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I came, I saw, I ate like a fool. Today, after seeing the predictable movie “Babylon AD” I decided to venture over to the Burlington Mall just to waste some time. Well, one walk over to the infamous food court and I stopped in my tracks… a NEW FOOD PLACE! I figured I would check it out, and there arent any “food sample people” giving out stuff there, which can get scary.. so I went up and read the menu… thats when I saw it…

The the most awesome cooking methods combine moistness, flavor and speed – does anyone agree? A few years ago, I was looking to patent a cooker that was along the lines of a pressure/smoker. I am still working on it, (want to help?) and always thought it was a great idea. Now, the Orion Stainless Steel Convection Outdoor Cooker takes things a lot further by giving you indirect heat, steam, convection as well as smoke for what seems to be the ultimate backyard cooking gadget.

Well, look what we have here! To my surprise the WeinerRod was in Salem today. It was empty, but we did get some photos of it, including some with the BFC Girl, Melanie! Check out the Weinermobile in all it’s beefy glory after the jump, and of course Melanie’s red locks!

If there is one thing I love just as much as kitchen gadgets its wireless and electronic junk. So, while cruising my daily gadget blogs I found this post at Gizmodo: to echo their posting title, I think you will agree that these gadgets for those who cant (or wont, or hate to) cook are some of the best kitchen gadgets for pumping out quick eats and snacks. I especially love the aresol pancake batter and toaster bags. Though, I am eyeballing that portable microwave and cigarette lighter sandwich maker, too!  Check them out – full gallery after the break and, dont forget to check out the full blown at the Gizmodo link below!

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Its the burger sensation that is sweeping the nation! Well, this is what Billy Mays (or is it Hays?) said on this infomercial I saw this weekend.

I don’t know about anyone reading, but I am just not into medium-sized food. Especially when it comes to hamburgers. I am that person who either wants the sliders from White Castle, or Uno’s, Chili’s, or something.. or I want to get a the heart attach at Fuddruckers. Medium sized burgers are boring and low class. If you want to stuff your face, do it all at once with a gigantic sandwich, or several dozen tiny ones – thats what I say!

When I saw this information I got very excited, as you can imagine. I thought, this makes sense! I just bought the slider press at Williams-Sonoma, and it was about $26! This thing costs $20 and it actually can cook the food for you. All you need is heat! (and some meat…)

There are tons of brands of potato chips, corn chips, pretzels and other crunchy snacks to choose from, but – there are only 2 kinds of onion flavored rings out there (not including Frenches Fried Onions, but those are “real” and that is not what this taste battle was about…)

In one corner we have Frito Lay Funnyuns – in the other corner, Wise Onion Flavored Rings!  This installment of “Versus” is brought to you by Melanie. A gal who CLAIMS to eat a bag of these snacks a night. So, without further ado, let the taste test begin!

One of these days, I am going to have to take a day off of letting calories dictate what I eat. For instance, if I had the time (yeah, right) I would eat them all myself and then float away on a cloud of marshmallow (mmm, marshmellooow). There is some things you just don’t need to make yourself, and these two companies give you a reason to go coma sugar ’splode on your bad self. You have to try these once (or twelve) times in your life…

Anyone who dosn’t enjoy a hotdog is unAmerican, and a weirdo. How could you not love the smokey beefage that is a tubesteak? The only questions really is, how do you cook them? You could steam or boil, broil, grill or use a rotissreie.  I love the rotisstier because the direct contact with the heat and stainless steel really sears and plumps up the hotdog. The problem with grilling is, the instense hear and uneven cooking (sometimes, depends how your father does it, hahaha) can split the hotdog and cause juice spillage. Ew…

Woohoo! Salem is known for Witch’s but on Thursday August 7th is their “Best Pizza Competition”. This is (obviously) when all the towns pizza places get together at the Salem Common and duke it out for the best pie in Salem. I will be there with my $5 admission fee and sampling the pizza, and blogging about it and the winner – (you guessed it) HERE on BFC.

Don’t wimp out or go on any low-carb diets just yet… see you there!

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Today, just like any other Sunday, I got together with my family at my parents house. I get there several hours before everyone else to help my mother cook. In this isntance, I made the pizza.  In our house, we make sicilian pizza (square, risen dough, POOFED pizza). and it is what I grew up on for pizza.  We never went to pizza places unless it was a “treat”, and then, it was a Greek place in Waltham, MA called “Athens Pizza” on Moody street (buy 4 get one free!)…