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How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques, A Barbecue Bible! Cookbook (Steven Raichlen Barbecue Bible Cookbooks) Paperback – May 1, 2001

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"The biggest, baddest, best salute to our passion for barbecue, in glorious full-color, from “America’s master griller” (Esquire).

A celebration of sizzle and smoke, Steven Raichlen’s award-winning The Barbecue! Bible unlocks the secrets of live-fire cooking with top dishes, the tastiest sauces, and insider techniques and tips.

It’s got everything: how to grill the perfect T-bone. Succulent chicken from around the world: Jamaica, Senegal, Brazil, India, Thailand, Uruguay. A perfect meeting of fire and ice: Fire-Roasted Banana Splits.

Includes FAQs, problem-solving tips, and comprehensive notes on equipment, ingredients, marinades, rubs—even a chapter on thirst-quenchers to serve while you’re busy fanning the coals."

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Hailed as America’s “Master Griller” (Esquire) and “the Julia Child of BBQ” (Los Angeles Times), Steven Raichlen has written 30+ books, which have won 5 James Beard Awards, 3 IACP Awards, and have been translated into 17 languages. Raichlen hosts four popular television series: Planet Barbecue, Project Fire, Project Smoke, and Primal Grill. He is an inductee into the Barbecue Hall of Fame and Taste Awards Hall of Fame.
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Expert advice from the man who literally wrote the Barbecue Bible. From reinventing steak with reverse-seared beef tomahawks to spit-roast beer-brined cauliflower, your grill game will level up!

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More than 500 Great Grilling Recipes from Around the World

A 500-recipe celebration of sizzle and smoke with full-color photos, Steven Raichlen’s award-winning The Barbecue! Bible unlocks the secrets of live-fire cooking with top dishes, the tastiest sauces, and insider techniques and tips. Includes FAQs, problem-solving tips, and comprehensive notes on equipment, ingredients, marinades, rubs—even a chapter on thirst-quenchers to serve while you’re busy fanning the coals.

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A complete step-by-step guide to mastering the art and craft of smoking for food that roars off your plate with flavor. Learn how to choose the right smoker (or turn the grill you have into an effective smoking machine). Understand the different tools, fuels, and smoking woods. Master all the essential techniques: hot-smoking, cold-smoking, rotisserie-smoking, even smoking with tea and hay—try it with fresh mozzarella.

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Transform meats, seafood, vegetables, and desserts into world-class barbecue with every griller’s secret weapon! Here are chile-fired rubs, citrusy marinades, buttery bastes, and pack-a-wallop sauces, plus mops, slathers, sambals, and chutneys. It’s a cornucopia of flavors, including the seasoning building blocks of America’s barbecue belt.

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In full-color and step-by-step, How to Grill gets to the core of the grilling experience by showing exactly how it's done. With more than 1,000 photographs, How to Grill features 100 techniques, from how to set up a three-tiered fire to how to grill a porterhouse. There are methods for smoking ribs; cooking the perfect burger; barbecuing a fish; and grilling pizza, shellfish, vegetables, tofu, fruit, and s'mores.

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An electrifying new approach by the man who literally wrote the bible on barbecue. Here’s how to reinvent steak with reverse-seared beef tomahawks, dry-brined filets mignons, and T-bones tattooed with grill marks and enriched with melted beef fat. Here’s how to spit-roast beer-brined cauliflower. Blowtorch a rosemary veal chop. Grill mussels in blazing hay and peppery chicken under a salt brick. From Seven Steps to Grilling Nirvana to recipes for grilled cocktails and desserts, Project Fire proves that live fire makes everything taste better.

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More than 60 Foolproof, Mouthwatering Recipes for Preparing the Most Beloved Cut of Meat in the World

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The giddy joy that comes with picking up this tribute to outdoor cooking is comparable to the adolescent thrill of sneaking a naughty magazine into the garage. Not only does every conceivable meat, fish and fowl get its turn over the coals, there is a whole Barbecued Cabbage stuffed with bacon and onion and even a grilled Creme Brulee. Raichlen focuses on creative techniques, employing everything from butcher's string and bricks wrapped in foil to inserting a half-full can of beer into the cavity of a chicken: when placed on the grill it simultaneously steams the bird and holds it upright, allowing the skin to grow crisp. Indeed, Raichlen's approach is anything but shy. However, to limit the book to a manageable size, Raichlen presents just one or two recipes for each cut of meat or type of seafood. Thus a single lamb is chopped into a new-world-order menu of Rack of Lamb Marrakech, Sichuan-Spiced Loin Lamb Chops and Leg of Lamb Provencal. Throughout, every recipe is made foolproof with step-by-step instructions and, happily, a photo accompanies every one of the steps. While none could be considered a full-fledged centerfold, it is impossible not to gaze upon them and lust. —Publishers Weekly

