The Gift that keeps on Giving

For my 30th birthday, my beautiful wife (then fiancee) gave me what might be the greatest birthday present ever given - my very own kegerator. For a lover of beer, there is really nothing more appropriate and appreciated as a device dedicated to delivering cold beer day after day. In the months since then we have enjoyed many kegs of varying flavors and styles, each better than the last. If there's a man in your life who loves beer and you want to make him really happy, give him a kegerator, he will be grateful for years. Thank you Mary!

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

This is probably the world's easiest way to make delicious bbq. Put chicken in a crockpot, cover with BBQ sauce, cook on low for 8 hours. And thats it, you're done. Ok, you can spruce it up a little bit to suit your tastes, but it's still super easy. This recipe made with boneless, skinless chicken breasts will satiate any craving for you have for carolina pulled pork with a fraction of the fat.

My method, slice one whole onion (I use a sweet onion) and dice 3-4 cloves of garlic. Turn the crockpot on High and pour a couple table spoons of olive oil on the bottom. Cook the onions and garlic covered for about 20 minutes, or until you can smell their wonderful frangrance when you lift the lid. Add 2 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and cover with a mixture of BBQ sauce (I'm partial to stubbs), beer, hot sauce (chrystal is my favorite for this), paprika, brown sugar and lemon juice. You want the BBQ sauce to be the main driver of flavor, so only add enough beer to thin it out and as much as hot sauce to generate your desired level of heat. If you like your sauce less vinegary, you can skip the hot sauce and add cayenne or aleppo to spice the sauce. Turn the crockpot down to low and leave covered for 6 - 8 hours, until the chicken tears easily with a fork. Turn the chicken every couple hours. When the chicken is cooked, remove it from the pot and shred it with two forks. Return the chicken to the pot and turn the heat to warm. Serve the chicken on toasted buns with cole slaw or avocado. Enjoy!