Rocklands Barbeque and Grilling Company
This has been a LONG winter. We’re starting spring early next week, with our annual salute to weird things cooked over real fire: GRILLS GONE WILD! March 3 to 8, all four Rocklands locations will be grilling, cooking and smoking wild things. It’s our little nod to the tasty history of what ended up in …
Hard to believe we’ve been on the Pike in Rockville for eight years already. We remember when we were building that smoker like it was yesterday… What’s that, you say? You’ve never visited us in Rockville? Well now’s the time! Come in on our eighth anniversary — Sunday, February 9 — and we’ll say “hello” …
We’ve got three inspired recipes for you, taking you right through the meal. Ham Glaze Recipe Everyone needs a glaze for their holiday ham. We love fruit sauces on ham. The tang brings out the sweet in the ham, and the sugar caramelizes with the fatty skin into an especially tasty crunchy crust. And of …
We all made a big deal out of shopping local the Saturday after Thanksgiving. (You did, right?) What’s to stop us from doing that ALL the time? Local shops and businesses are the life-blood of neighborhoods and cities. Think of your favorite places to go in and around DC — they have “local color,” or …
Hear ye, hear ye, holiday shoppers! This is the present you need for the cook in your life: The Rocklands Gift Box. We’ve assembled four of our most-popular sauces and rubs into a snug kraft-paper box. Really, all you need to add is the bow. The box contains: Rocklands Original Barbeque Sauce — vegetarian and …
Thanksgiving is coming, Thanksgiving is coming! Don’t know about you, but one of our favorite parts of this holiday is LEFTOVERS. So we have created a pre-leftover delight: The Rocklands Turkey Pearl, aka Gobbler Pearl. You know the Rocklands Pearl, right? This is the same idea — a gem of a dish, starting with cornbread …
Washingtonians are grossly overscheduled. We’re operating on the theory that last-minute offers — for great food! — can break through the calendar clutter. Tomorrow, Thursday, November 7, every Rocklands location will be offering tastes from our holiday menu. You can sample our delicious smoked turkey, browned and gorgeous to put on your holiday table. We’ll …
Year three! We are once again serving you dee-lish fish to help support oyster recovery in the Chesapeake Bay. We all know how fun the Bay is, and how tasty. But we also know the Bay continues to struggle, making it tough for the oystermen, crabbers and others who depend on this resource. So once …
So when we went to the Great Frederick Fair Swine Sale earlier this month, we went a little crazy. Normally, we find a great big pig — ONE of them — and buy it at the auction. The 4-H kids who raise these pigs are so proud to have prize-winning animals, and even prouder when …
Every Rocklands is OPEN on the Fourth of July. Barbeque emergency? Extra guests? Want a picnic to take to the Mall? Don’t want to cook at all? We are here to help. DC — 202-333-2558 Arlington — 703-528-9663 Alexandria — 703-778-9663 Rockville — 240-268-1120 Catering — 703-778-8000
First, you’ll want to sign up for a Harvest Junction CSA share — that will mean that you get asparagus (and other seasonal fruits and veg) all summer long from farmer Byron Horn. Each Rocklands is a drop-off location for Harvest Junction’s fresh-from-the-farm weekly delivery program; you can sign up here, and he’s got a …
“Oh, I feel a little faint. I think I have to go get an early lunch.” “Hey, I just remembered I have to do that thing with the thing.” “Are we out of toner? Okay, I’ll run to Staples and get some right now.” These are just some of the excuses you should start plotting …
Ah, spring. We’re freezing, but the light is brighter, the days are longer. The daffodils have done so much stopping and starting they must be quietly screaming “enough already!” Which means it’s time for Rocklands’ Easter menu. We know Easter is a special time for many of our families; let us help you make it …
We all get a little giddy at this time of year. The days are definitely longer, the crocuses are croaking…and the government is sequestering. To cheer you up, we’re going wild next week, March 4 though March 9. Our grills, smokers, pots . . . all will be adding tasty wild dishes to the regular …
So we have this dish, The Pearl, that is what you might call ugly beautiful. We put a hearty portion of mac-and-cheese in the bottom of a pint container, then add our baked beans, then our barbequed chopped pork — all topped with a dollop of Rocklands Original Barbeque Sauce. Fork, napkin, you’re ready to …
It’s almost 2013! We have some scoop as to when you can get your barbeque today and tomorrow: New Year’s Eve: Alexandria, Arlington and Rockville are open until 8 pm tonight. Our DC location will be open until 9 pm this evening. (So if you have any final-hours-of-2012 barbeque cravings, head to Rocklands Wisconsin Avenue.) …
Okay, who DOESN’T need gift ideas right now?! And we’ve got a twofer: You can come in to get dinner AND shop, all in one. Okay, here we go: For the dedicated home cook: Rocklands Spicy Blackening Rub and Malt Salt. These two products, introduced by Rocklands in 2012, capture the spirit of barbeque in …
Every year, we go to one of the fabulous county fairs around DC to buy a pig. Not just “a pig,” but a REALLY BIG PIG. Prize-winning, in fact, raised by a 4H participant. This year was Garrett Murphy’s 279-pound beauty, bought at the auction at the Frederick County Fair. And now you get to …
Oh my. The whole family is showing up at YOUR house for the Labor Day picnic. Sure you can make it all; the Washington Post has collected 20 great Labor Day recipes in a photo-gallery to inspire you. And just in case you don’t want to do all the work, all four Rocklands locations are …
We are all sweating — yes, sweating — through one darn hot summer this year. And oddly, we’re seeing one solution to the heat at our tables: Guests are putting hot sauce, in some cases LOTS of hot sauce, on their barbeque. Residents of warmer lands know all about this trick. In India, one drinks …
We have some good beers, my friends. And when it is so PIPING HOT out there, we want you to stay cool while you eat your barbeque. Each Rocklands has its own special selection, in part because we have managers who love certain combos, and in part because the jurisdictions of DC, Montgomery County, Alexandria …
The headline kind of says it all, doesn’t it? All Rocklands locations are open tomorrow — Independence Day — to serve you mouth-watering barbeque. We do NOT have email or internet access back yet, so please, if you need to reach us, CALL: DC 202-333-2558 Arlington 703-528-9663 Alexandria 703-778-9663 Rockville 240-268-1120 Catering 703-778-8000 Long may …
Mother’s Day hits on Sunday, and you’re pondering what to get that special woman in your life. It’s simple: Your mom (or wife or sister) needs time — time to spend with family, time to work on a special project, time to read a book, time to think. Hmmm, how can you buy her time? …
Love it. May is officially National Barbeque Month. A whole month devoted to great smoky aromas, and fall-off-the-bone meat, and tangy sauces. This is MUCH better than National Dental-Care Month. What, you might ask, should I do to celebrate this tasty month? Very simple: Sometime in the next 31 days, introduce a friend to true …
