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Tokyo BBQ

Grill 2024 wrap-up
In 2024, I BBQed, grilled and smoked a variety of meats, cheeses and vegetables as shown in the photo collage below. One of the...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Jan 71 min read
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2025 First Grilling
In Japan, from New Year's day many activities are repeated. So they are denoted by the first activity of the year e.g. New Year's Party...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Jan 51 min read
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Uncovering the secrets of Kansas City BBQ sauces and rubs
BBQ sauces and rubs from Kansas City
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Sep 29, 20241 min read
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Blueberry BBQ sauce
Recently, I decided to make bbq ribs and slow-cooked pulled pork with seasonal fruit sauces. Actually this was my third attemp to make...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Aug 18, 20241 min read
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Gas grilling
It has been a while since I used my customized Coleman gas grill. I changed the gas cannister to allow the use of portable gas cannister...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
May 19, 20241 min read
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Jerk Chicken - a hit
From left to right, Jerk chicken spices, marinating diced and deboned chicken thigh in the spices for 4 hrs then grilling on a Weber...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
May 12, 20241 min read
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Bacon making from pork belly
I prepared 2 kg (5 lbs) of pork bacon from baraniku (バラ肉), which is the meat between the pork hide and the ribs. It is also called pork...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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BBQ favicon
Today I created an original website favicon using Microsoft Co-pilot. What do you think?
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Mar 26, 20241 min read
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Homemade Italian Sausage
In Tokyo, I have not been able to find Italian sausages that tastes like the fresh Italian deli style sausages I ate in Kansas City (KC)...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Mar 24, 20241 min read
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Smoked Corned Beef
On St. Patrick's day, March 17th, I co-hosted a dinner party for friends at my apartment in Jiyugaoka. I prepared both boiled and smoked...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Mar 24, 20242 min read
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Grilled Christmas Turkey
In Tokyo, Turkey availability is somewhat limited but frozen turkey can be purchased easily online or at international supermarkets. It...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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What’s Tokyo BBQ Blog About?
Welcome to Tokyo BBQ Website Greetings from "Jay," a BBQ enthusiast living in Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. I created this blog to share...
Jeffrey Cross AKA "Jay"
Sep 18, 20231 min read
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