There’s an idiom we always found strange in that “laws are a lot like sausages; it’s better not to see them being made.” As connoisseurs of carne here at Bugbear BBQ, we think that saying is miles off from the truth. Any good fantasy pitmaster not only wants to know exactly what goes into the process of their sausages, but would probably like the recipe complete with exact measurements to go with it. And here at Bugbear BBQ, we shout to the heavens our exact recipe: Lots of l

I hate to be the one to say this, but you’ve all been lied to all your life about fantasy food. Every fantasy book, movie, show and RPG has somehow drilled into us that every adventurer out on the trail eats stew, which has got to be—hands down—the worst possible meal you could possibly make. For one thing, you’ll need a pot, and preferably a cauldron if you’re cooking for more than one person. Then comes the copious amounts of water, most of which is going to just evaporate

If we had a nickel for every time some wisenheimer demanded a vegetarian BBQ recipe from us, we’d be millionaires instead of hundredaires. And honestly, we see the intended humor of expecting vegetables as a main dish from an institution whose moto is “You say monster manual, we say ingredients list.” But the joke’s on these jokers since we are connoisseurs of Entish blood pudding. But wait, our tormentors say, don’t you at Bugbear BBQ have a policy of not eating sentient cre

It is a proverb that every serious pitmaster lives by that truly great barbecue does not require a sauce. But like most cooking proverbs (vengeance being best when served cold in particular), it is seldom adhered to as customers slather sauce all over our masterpieces like housepainters taking their rollers to the Mona Lisa. And I’m not going to lie, there’s always a sting to your pride when you see your masterful meat treated this way by philistines. But, as Marsellus Wallac