Unlock the secrets of cooking on a smoker and enjoy the deeply soulful flavors of authentic pit-smoked BBQ made right in your backyard.If you are new to smoke-cooking, you know it is more complicated than grilling. The cooking times are measured in hours, not minutes, and maintaining the perfect low temperature over those hours can be a challenge—especially when your fuel is wood chunks or logs and not propane gas or store-bought charcoal. Smoking serves up expert guidance on these tricky matters in a clear and concise way that even a total newbie can understand. Best of all, it offers 50 flavor-packed recipes that will make you not just use your smoker, but love it. They include:Braggin’ Rights BrisketBarbecued Short Ribs with Olive Oil BasteSlathered and Rubbed Barbecued Chicken Breasts.Kansas City-Style Baby Back RibsSzechuan Smoked DuckHerb-Crusted Barbecued Rack of Lamb with Roasted Garlic SauceAncho and Chipotle–Rubbed Smoked Pork LoinBarbecued Shrimp Pasta Salad with Citrus VinaigretteSmoke-Baked Barbecue Chile PieThis colorful, photo-rich book is the perfect gift for anyone new to smoke-cooking or for BBQ veterans who want to graduate to true pitmaster status. It covers the Southern and Texas classics as well as new-school barbecue that incorporates global flavors and lighter, healthier proteins. You will be enjoying these recipes for years to come.

Discover a big, bold, brimming-with-flavor world of new grilling recipes in this authoritative, creative, and photo-rich cookbook.You probably grew up watching your family and neighborhood grill jockeys slinging burgers, steaks, and hot dogs on the grill. As a result, you can do that, too, and you don’t need a book. However, if you’ve ever given a thought to grilling delectably new and different things, Grilling is the book that you need. It includes such inventive recipes as:Hickory-Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Horseradish SauceBarbecue-Glazed Pork Chops and SteaksKiss of Smoke Ribeyes, Sirloin, Strips, or T-Bones with Bacon Blue Cheese ToppingDressed-Up Butterflied Leg of LambChicken Breasts with Chèvre and Yellow Pepper PureeTuna Steaks with Green Olive SauceCedar-Planked Salmon with Chimichurri SauceCrispy-Skinned Grilled Duck Breast with Citrus ChutneyYou’ll even find amazing ideas for grilled vegetables, plus a full chapter of fruits and cheese from the grill, from Grill-Roasted Foil-Pack Vegetables to Caramelized Fruit Kabobs. Whether you are expanding your own fire-cooking skills or need a handsome and idea-packed gift for your favorite griller, you will find a lifetime of new ideas in these pages.

Discover the amazing range of things you can cook on your outdoor griddle with this concise volume—packed with color photos and incredibly delicious recipes—at your side.There’s a new favorite in the backyard-cooking arsenal: the “flattop” griddle. Flattops get the heat out of the kitchen and into the open air, where they turn out outstanding quick-grilled meals in mere minutes. They use high heat and a minimum amount of oil, which, in addition to being fast and convenient, is a very healthy way to cook. The recipes in this inventive and eminently useful book include:Sizzling breakfasts, from Breakfast Crepes to Grilled Cheese Breakfast BurritosTacos, quesadillas, stir-fries, and other recipes that make flattop cooking an adventuresome, truly global way to cookSeveral distinct recipes for the most iconic flattop recipe of all—the smash burgerLoads of beef, chicken, and seafood main courses that ensure your family and friends are very well-fed indeedFun snacks, such as State Fair Funnel Cakes and Cheesesteak Egg RollsWith lots of tricks and tips for how to maintain, clean, and use your flattop, alongside the griddle-tested recipes sure to please eaters of any age, this is a fun and authoritative book that will make you truly happy you invested in an outdoor griddle.

Unlock the secrets of cooking on a smoker and enjoy the deeply soulful flavors of authentic pit-smoked BBQ made right in your backyard.If you are new to smoke-cooking, you know it is more complicated than grilling. The cooking times are measured in hours, not minutes, and maintaining the perfect low temperature over those hours can be a challenge—especially when your fuel is wood chunks or logs and not propane gas or store-bought charcoal. Smoking serves up expert guidance on these tricky matters in a clear and concise way that even a total newbie can understand. Best of all, it offers 50 flavor-packed recipes that will make you not just use your smoker, but love it. They include:Braggin’ Rights BrisketBarbecued Short Ribs with Olive Oil BasteSlathered and Rubbed Barbecued Chicken Breasts.Kansas City-Style Baby Back RibsSzechuan Smoked DuckHerb-Crusted Barbecued Rack of Lamb with Roasted Garlic SauceAncho and Chipotle–Rubbed Smoked Pork LoinBarbecued Shrimp Pasta Salad with Citrus VinaigretteSmoke-Baked Barbecue Chile PieThis colorful, photo-rich book is the perfect gift for anyone new to smoke-cooking or for BBQ veterans who want to graduate to true pitmaster status. It covers the Southern and Texas classics as well as new-school barbecue that incorporates global flavors and lighter, healthier proteins. You will be enjoying these recipes for years to come.

Discover a big, bold, brimming-with-flavor world of new grilling recipes in this authoritative, creative, and photo-rich cookbook.You probably grew up watching your family and neighborhood grill jockeys slinging burgers, steaks, and hot dogs on the grill. As a result, you can do that, too, and you don’t need a book. However, if you’ve ever given a thought to grilling delectably new and different things, Grilling is the book that you need. It includes such inventive recipes as:Hickory-Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Horseradish SauceBarbecue-Glazed Pork Chops and SteaksKiss of Smoke Ribeyes, Sirloin, Strips, or T-Bones with Bacon Blue Cheese ToppingDressed-Up Butterflied Leg of LambChicken Breasts with Chèvre and Yellow Pepper PureeTuna Steaks with Green Olive SauceCedar-Planked Salmon with Chimichurri SauceCrispy-Skinned Grilled Duck Breast with Citrus ChutneyYou’ll even find amazing ideas for grilled vegetables, plus a full chapter of fruits and cheese from the grill, from Grill-Roasted Foil-Pack Vegetables to Caramelized Fruit Kabobs. Whether you are expanding your own fire-cooking skills or need a handsome and idea-packed gift for your favorite griller, you will find a lifetime of new ideas in these pages.

Discover the amazing range of things you can cook on your outdoor griddle with this concise volume—packed with color photos and incredibly delicious recipes—at your side.There’s a new favorite in the backyard-cooking arsenal: the “flattop” griddle. Flattops get the heat out of the kitchen and into the open air, where they turn out outstanding quick-grilled meals in mere minutes. They use high heat and a minimum amount of oil, which, in addition to being fast and convenient, is a very healthy way to cook. The recipes in this inventive and eminently useful book include:Sizzling breakfasts, from Breakfast Crepes to Grilled Cheese Breakfast BurritosTacos, quesadillas, stir-fries, and other recipes that make flattop cooking an adventuresome, truly global way to cookSeveral distinct recipes for the most iconic flattop recipe of all—the smash burgerLoads of beef, chicken, and seafood main courses that ensure your family and friends are very well-fed indeedFun snacks, such as State Fair Funnel Cakes and Cheesesteak Egg RollsWith lots of tricks and tips for how to maintain, clean, and use your flattop, alongside the griddle-tested recipes sure to please eaters of any age, this is a fun and authoritative book that will make you truly happy you invested in an outdoor griddle.