Labor Day weekend is finally here, which means one last glorious cookout before summer clocks out for good. Show us how you’re closing out the season in the Dead Meat Society Facebook group or tag us on Instagram.

Now, here’s what we’ve been cooking up all week…

First up, the only Labor Day cookout guide you’ll need, from the menu to the best grill deals. Plus, the budget steak cut Anthony Bourdain swore by.

And for the recipes: Smashed Potato Salad, Smoked Pulled Pork Käsespätzle, and BA’s Best Apple Pie for dessert.

Every week, we crown the DMS champion of BBQ. And there are only two ways to enter: 1) Submit a pic to the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group 2) Tag us on Instagram. If you aren’t sharing (and competing), what the hell are you waiting for?

And remember, the stakes have never been higher!

This week’s Smoke Show Champ is Lance Hegefeld for ribs built for football season. Shared via the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group.

Honorable mention to Joseph Stack for a batch of homemade buckboard bacon. Shared via the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group.

Honorable mention to Loyd Sargent for beef short ribs done right. Shared via the Dead Meat Society Facebook Group.

Have a Smoke Show submission? Stop wasting your time posting on all those other sites and share it with the Facebook group that gives a damn: Dead Meat Society. Or just tag us on Instagram.

That one story that will make you infinitely more interesting than your know-it-all brother-in-law. Seriously, wtf is that guy’s deal?

Labor Day weekend is here, which means the last big cookout of the summer (but certainly not the year).

Let’s make it count, Dead Meat Society…

First, a quick history lesson, because we deserve to know why we get to do nothing but grill for 3 straight days.

Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 to honor the American worker and the labor movement that built the 2-day weekend as we know it. Since it also lands on the last long weekend of summer, it became the closing ceremony of grilling season.

This holiday is quite literally about hard work and why we deserve time away from it. So, the right way to observe it is to do the hard, glorious work of feeding a crowd off a hot grill.

This is what you need to know going into one of the top-shelf BBQ weekends of the year…

You need to build the plan today. Before the big grocery run.

This roundup of 23 Labor Day cookout recipes has great options for everyone, from grilled mains to dips to make-ahead handhelds.

Steal one thing at minimum: the Hawaiian pulled pork sliders. Sweet rolls, pulled pork, slaw, and a breaded pickle chip.

Smoked pork shoulder is on our minds this Labor Day… perfect for a crowd.

And to feed a crowd, you’re going to need the right gear, which brings us to…

Labor Day is also prime time for grill sales, so if your setup is limping into Fall, this is your time to upgrade.

We found a few key deals from Bob Vila and Popular Mechanics for this season:

Dead Meat Society, this is our calling. This is our weekend.

Plan your Labor Day menu, grab a deal on a grill upgrade, and treat Monday like the all-time holiday it is.

You put in the work all summer. Now show off.

Like the memes you send back and forth in your group chat, except these won’t get you canceled. Oh, and lots more grill marks.

🥩 BOURDAIN’S PICK: The budget steak cut Anthony Bourdain reached for over filet mignon.

🥩 HOLIDAY HAUL: In case the above options weren’t enough… here are thirty-one Labor Day recipes for summer’s last hurrah.

🥩 SWEET HEAT: The tangy fruit that punches up pulled pork and ham sandwiches.

Did we miss something? Share it in the Dead Meat Society Facebook group or tag us on Instagram for a chance to be featured.

DMS’ CMO (Chief Meat Officer… because did you really expect DMS to have a Chief Marketing Officer?) is ranking grills by fuel type. I’ve got some bad news for all the indoor smoker fans…

Tips, tech & gear that’ll help you beat your friend’s meat. Wait, that came out wrong…

🥓 TAILGATE READY: The Made In grill, reviewed as a tailgating machine.

🥓 BRISTLE ALERT: Cuisinart just expanded its wire grill-brush recall by 1.9 million, so check yours.

🥓 COOLER GRIPES: Five complaints Yeti owners keep running into.

🥓 MARINADE MATH: One simple ratio that works for any cut of chicken.

🥓 DELI MOVE: Texas BBQ turned into a gloriously absurd deli sandwich 👇

Did we miss something? Share it in the Dead Meat Society Facebook group or tag us on Instagram for a chance to be featured.

Like a Paula Deen cookbook, but with less butter and more BBQ sauce.

The Labor Day side. Actually, there are 5 options…

Pulled pork over cheesy spätzle. Wtf, in the best way.

Cider-spiked, and the first real taste of fall.

Have a recipe you want to share? Share it in the Dead Meat Society Facebook group or tag us on Instagram for a chance to be featured.

A happy ending just for you.

That’s it for this week. If you make any of the recipes above, you’re legally obligated to share pics on the DMS Facebook Group or tag us on Instagram so we can feature them next week (sorry, we don’t make the rules).

And since the only thing that is better than grill marks and ice-cold beer is grill marks and ice-cold beer with a side of dad jokes, we’ll leave this right here…

Dead Meat Society Merch in the wild.

DMS tongs, out on a catering gig. Thanks for the share, @texicali_q

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