You can't have BBQ without Brunswick Stew, so Julie dove right in and cooked us up a batch. This was her first Brunswick Stew and I have to say she hit it right out of the (Fenway -- Go BoSox!) Park. She suggested pulling about a pound of 'Q off the smoker about 8 hours into the process and incorporating it into the stew. What a great idea!  This was no doubt the best Brunswick Stew I have ever had, and no squirrels were harmed in the making. Although given their abundance in our yard the next batch of stew might just have have some squirrel!

There was a huge batch of stew -- always seems to be the case, I think it's a requirement that Brunswick Stew be made in gallons -- so we put up a bunch in the freezer. Julie and I had to laugh thinking about her Mama buying stew from the local fire departments and freezing it in those styrofoam cups... Mama never took the stew out of the styrofoam... she just popped it straight into the freezer, plastic drink lid and all. Never seemed to hurt the stew and we always got excited when we spotted one of those cups sitting on the counter defrosting. We miss you, Mama!