"Without a doubt the most interesting, comprehensive, and well-thought-out book on grilling ever . . . and it's destined to be in the kitchens and backyards of both professionals and home cooks. Every detail is made clear and easy in a concise and inspirational way. Spark it up!" —Mario Batali, Molto Mario (The Food Network), Mario Batali's Simple Italian Food

"Steven Raichlen has done it again! . . . lending his endless research and knowledge to the world of grilling. Grab this book to help you make mouthwateringly good food." —Todd English, The Olives Table

"Detailed directions are clear, the tips on technique are many and useful, and the outcomes are honest and tasty." —The New York Times

"150 straightforward recipes will appeal to run-of-the-mill grillers as well as those weekend barbecue warriors . . . " —Los Angeles Times

"Mr. Raichlen's recipes are interesting enough to make even an accomplished cook sit up and take notice." —The Wall Street Journal

"Steven Raichlen might as well be called the guru of grilling, so well versed is he in every aspect . . . " —Family Circle

"This summer, there will be only one new addition to my cookbook shelves: Steven Raichlen's 480-page How to Grill." —Fine Cooking

"With more than 1,000 full-color photos to show you every step . . . this book can turn anyone into a grill master." —Good Housekeeping

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Master the techniques that make barbecue great with this indispensable show-and-tell by Steven Raichlen. Using more than 1,000 full-color, step-by-step photographs, How to Grill covers it all, from how to build an ingenious three-zone fire to the secrets of grilling a porterhouse, prime rib, fish steak, kebab, or chicken breast. Plus the perfect burger. Includes 100 recipes—one to illustrate each technique—with memorably delicious results!

About the Author

Steven Raichlen is the author of the New York Times bestselling Barbecue! Bible® cookbook series, which includes the new Brisket Chronicles; Project Fire; Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades; Project Smoke; The Barbecue Bible; and How to Grill. Winners of 5 James Beard awards and 3 IACP awards, his books have been translated into 17 languages. His TV shows include the public television series Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire, Project Smoke; Primal Grill; and Barbecue University; the French language series Le Maitre du Grill, and the Italian series Steven Raichlen Grills Italy. Raichlen has written for the New York Times, Esquire, and all the food magazines; and is the founder and dean of Barbecue University. In 2015, he was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame. His website is www.barbecuebible.com.

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CHICKEN GRILLED UNDER BRICKS

SERVES 4 / YOU'LL NEED: 4 bricks, each wrapped in aluminum foil; oak chunks for building the fire, or 2 cups wood chips (preferably oak), soaked for 1 hour in cold water to cover, then drained

2 large, whole, boneless, skinless chicken breasts (12 to 16 ounces each) or 4 half breasts (each half 6 to 8 ounces)

1 teaspoon coarse salt

1 teaspoon cracked black peppercorns

1/2 to 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon chopped garlic

1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary

Juice of 1 lemon

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1. If using whole breasts, cut each in half. Trim any sinews or excess fat off the chicken breasts and discard. Rinse the breasts under cold running water, then drain and blot dry with paper towels. Sprinkle the breasts on both sides with the salt, cracked black pepper, and hot red pepper flakes. Sprinkle the breasts with the garlic and rosemary, patting them on with your fingers. Arrange the breasts in a non-reactive baking dish. Pour the lemon juice and oil over them and let marinate in the refrigerator, covered, for 30 minutes to 1 hour, turning several times.

2. Set up the grill for direct grilling and preheat to high. In the best of all worlds, you'd build your fire with oak chunks. Alternatively, use gas or charcoal, plus soaked wood chips for smoke. If using a gas grill, place all the wood chips in the smoker box or in a smoker pouch and preheat until you see smoke.

