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NJ BBQ at the Grub Hut

19 Oct

When I visited my mom in NJ, she decided that Grub Hut in Manville, NJ was the place to take me for some BBQ.  They also have Mexican, but the vote was that their BBQ was some of the best she had eaten, so we all ordered some ribs.


They had a few items on special including the Rib Sampler which included Baby Back, Beef, and Spare Ribs.  I ordered it with the special teriyaki sauce since the BBQ sauce was a risk with peppers.  It was SOOOO good.

The beef were decidedly my favorite.  And they were the size of my head!

Mom went with the double that came with spare and baby back (as well as sides of cole slaw and AWESOME BBQ baked beans.)

Rich got the 4 pound beef ribs special.  It was HUGE.

It was a very messy enterprise, though entirely delicious and with enough food for another meal!

Our pile of bones was quite large.

Overall, Grub Hut offers so much meat for the price that it is entirely worthwhile.  There are also sometimes coupon on Restaurants.com that can save you even more (none at this time… sad).  It’s delicious and better than most Northeast BBQs I’ve had.  Totally worth a stop if you’re in the neighborhood.

Total Nom Points: 7 out of 10

Fourth of July BBQ

6 Jul

What is the 4th of July without a BBQ?  Luckily, Mike and I were invited to the ‘burbs of Long Island to enjoy some good ol’ grillin’.  It so happened that we were eating Parve Kosher (that means no milk!) so this left me with quite a dilemma with baking.  I had a recipe in mind that I hoped would taste good enough that slight textural changed wouldn’t matter (margarine just doesn’t have the same texture/flavor as butter, and it was quite hard to find a parve margarine!).  It happened that TheGourmetFoodie had sent me her post to the recipe for Amaretto Chocolate Chip Cookies and I do love both amaretto and chocolate chip cookies.  I won’t repost the recipe since it’s right at that link, but even with margarine and soy creamer it was excellent.  I look forward to making them with butter and milk because honestly, it would be hard to make these better.  Cookie monster indeed!

We managed to eat all the cookies before I remembered to photograph, but here is a pic of the lovely spread from Saturday: