey, gooey perfection is achieved. A pork steak is simply a pork shoulder (also called a pork butt or a Boston butt) sliced into steaks by your local butcher. The farther you are from St. Louis, the less likely you’ve heard of these.