3. When ready to cook, brush and oil the grill grate. If using a charcoal grill, toss the wood chips on the coals. Arrange the chicken breasts on the hot grate, all facing the same direction, at a 45 degree angle to the bars of the grate. Place a brick on top of each. Grill the breasts until cooked, 4 to 6 minutes per side, rotating the breasts 90 degrees after 2 minutes on each side to create an

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Workman Publishing Company
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2001
Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761120149
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761120148
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.06 x 9.25 inches

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Steven Raichlen is a multi-award winning writer, television host, and novelist. His books include the international blockbusters The Barbecue Bible, How To Grill, Project Smoke, and the New York Times bestselling Planet Barbecue. His novel, The Hermit of Chappaquiddick, tells a story of love, loss, redemption and really good food set on Martha's Vineyard. Translated into 17 languages, Raichlen's books have won 5 James Beard Awards and 3 IACP-Julia Child Awards and have sold more than 5 million copies. Raichlen also hosts the popular TV shows, Project Smoke and Project Fire on PBS; Steven Raichlen Grills Italy in Italy; and Le Maitre du Grill in Quebec. He lives and writes in Coconut Grove, Florida, and on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. His websites are stevenraichlen.com and barbecuebible.com

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P. Gonzalez
Best Grilling Book I've seen so far
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2012
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I was undecided whether to buy this book or "Weber's Charcoal Grilling: The Art of Cooking with Live Fire". The reviews on both were very good so I just decided to buy both. Now that I have the two, I can tell "How To Grill" is definitely better than the other book in so many ways. I've picked random recipes, and compared the two in each book. So far, I can tell that the recipes on this book are more appetizing than the other. For example, I did the Barbecue Ribs, and tried to come up with the best from both worlds. At the end, I used this book's instructions for everything:

1. Cutting the ribs (pictures were more clear, and instructions too in a step by step fashion)
2. Barbecue Rub (liked the ingredients better)
3. Barbecue mop sauce (other book didn't have this one)
4. Barbecue sauce

The book excels even at recommending sides for each dish, which I don't find as much in the other book which I consider to be just a set of segregated recipes.

Another aspect that I really liked about this book, is that it gives you a very good introduction to almost all aspects of grilling. For example, it very clearly explains the difference between the different charcoal placement method, including pros and cons of each one. Also, they have a pretty good section explaining all the meat cuts, and the characteristics of each one (for example, explains that the rib eye contains more fat inside therefore you need to be more careful of flames when you are grilling this cut).

So far, I've experimented with the recipes below, and all of them, without exception have been very illustrative and simple to follow:

- BBQ Ribs (including rub and 2 sauces)
- Grilled Asparagus
- Grilled tomatoes
- Grilled pineapple (dessert)
- Grilled Pizza (including detailed steps to make the bread from scratch, which I did without any issue and no previous experience)

There is only one recipe that has caught my attention from the other book, grilled artichoke hearts. They were very good too, no complaints.

I do not have anything against the other book, actually has helped me to fill some minor gaps that this book has (like finding a recipe for artichokes) but if I would have to decide for one book, I would go for this one without any doubt. I have to rate this 5 stars, but I could go more than this if I could. I think that the book goes above and beyond on some aspects that are not grilling related (making bread from scratch for example), which I believe is very valuable for someone that is trying to grill more seriously than before.

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Excellent learning resource for nearly anyone, and great recipies too.
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I just received my second copy of this book, this time as a hard cover because I used the paperback copy so much it is falling apart. I have bought this book as gifts for several friends and and family, and have shown it to co-workers who also purchased the book. It is a great resource for nearly anyone, and especially a great starting point for those new to grilling.

Several years ago I bought this book after more than two decades of using grills and I was shocked at how much technique I did not know as a casual griller. This book includes plenty of pictures that tremendously aid in the understanding of the relatively simple and very straight-forward grilling techniques which are explained very clearly by the author. Along with the descriptions are some interesting and brief background stories that makes the reading even more enjoyable. 'How to Grill' also covers true barbecuing, and explains the differences between grilling and barbecuing. This book covers the 'basics' with enhanced recipes such as hamburgers, hot dogs, potatoes and corn-on-the-cob, but also shows how to grill some more unusual and perhaps unexpected foods including many kinds of vegetables, and fruits. Included are some unexpected recipes such as grilled pizza and turkey pastrami and even tofu. Adding to the usefulness of the book the included recipes are delicious and unique, and yet simple enough to make almost anytime using ingredients that are typically not hard to find. Techniques explained also include how to properly set-up and use grills (gas, charcoal, and smokers of nearly all kinds) and even how to clean them when you are done.

