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Any books on Grilling or BBQ that you would recommend?
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FxLynch
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Hey guys/gals,
I love reading about my hobbies, and although I've grilled for many years, I know I still have a lot of learning to do. So I am going to purchase a book, or a few books about grilling. Hopefully not just recipe books, but about techniques, in depth smoking info, etc.
So if you have a favorite, please give me some ideas.
Thanks,
Frank
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Frank, I have a weakness for buying books about my hobbies too, and just counted up sixteen (!) books on barbecue and grilling in my collection. :OMy two favorites are:Barbecue Secrets, by Ron Shewchuk (a retired 'que circuit champion who spills all his techniques), I use both his beef and his pork rubs exclusively in my own smoking; andSmokin' with Myron Mixon, (a 'que circuit champion who's NOT retired, but spills all his techniques anyway). I love his irreverent, Bourdain-esque writing style._____________
"Pro-Life" would be twenty students graduating from Sandy Hook next month
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As someone who is in the bbq business the book that I recommend above all others is MASTERING THE GRILL by Andrew Schloss & David Joachim. While most books are recipe driven, and this one has its share, it is the most comprehensive about the technicalities of grilling and smoking. With regards to meat it has sections from fats and proteins to the differences in cooking grass-fed, grain-fed and organic. Grilling produce is broken down into roots, stems, fruits, vegetables, leaves and flowers. Great book.
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The big green Egg cookbook has good recipes
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Dr BBQ's Big Time Barbecue cookbook is good. Myron Mixon's is also a good one.
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I ended up ordering a couple of the BBQ books, should be coming in next week. Thanks for all the reccomendations
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Alton browns Good Eats is also helpful
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My go to book is Paul Kirk's Championship Barbeque. I have lots of others, but keep coming back to it.
Large BGE, Weber 22.5 kettle, Weber Genesis
Cobourg, Ontario -
BBQ Bible by Raichlen and Smoke & Spice by Jamison were two of the best books I read early on in my Q'ing days.
-SMITTY
from SANTA CLARA, CA
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Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/ and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
What am I drinking now? Woodford....neat -
If you have a Kindle account, you can down load the "Big green egg cookbook" for $10. These sell at the dealers for around $50
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BBQ Bible by Raichlen and Smoke & Spice by Jamison were two of the best books I read early on in my Q'ing days.
BBQ Bible is OK, but How to Grill is better for new people. BBQ USA and Planet BBQ are my favorites. I love his Sauces, Rubs and Marinates as well.
For general Cookery, I recommend On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee and How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
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On the Nekkid Whiz site you can download a BUNCH of cookbooks compiled from Egg fests over the years. There's more Egg knowledge in them than any of those $25 books by authors that don't know what an Egg is!
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Yeah, You can find a Real Man's Chili from Ocala '08 that, while not a prizewinner finished a solid second
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Another great BBQ book is Chris Lilly's book. It was a great read even if you didn't check out the recipes.
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I just got Smoke and Spice in the mail today. I love the value in buying used books from Amazon. I got the book in really good condition for $1.49 with $3.99 shipping. My cookbooks always end up with stains, etc, so it's nice to get a huge discount.Looking forward to reading it and the others.Frank
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Here are a few I have gathered to date: BBQ Recipes, BBQ Books, Plye's BBQ Some one in an earlier thread asked for a list of books about
BBQ. I have a little time on my hands so I trolled through Amazon and found the
list below. If Phil or one of the mods could make this a sticky, it would help
out the new members with building their BBQ library.1 Anderson, Warren R. "Mastering the Craft of Smoking
Food"2 Brown, Alton, "Good Eats" 3 Browne, R., "The Barbecue America Cookbook" 4 Davis, A., "The Great BBQ Sauce Book" 5 Gibson, Big Bob, BBQ Book. 6 Elie, Lolis Eric & Frank Stewart, "Smokestack
Lightning"7 Gibson, Big Bob, BBQ Book. 8 Griffith, D., "Celebrating Barbecue" 9 Hale, C. Clark "Smoky", "The Great American Barbeque and
Grilling Manual"10 Jameison, Cheryl Alters & Bill, "Smoke & Spice:
Cooking With Wood, the Real Way to Barbeque"11 Joachim David & Schloss, Andrew, "Mastering the
Grill"12 Kahn, Lisa, Editor, "Char-Broil's Everybody
Grills!"13 Karmel, Elizabeth, "Taming the Flame" 14 Kirk, Paul, "Paul Kirk's Championship BBQ" 15 Kirk, Paul, "Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue
Sauces"16 Knote, Charlie, "Barbeque and Sausage Making
Secrets"17 Kutak, Rytek, "Great Sausage Recipes and Meat
Curing"18 Lampe, Ray, "Dr. BBQ's Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook" 19 Lampe, Ray, "Dr. BBQ’s Big-Time Barbeque Road
Trip"20 Lampe, Ray, "Dr. BBQ’s “Barbeque All Year Long!”
