Food Tips

We have been tailgating for years, and have amassed some great recipes and some cool tips and tricks on putting together a great tailgate spread. Below you will find some great recipes and instructionals on how to make some of the great tailgate food we sometimes serve at our parties. The great thing about our recipes and tutorial videos is that none of us are trained chefs or cooks, but just a regular bunch of guys who enjoy cooking and having fun goofing off doing it. If we can cook this crap, believe me, you can too!

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Bacon Sausage Bites, Sweet and Spicy

January 12, 2012

Right now there is a recipe making the rounds on the bbq/smoking message boards that people are calling “pork shots” or “pork candy.” It basically consists of taking a slice of sausage, like kielbasa, and wrapping a strip of thick bacon around it to form a little pork cup and then filling it with some [...]

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Pulled Pork Sliders with Blue Cheese Slaw

December 20, 2011

Pulled pork Sliders with Blue Cheese Slaw
Ok, I am not gonna lie to you, to get the absolute best pulled pork you need a smoker, using charcoal and wood. Other than the obvious smoke flavor the wood imparts during the long process, there is science behind the charcoal being best suited for low and slow [...]

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Kelso of Brooklyn Brewery Presents “TailgateJoe Pale Ale”

October 11, 2011

TailgateJoe has their own exclusive beer for the 2011 season!
Kelly and the gang over at microbrewery Kelso of Brooklyn got a hold of some small batch barrels last summer and decided to come up with something special for us this season. He knows I like their IPA, so he created a special “Belgianish” spicy pale [...]

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Kelso of Brooklyn

October 27, 2010

This past summer, while competing in The Great Hot Dog Cookoff, I had a chance to meet Kelly, owner and brewmaster of Brooklyn’s true microbrewery, Kelso of Brooklyn. Kelso was a lead sponsor for the cookoff and the charity event that day, providing not only the space for the event, but some great ice cold [...]

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Award Winning Hot Dog, The Sanchize

October 8, 2010

Back over the summer, Team TailgateJoe competed in their first cooking competition, The Great Hot Dog cookoff. Well, despite being the second to last hot dog to be judged, we came in 2nd place overall out of 20 chefs, most of which were returning competitors and past champions. We are pretty happy with our first [...]

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Pickled Red Onions

October 8, 2010

This isn’t really a full fledged tailgate menu item, but a simple ingredient used with other tailgate favorites. These onions go great on burgers and sandwiches, hot dogs and mexican dishes like tacos. You can make them and store in the fridge for a few weeks or months.
Ingredients

2 large red onions
1/2 cup white [...]

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Joe’s Guacamole

August 10, 2010

Make this the night before for a great dip to serve at the game, and as a spread on burgers and hot dogs, like our Award Winning Sanchize Dog!
Ingredients

3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
Juice from 1 lime
1/2 teaspoon course salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 medium onion, diced, red [...]

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Team TailgateJoe competing in The Great Hot Dog Cookoff

July 26, 2010

Read about how we did and get the recipe for the Sanchize Dog here
That’s right, this coming Saturday, July 31st, Joe and Chef Sal will be competing in The Great Hot Dog Cookoff!!
20 amateur chefs will be competing to create the ultimate hot dog. TailgateJoe will be there with their “competition spec” mexican hot dog, [...]

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Glazed Donut Bacon Cheeseburger

February 1, 2010

Yeah you read right, and yeah it is really gross…….
So last week I was down in West Palm Beach, Florida kickin’ it with some friends. The South Florida Fair was going on, and there was a bunch of tv spots on various news channels talking it up. One of the biggest attractions at these state/county [...]

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Homemade Maple Breakfast Sausage

November 8, 2009

Today we have a great, quick, and easy sausage recipe. Sausage is great fat guy food, and as such should be a staple of everyone’s tailgate. The best part about making your own sausage is you know exactly what is in it. Everyone has had bad or funky sausage before, you take a bite and [...]

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