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The pioneers of British barbecue bring you the ultimate guide to the grill.''Everything you need for a BBQ blowout in your backyard''Evening StandardGrillstock know a thing or two about low ''n'' slow barbecue. They have been pioneers of the American barbecue scene in the UK since 2010 with their original BBQ and music festival, Grillstock, which sees top pit-masters compete from the world over, and their chain of smokehouses bringing truly authentic BBQ to cities across the UK.Stacked with more than 100 recipes and revealing plenty of Grillstock secrets, Grillstock: The BBQ Book includes favourites from the Smokehouse menu, tips on mastering low ''n'' slow style cooking, epic meaty feast ideas, and unique recipes from some of the world''s best BBQ competition teams.With chapters focused on the core meats of any great BBQ meal (Pork, Beef, Chicken and Ribs), a guide to the art of smoking meat, plus further chapters on burgers, fixin''s (sides), rubs ''n'' sauces and finally ''slurps'', the book provides all you need to create everything from smokin'' dinners for two to the ultimate BBQ feast. Praise for Grillstock restaurants and events:''I''m still amusedly flabbergasted by my majorly American weekend of downhome flavour from back home (then) near my London home (now) feasting. Grillstock London was BBQ blast and a low and slow experience I look forward savouring again''Chris Osburn Huffington Post''Proper barbecue heaven'' Daily Mail''One of the 8 Best Rib Joints in Britain''Esquire''You may as well accept that you will leave with sauce splattered down your shirt and chin''Mark Taylor Crumbs Magazine''Not strictly the UK''s only serious competition BBQ meet but, in my own hopelessly biased opinion, the best, and, for fans of American low-and-slow meat cooking, about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. You could almost be in Kansas''Chris Pople, Cheese and Biscuits''Music festivals are good and all, but have you ever been listening to a band and thought, "wow...I wish I was eating a big pile of meat." That''s where Grillstock comes in, a magical place where hotdog eating contests, the best in bbq food, craft beer and live music come together''Topman''The real spirit of barbecue''Macs BBQ

The wood oven revolution is here.Anyone with an outside space, from a city centre balcony to a leafy green country garden, can pick up an outdoor oven and start cooking. The range available is expanding all the time - catering for every budget and skill level - and yet until now there hasn''t been a book that offers an all-round guide to cooking on the new kit on the block.Fired fills that gap with aplomb. The book shows you how to cook the finest pizza known to man of course, but it goes much further, offering recipes for meat joints, one pot stews, breads and even desserts. It holds the reader''s hand on the journey to outdoor oven expertise, showing just how versatile and exciting outdoor wood oven cookery can be.