Cookbook"21 Lampe, Ray, "Dr BBQ,s The NFL Gameday Cookbook" 22 Lampe, Ray & Beisch, Leigh, Ribs, Chops, Steaks and
Wings23 Lang, Adam Perry, "Charred & Scruffed" 24 Lang, Adam Perry, "Serious Barbecue" 25 Lilly, Chris, Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book: "Recipes and
Secrets from a Legendary Barbecue Joint" by Chris Lilly26 McMeel, Andrew, :Big Green Egg Cookbook: Celebrating the
World's Best Smoker & ... Big Green Egg - Andrews McMeel Publishing (2010)27 McPeake, Richard W, "Backyard BBQ: The Art Of
Smokology"28 Marianski, Stanley, Adam, & Robert, "Smoking meat and
Smokehouse Design"29 Mills, Mike & Amy Mills Tunnicliffe, "Peace, Love, and
Barbeque"30 Mixon, Myron, "Smokin'" 31 Purviance, James, "Weber's Charcoal Grilling" 32 Purviance, Jamie & McRae, Sandra, "Weber's Big Book of
Grilling"33 Purviance, James, "Weber's "Real Grilling" 34 Putnam, Karen, "Championship BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked
Food"35 Raichlen, Steven, "BBQ Bible" 36 Raichlen. Steven, "BBQ USA" 37 Raichlen, Steven, "How To Grill" 38 Raichlen, Steven, "Ribs Ribs Outrageous Ribs" 39 Raichlen, Steven, "Sauces Rubs & Marinades" 40 Reader, Ted, "Americas Best BBQ 100 Recipes" 41 Reader, Ted, "Beerlicious: The Art of Grillin' and
Chillin'"42 Reed, John, Shelton, "Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North
Carolina Barbecue"43 Reinhardt, .Julie, "She-Smoke" 44 Schlesinger, Christopher, "The Thrill of the Grill:
Techniques, Recipes, & Down-Home Barbecue"45 Shewchuk, Ron, Barbecue Secrets 46 Stines, Mike, "Mastering Barbecue" 47 Thompson, F., "Barbecue Nation" 48 Walsh, Rob, "Legends of Texas BBQ" 49 Willingham, John, " World Champinship Bar-B-Q" 50 Wiviott, Gary & Rush, Coleen, "Low & Slow: Master
the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons"51 Worgul, Doug, "A Grand
Barbeque"Recipe Type Help Recipe Source 48 Willingham, John, " World Champinship Bar-B-Q" 49 Wiviott, Gary & Rush, Coleen, "Low & Slow: Master
the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons"50 Worgul, Doug, "A Grand Barbeque" 51 Big Bob Gibson's BBQ
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Anybody read "Serious Barbeque" by Adam Perry Lang? Thinking about buying this one.
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http://www.amazon.com/Charcuterie-Craft-Salting-Smoking-Curing/dp/0393058298
The most delicious turkey I ever made. Working on a Canadian Bacon right now.
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