The wait is FINALLY over for us fans of the Silver and Black. The Oakland Raiders are coming home tomorrow for the first time since beating the first place Kansas City Chiefs. I know that all of you who can make it out tomorrow will be throwing down hard for your team and the Grill Iron Gang will not do Otherwise.

Throughout the years we have had some pretty serious throwdowns. We've done the turkey on the grill in oil and on a rotiserie. This year, Chewbacca, will be smoking the turkey all morning over alder chips and serving it around 11.

Of course it wouldn't be Thanksgiving in the Bay Area without some local crab on the boil and for that, my buddy "Woody", will not be disappointing. He has stacks of local crab from this year's bountiful harvest and will be preparing them in his spicy Tommy V's boil. This crab is "Off Da' Hook" - Guy Fieri

I will be bringing smoked steelhead with goat cheese, crackers and a homemade cranberry marmalade for an appetizer and some fresh spicy boneless beef ribs seasoned in a Tommy V's marinade for the main course.

I have also been told that Bob's smoked chicken and Chewy's bbq'd shrimp/bbq'd oyster combo will be grilled up while the tri-tips slow cook.

For libation purposes I will make sure that there will be plenty of Bloody Mary seasoning, just bring some V8 and vodka, I'll handle the rest.

So, that's a taste of what the "gang" is serving, feel free to bring more crab for the boil, whatever you want to eat/drink and share and an appetite for a Raider victory.

As always, if you go home hungry it's your own dang fault and if you can't afford it, just bring your appetite.

Happy Thanksgiving for the Gang!!!

Directions: From the 66th Avenue Entrance (North Entrance)

Enter 66th Entrance and head right toward the freeway (D-Lot)

Go as far as you can toward the Oracle Arena...Park

Walk to the front row closest to the Oracle Arena, Look for the Grill Iron Gang Banner and Crab Boiling

This Sunday will be your only chance to get out to the Coliseum and sample Woody's "Spicy Crab" from the Tailgate Warriors show on Food Network.

We are expecting over 100 people, so please RSVP if you are making it.

If you don't know about Woody's "Spicy Crab", it is the famous recipe which Guy Fieri called the best crab he's ever tasted, he also called it, "Off the hook Crab" and mentioned that the competitors would be in trouble if we had entered the competition.

This Sunday's game, once again, is our Super Bowl. It is win or go home for both teams, so make it out if you can.

Remember, there are only two rules:

1) If you go home hungry, it's your own dang fault

2) Bring something to eat or drink, or if you can't afford it, bring your appetites!

We are always in the D-Lot against the rail in the first row closest to the Oracle Arena. Look for the Crab boiling and the Grill Iron Gang Sign.

Cheers and Go Raiders!!!

Simply put, last week's tailgate was the best example of hard core fandome that I have witnessed.

The wind was howelling and the Grill Iron Gang kept on grilling. The rain was thumping and swarming upon us, yet the gang just kept on Grilling.

I arrived with my wife and a five pound snapper in tow. The Gang had already set up seven or eight mini shelters and Trent and Chewy were slow cooking their ribs and chicken in the midst of a rainstorm.

The usual cast of characters were there with their silver and black emblazoned. Something special was in the air.

Though it was cold and we were constantly pelted by steel rain, the grilling continued.

Slowly, through the hour long traffic to get in, the appetizers appeared. Then the Woop-Woop Juice (Vodka and Juice) arrived along with 8 cases of beer.

In the midst of the storm a Chevy Blazer appeared and Freddy B's wife came out with six cases of wine for the crab that was being boiled by Trent's wife.

The "Gang" made way as Freddy parked the car and came back to hang out and eat our food.

I will never forget the sight of Freddy B standing in the rain with the rain dripping down his hat and reveling with all of us.

That is an Oakland Raider tailgate. Freddy B, ribs, carnitas, fifteen tri-tips, crab being boiled, Sailin' With the Captain and a five pound stuffed and boiled in carnitas oil'd snapper.

Over 100 people braved the storm with me that day and we all got more than just an eating treat, we witnessed a victory paralleled by none in eight years.

If you find your way to Oakland for the Miami game, stop on by, I can't tell you about all of things that will be happening, but, I must tell you that you should probably be there.

Until then, keep on sailing with the Captain and the Grill Iron Gang!!!

God, I love Captain Morgan and I am stoked that they are sponsoring this tailgate series. I tailgate at every Raider Home Game and many Oakland A's games and I can honestly say that I have drank more Captain at these events than any other libation including water!!!

So, thanks Captain for this sponsorship and now I want to impart a tailgating trick that I learned from Left Field Gus.

The Easy Tailgate Bin

Years ago I found out how easy it is to have a tailgate when you load all of the essentials into a storage bin that can live in your trunk or be easily packed on game day. For those of us who always forget something, cups, napkins, etc, this is the most sure-fire way to avoid not packing something.

First off, start with a medium sized storage bin. Next you want to make sure that you buy a small charcoal grill. It is important that you get one that has ventilation on the bottom, because many of the small grills have solid bottoms.

The second thing you want to make sure that you have is a bag of charcoal and a chimney to get the coals going. Be sure to throw yesterday's newspaper in  the bin as well since that will be what you need to start the coals in the chimney. I also recommend one of those long lighters going into the bin.

Make sure that you have ketchup, Tommy V's hot sauce, salt, pepper, garlic salt, plastic silverware, cups, napkins and paper plates.

By having all of these well stocked you can be a tailgating machine. No more last second packing and forgetting things or running late.

This is Gus's parking lot tradition which was passed on to me and now onto you.

Cheers and Go RAIDERS!!!

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When it comes to tailgating, it is difficult to beat the Silver and Black. The Coliseum parking lot is always a sight to behold on game days. The cloud of smoke is large enough to resemble a low hanging fog and the food that is being made under that smoke always blows me away.

What do you want? Tri-Tip? Carne Asada? Chicken? A whole pig? How about crab? That's right...fresh Dungeness Crab!!!

If you had a chance to see Tailgate Warriors (Pay special attention to the 3 minute mark) this week, you may have noticed that there was a group of guys in the parking lot preparing Tommy V's spicy crab. If you looked even closer, you'd see that they were wearing SB Nation aprons and one of them, Guy Fieri, called "The Saint".

Yep, that was me. My favorite tailgate that we do every year is the crab boil. We always do one when crab season kicks off and this season, on the 28th of November, it will be "Off Da Hook".

If you want the recipe, respond to this thread and I'll see if Woody will part with his secrets!!!

You are all welcome to join us this weekend at the Grill Iron Gang's tailgate.

Cheers, Saint!!!