What will you need to bring with you:

• Plenty of food for everyone to enjoy, and have some extra people you run into while you are out at the stadium. More on this in a minute.

• Chairs, have some chars out there for your friends to sit down in

• Get a good location in the parking lot so you will be around other tailgaters and folks just passing by headed into the game.

• Choose a a spot in the parking lot where you get a great view of the stadium. Some folks may elect to stay at the tailgating site for the entire game, so a view of the score board is always good to get.

• You are going to need plenty of water. You will always need plenty of water to drink but you need water to put out the fire in the grill. You will need water for people to wash their hands in after eating. You will need water to clean up the area you are in.

• Paper towels. Bring twice as many as you think you will need. They are always great for napkins, cleaning rags, etc.

• Toilet paper. Have some available in case the port-a-cans don't have any

• Paper plates, plastic forks, and spoons

• Wet toilettes or baby wipes will work well

• Aluminum foil, you can use this for a bunch of things

• Aluminum or disposable serving trays

• Garbage bags

• Ice and at least three ice chests. One ice chest for your drinks, an ice chest for storing left over food, and a third ice chest to store ice. Have plenty of ice if there is no where to get any.

• Decorations for your favorite team

• A grill, smoker, propane stove, or propane fryer for frying large amounts of food

• Salt and pepper, spices for cooking

• Texas BBQ Rub for everything

The Commissioner of Tailgating has been busy getting some statistics on tailgating in America. What he found in his survey I found quite interesting. You can visit his entier statistics at www.tailgating.com Here are some of the statistics he found.

1. Most tailgaters are between the ages of 25 to 44

2. Most tailgaters are men

3. The majority of tailgaters have a college degree

4. A large percentage of tailgaters will tailgate anywhere from 6 to 10 times a year

5. A majority of tailgaters will arrive at the stadium 3 to 4 hours before the game

6. An over whelming number (93%) will prepare their food at the stadium

7. Over 85% will prepare their food for the tailgate using a grill or a smoker

The assortment of food found at tailgate parties includes a wide variety of dishes. You will typically find regional foods at tailgates. The menu can be very simple or it can be very extravagant.

In general the grill and/or smoker is the cooking equipment of choice. So whatever you find on the grill or smoker will typically show up at the tailgate party. Hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages are the easy menu items many will choose. But chicken wings, both friend and grilled make their way to most tailgate parties.

Dips of every style and variety will also show up to add their cool refreshing flavor to the party. And of course chips and breads for the dips will be close by.

We will begin to post here several recipes for the tailgater here very shortly. Just have some fun.

Remember, you can cook at the house and take the cooked food to the tailgate party to eliminate some of the preparation on site. So let your imagination go to work. Brisket, pork butts, ribs, chicken can all be prepared at home and enjoyed at the stadium.

And Finally.....

Go out and support your team. For college and pro football fans, the players need you to support them. It does not matter is you have a national championship contender or a super bowl contender. The idea is to get out there and support your team.

If you have a good tailgate recipe please send it to us. We are looking for recipes from all over the country so send them to bill@texasbbqrub.com and we will post it to our site.