“If It’s Not Raised Right, It Can’t Be Delicious”

One of the most time-consuming tasks before filming new episodes of Steven’s TV show each year is sourcing all of the ingredients for every unique recipe. In the case of Project Fire Season 2, we needed a pork secreto cut and were having difficulty finding the quantity we needed, until we discovered Porter Road.

Here's what makes Porter Road so special.

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Beer Can Chicken Revisited

Twenty years have passed since a much younger Steven Raichlen prepared a beer can chicken on the Today Show.  That followed his New York Times story on beer can chicken, and yes, a Beer Can Chicken book (Workman Publishing) that has sold nearly a half million copies.

In recent years, there’s been a lot of internet trash talk about beer can chicken. (It feels a little like a campaign to disprove the existence of Santa Claus to a kid.)

So how does this singular dish—and the notion of roasting a chicken on an upright open can of beer is certainly singular—stand up today?