America turns 250 this Saturday. A milestone like that doesn't get flipped on a gas burner — it gets a real fire, lit early and burning past the fireworks. Here's the menu to match.

Ribs, browned and sauced over deep coals — the easiest showstopper you'll ever pull off a grill.

Crisp chicken thighs, blistered veggies, and warm flatbread round out the spread, family-style.

Then July peaches meet honey and cream over mellowed coals, just in time for the fireworks.

Two hundred fifty years of independence, and cooking over fire still beats everything invented since. Light it early, let it burn late, and save us some ribs.

Happy Fourth.
— Cowboy Cauldron Co.