BuyBarbeques.comis holding this awesome contest where you can win $400 for your favorite grill or bbq recipe.  They don’t care what kind of grill you are making your recipe on be it a gas grill or a charcoal grill. All you have to do is post that recipe to your blog/website AND include a link to iBuyBarbeques.com within your entry.  You also need to use the anchor text of barbeque or grill. The blog post needs to be over 100 words but no more than 200 words.  You also need to live in the United States and at least 18 years old to be eligible to enter.  To qualify for the $400 grand prize drawing, you must submit your entry URL to dan@ibuystores.com. This contest will end at 12:01 on November 1, 2008, so there is a little time left to get those recipes in! If you enter, let me know, so I can cheer you on (plus I’d love some good grilling recipes myself)!

I love when I find services out there that truly make my life easier.  Scan My Recipes is one of those sites. It is super easy. You send your recipe cards, clippings, and printouts to them via UPS. They then scan your recipes and convert them to text. You then have several ways to access your recipes. You get a CD-ROM archive, you have private online recipes access, and you can even order your very own custom cookbook! My favorite part of this is that it saves me the time to organize all this information. I also hate having to check in four different books just to find the recipe that I want. Now, all of your recipes are organized on one easy to find place (well, more than one — you’ll have online and offline access).  This is such a great idea — I think I am going to start looking for all my recipes to send in.