'How to Grill' is a useful book to have for nearly anyone's collection, and is an ideal first grilling book for a novice to begin working towards being a true grill master. This book is Ideal as a gift, too; it is received very well.

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I am not an easy Amazon grader, but given the option, I would give this 1,000 stars. What an incredible book.

My dad was an avid griller. My parents lived 20 minutes away and we would go over for dinner often. Everything he cooked was delicious - roasts, pork chops, ribs, whatever. I LOVED going there to eat. I don't know if I always assumed that he would be there, but I was too stupid to ask him how he did it. I just took it for granted. Well, 2 1/2 years ago he died unexpectedly. He and my mom were on a cruise, he got a gum infection, and was dead within 24 hours. My mom died of cancer 18 months later and whatever they knew, went with them to their graves. If I could do it all over again, I would spend hours with him and soak up all he knew about grilling, but I missed that opportunity.

Enter How to Grill. This book walks you through picture-by-picture what to do. There are no assumptions and no ambiguities, this really is a great book for people who have never done it before. Today I cooked spareribs and this may be one of the top ten meals I have ever eaten. I used his recipe for the rub and for the BBQ sauce and wow! They were positively amazing. This may sound silly, but when I grill, I feel closer to him, as this was something he absolutely loved to do.

While I think it would have been fun learning how to grill from my dad, I feel so thankful for this book. This is brilliantly written and will get anyone to a good comfort level. I find that many beginner books (whatever the topic) often try to cover too much, sacrificing basic information. This book is all you need to start grilling.

Nine months after my dad died, our adopted son was born. I have so many hopes and dreams for him and our life together. He is 22 months old now and I dream of the day I can teach him how to throw a baseball, how to camp, and how to grill. This book has given me a chance to learn something I should have learned years ago.

Thank you Steven Raichlen -- this really is much more than just a book to me.

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Astazou
Still one of the best BBQ/grilling books available.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2024
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Bought as a gift for someone wishing to expand beyond chicken, bangers and burgers. I've had mine for several years and use it regularly.
Recommended!

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Reviewed in Germany on June 3, 2015
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Grillen jenseits von Bratwurst und Nackensteak fasst auch in Deutschland mehr und mehr Fuß! Dieses Buch ist ein perfekter Einstieg für den Aufstieg in die Riege derjenigen, die auch mal ein amtliches Stück Fleisch oder sogar ein ganzes Tier auf den Grill legen, und dabei eine ganz neue Grillerfahrung machen wollen. Aber auch Fortgeschrittene finden in diesem Buch noch viele wertvolle Tipps und insbesondere ganz viel interessante Rezepte, die sauber strukturiert und damit leicht umzusetzen sind. Bei einigen hier kaum erhältlichen Spezialzutaten muss man gelegentlich mal etwas improvisieren, und ein Satz Cup- und Spoon-Maße tut - wie bei jedem für den anglo-amerikanischen Markt geschriebenen Kochbuch auch hier selbstverständlich gute Dienste.

Alle bislang von mir getesteten Rezepte konnten vollkommen überzeugen, auch wenn sie zunächst zum Teil etwas gewagt klangen.

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Daniele Giovanella
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Reviewed in Italy on March 14, 2015
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consegna rapida, imballo integro.
Libor in inglese, chiaro nelle spiegazioni e dotato di numerose fotografie. E' proprio la bibbia del barbeque, partendo dai vari tipi di grill e barbeque, affumitatori e tecniche per il loro utilizzo, sino a insegnare come cuocere i vari cibi con i vari metodi.
Lo consiglio a tutti gli amanti del BBQ.

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Tonsuke Plater
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Reviewed in Japan on December 31, 2015
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Great book easy to read, great pictures, great tips, great recipes. Buy it now, or go to McDonald’s and be a limp wiener for eternity.

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Kristina
Easy to follow tips, tricks and recipes!!!
Reviewed in Canada on February 13, 2025
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Purchased as a gift for someone new to grilling. Loads of information! Nice colorful photos. Would recommend based on all the information and numerous recipes in the book including for marinades, rubs, sauces with easy to source ingredients.

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Still one of the best BBQ/grilling books available.

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