The Best BBQ Cookbooks
Now that summer weather has finally arrived it’s time to dust off the grill and commence barbecuing. If you’re planning to host an event we have the best BBQ cookbooks you’ll need to keep your guests happy and your dishes inspired.
1. Mastering the Grill, Andrew Schloss: The art and science of grill cookery explained, this book will turn you into a master outdoor chef, with over 350 recipes for everything from rubs and marinades to appetizers, entrées, side dishes, and desserts, as well as information and expert advice on grill types and tools, kinds of fire, ingredients, and techniques.
2. Big Bob Gibson’s Bbq Book, Chris Lilly: The first cookbook from the six-time winners of the World Championship BBQ Cook-Off passes on family secrets for making great barbecue, including dry rubs, glazes, sauces, and slathers, as well as recipes for side dishes and desserts.
3. Meat Eater, Steven Rinella (Pre-Order Now): Steven Rinella, host of MeatEater on the Sportsman Channel, chronicles his lifelong relationship with hunting and fishing. Hunting, Rinella argues, is intimately connected with our humanity; assuming responsibility for acquiring the meat that we eat, rather than entrusting it to proxy executioners, processors, packagers, and distributors, is one of the most respectful and exhilarating things a meat eater can do.
5. Beer-can Chicken, Steven Raichlen: This essential addition to every grill jockey’s library present 75 variations on beer-can chicken and other offbeat recipes, including root beer game hens, stoned chicken, and mussels eclade-grilled under pine needles. Easy-to-follow, even if you’re drinking a cold one while you’re cooking with a cold one.
6. The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand, Jim Harrison: One of America’s most beloved novelists and poets shares his collected essays on food, drink and French cuisine. With a little added effort, you can go gourmet with this culinary expert and master of letters.
7. The Flavor Bible, Karen Page: Any grilling expert worth their weight in BBQ sauce knows that part of grilling is experimenting with flavors. But experimenting doesn’t mean you have to be a mad scientist of flavored meat. This detailed reference on matching flavors of spices, herbs, and seasonings will put your sauce concoctions on the path to success.
8. The Gardener & the Grill, Karen Adler: Grilling does not necessarily require meat. This book offers vegetarian options for grilling and entertaining, including fire-roasted fava bean, char-grilled baby summer squash pizza, and skewered strawberry and marshmallow S’mores.
Do you have any favorite recipes or outdoor eating traditions? What do you think are the best BBQ cookbooks or recipes? Let us know in the comments.
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