Outdoor Cooking Made Simple
Recipes, gear, and ideas for backyard cooking, RV adventures, pellet grills, campfire meals, and solar ovens.
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Welcome to Backyard Yum - a place for people who love cooking outside. Whether you’re firing up a pellet smoker, cooking at camp, experimenting with solar cooking, or making dinner in the backyard, you’ll find practical recipes and real-world cooking ideas designed for everyday life.
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Backyard Yum is about enjoying food outdoors - without making things complicated.
Some days that means smoking ribs on the pellet grill. Other days it means making breakfast at camp, cooking with a solar oven, or trying something new in the backyard. The focus here is practical outdoor cooking that real people can actually do.
Over time, you'll find insightful reviews on cooking techniques, gear, and fresh ideas intended to make outdoor cooking fun and delicious.
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Hi, I'm Matt.
Welcome to Backyard Yum. "Backyard" Yum means, literally, cooking in your backyard.
In a wider sense, it also means your own backyard is anywhere you can roam. RV camping, car camping, backpacking, etc.
popular recipe!
Grilled Marinaded Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
The chimichurri sauce is a little different spin on steak than what I normally do, so that makes it fun.
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