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Update...beef was wonderful. Thanks for all your input!

@sammie-
"I am planning to cook it in the oven, with beef broth, crushed tomatoes, garlic, onions, and jalapenos at 250 for ten hours, covered."

Sounds delicious. You could even start it slightly higher, then turn down for the low and slow.

Me- If I was making this for shredded taco meat, I'd add some cumin and oregano. Maybe even a little ancho or chipotle chili too.

My biggest suggestion would be to let it cool, refrigerate. Then skim off the accumulated fat. Warm, shred, (thicken if needed) and serve.

Oh gosh-- now I'm hungry......

I just thought of one... Nothing fishy about it

I hate fish... so there will be no fish recipes... but I don't think that represents what i want it to... hmm...

Thank you for all the great ideas... I'm going to ponder on them a while longer and I will let you all know... =)

From one SAHM to another (with AA in mind) :

eAAt
Cooking Mama (warning this is also a Wii game) or Cooking mAmA
Mommy, I'm Hungry...
What's for dinner?
Feed me, mAAm

@shipwreck: I like your comment, I laugh at those people who shun ketchup (or whoever it's spelled) without ever really knowing why! People would be smart to try and make their own ketchup but to be honest I know it's not sacrilege to buy over the counter brands! Btw ketchup in Canada (a place I just vacationed in) is MUCH sweeter than the ketchup in the states, I actually bought a bottle before leaving, I like it so much!

Sweet Baby Rayes sauce is pretty good. Of course everyone prefers their own though! I would strongly recommend that you try different ideas for your base as opposed to ketchup, mainly because ketchup is already a processed item and your are going to process it again. This takes away from its intensity. Try plain tomato paste instead. You can always check out our favorite Barbecue Sauce at Wild Mountain Gourmet

Happy grilling and keep tinkering with your recipes until they are perfect to you!

Ketchup' What a misunderstood product. The Euro's hate it but will readily use tomato sauce which is the identical thing but by a different name. It's found all over the world with very little change, but as tomatoe sauce, Ketchup, ketsup, kecap, and so on I've even seen it as red sauce, just read the ingredients on them. Ketsup or Ketchup [ doesn't matter how you spell it] doesn't even have to be tomato based. Ketsup is almost a catch-all for any fruit or vegetable based sauce, in the Pillippines it is based on bananas and the taste is remarkabley similar and comes in a hot version, go figure ? Home cooks shun it with the idea as who would stoop to use it, I'm above it , well get over yourselves! But as an ingredient it is an incrediblely versitile flavoring or base to build upon. Any CHEF worth their salt will agree it can be an indispenseable item in the panty. With the availability of so many excellent offerings of ketsup you can find one with low salt, low added sweeteners [ no HFCS] and sans alot of unnecessary chemicals cant wait til someone puts out one using Agave syrup as the sweetener with it's low glycemic index level . I've made my own Ketsup and it came out great but was time consuming.

If this is the stove you are talking about, I think you will be hard put to beat it at this price. I don't know about your style requirements, but this stove will likely serve you better in home than a big Viking.

I really think the best bbq sauce I've made is from the Barefoot Contessa. Not the first person I would have looked for with a BBQ sauce, but it's great. A bit expensive with a lot of ingredients, but it's really great. Sweet with honey and hoisin- best for bbq'ed chicken:

1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion (1 large onion)
1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 cloves)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup tomato paste (10 ounces)
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup honey
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup Dijon mustard
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1/2 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes

We bought a Bosch range from the Sears Outlet store last year for around $600 (and a Bosch built-in dishwasher for less than $300).

They even have their inventory online now:
http://www.searsoutlet.com/d/index.jsp

What I did is stalk my local store's selections until they marked down their "hot deal" - which is how I saved so much on the dishwasher.

We've done Best Buy before - and that's great if you need delivery and want in-box, no scratch/dent/etc. However, I'd rather go through a little extra effort for higher quality like I've gotten at Sears.

i have a 5 burner (whirlpool) i got from lowes for around $650. it's got a full size oven. it's not the top of the line or the bottom of the line. it does what it has to do. i have to say that the enamel on the top is already screwed up.... after only 3-4 months. of course i work it to death, but
it's in worse shape than the 40 year old stove i used to have in my old apartment ... now that was a stove.

i have a commercial stove in my basement kitchen .... so i do all the heavy stuff down there in the dungeon.

I like it!