Game Day
Building a Home Viewing Room: Screens, Sound and Seats
Screen size, sound, sightlines, a drink rail and a quiet fridge. A practical plan for a home room built around watching games with friends.
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Game Day
Watch parties, viewing setups, timing the food to tip-off and everything else that turns a game into an occasion.
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Indoor Grilling When Winter Wins: Pans, Smokeless Grills and Broilers
No balcony grill and a room full of playoff guests. How grill pans, smokeless grills and broilers compare, and how to keep the smoke alarm quiet.
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Pellet Grills Explained: How They Work and What to Cook First
How a pellet grill turns compressed sawdust into steady heat, why the smoke fades as the dial climbs, and four easy first cooks for game day.
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Game Day
Hosting a Watch Party for the Big Game: A Planning Checklist
A countdown for hosting the big game at home, from screen checks a week out to food that holds, rides home and the cleanup after the buzzer.
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Electric Smokers for Beginners: A Game-Day Guide
How an electric smoker works, how much smoke is enough, and a plan for wings, pulled pork sliders, sausages and smoked queso ready by tip-off.
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Charcoal Grilling for Beginners: Tips and Tricks for Game Day
A first-timer's guide to charcoal: lump or briquettes, a chimney start, a two-zone fire and a cooking plan that has everything off the grill by tip-off.
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Basketball
How to Read a Basketball Game From a Bar Stool
The sound is off, the room is loud and the ball moves too fast. Here is what to watch instead, possession by possession, from any seat.
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Chicken Wings at Home: Fried, Baked and Smoked, Compared
Fried, baked or smoked: how each wing method compares on crunch, time and mess, plus sauce ratios and how to keep a big batch crisp until halftime.
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