- Over 100 recipes for smoking all types of food, as well as forrubs and sauces, and more. - Features expert tips for smoking success, including common smoking mistakes.

Smoking techniques, tips, and recipes from a barbecue master! Tangy North Carolina–style pulled pork Meaty, Smoky Brisket Sweet and Savory Baby Back Ribs If you've always wanted to try smoking these and other foods at home, barbecue pro Larry Gaian will show you how! In this guide to authentic smoked food and barbecue, you'll find everything you need to master the art of smoking--choosing the right wood and charcoal; starting and maintaining your fire; selecting and preparing meats; and infusing everything from meat and fish to vegetables, fruits, and cheeses with the wonderful flavor of smoke. Whether you're a novice smoker or an expert looking for interesting recipe ideas, this guide has something for everyone, including information about: Basic smoking techniques Equipment safety Regional barbecue styles Indoor and cold smoking Creating smoke without a smoker And, with 150 recipes for everything from brines and rubs to pork, poultry, sides, and desserts, you'll always have the perfect dish on hand. Learn how to add the flavors, culture, and spirit of barbecue to your meals, and make your next get-together a true comfort-food feast.

How to smoke a variety of foods, including turkey, cheese, sausage, fish, beef, nuts, wild game. A classic reference.

Prepare your taste buds for the magic of smoked foods. Smoking food is an ancient method for preserving meat that has been transformed into a superior way to infuse your food with more flavor. Smoking Foods will show you how pairing ingredients with specific woods will bring out the richness in everything you smoke. You'll also learn how rubs, marinades, sauces, and more can further enhance the foods you smoke. Renowned chef Ted Reader will share all the smoker techniques you need to create fall-off-the-bone, mouth-watering, and taste-bud-tantalizing foods. But you can smoke more than just meat, including seafood, vegetables, and even ice cream, honey, and martinis. This revised edition offers these highlights: • More than 100 smoker recipes for beef, pork, chicken, seafood, and side dishes • More than 35 flavor-layering recipes for brines, marinades, cures, rubs, sauces, and more • Expert smoking advice from Chef Ted on which woods pair best with which ingredients Don't have a smoker? Not to worry. Chef Ted will show you how to easily turn your grill and even your oven into a smoker. Along with all his other tips and secrets, this will also help you begin making fuller-flavor foods in no time!

Smokin' hot tips for new pitmasters! There's no better time than grilling season to start your journey to becoming a pitmaster. The right tools, the best wood, the ideal temperature—there's a lot to know about smoking meat. That's why Smoking Meat 101 offers a crash course that'll have you serving up sumptuous smoked masterpieces in no time. Wondering what kind of smoker to get? Curious how to best season your meat? Want to know how long to smoke a turkey? Get the answers to all of these questions, plus suggestions for wood selection, pantry stocking, and more. This guide makes one of the perfect grilling gifts for anyone who wants to take their BBQ skills to the next level! Top things off with 75 simple and delicious recipes, and you've got the ultimate beginner's guide to smoking. Fire it up! Smoking Meat 101 includes: 75+ recipes for smoking meat—Smoked Turkey Legs, Foolproof Baby Back Ribs, Maple-Smoked Wild Alaskan Salmon—get recipes for all your favorite proteins, plus savory sauces and rubs. The perfect start—Get smoking today with five "First Smoke" recipes that introduce you to the essential techniques every pitmaster needs to know. Troubleshooting tricks—Smoking Meat 101 has your back with tons of solutions to the most common problems and concerns you'll encounter during cookouts. Make sure your next summer backyard barbeque is the best you've ever cooked up with Smoking Meat 101.

Up your grilling game by exploring the not-so-mysterious world of seasoning with wood chips—from Smoky Shrimp Tacos to Hickory Pork Tenderloins. Now you can add smoke flavor to almost any food on any grill. Weber’s Smoke shows you how and inspires you with recipes that range from the classic (Best-on-the-Block Baby Back Ribs) to the ambitious (Smoked Duck and Cherry Sausages). And best of all, many of the recipes let you achieve mouthwatering smoke flavor in a matter of minutes—not hours. You’ll learn: Basic and advanced smoke cooking methods for traditional smokers as well as standard backyard grills Over 85 exciting recipes such as Brined and Maple-Smoked Bacon and Cedar-Planked Brie with Cherry Chutney and Toasted Almonds Smoking woods’ flavor characteristics and food pairing suggestions that complement each distinct type of wood Weber’s Top Ten Smoking Tips for getting the best possible results on any grill

“[A] collection of barbecue memoirs, trivia and history . . . Walsh interviews the top pit bosses across the state and shares their secrets.” —Publishers Weekly If barbecue in Texas is a religion, this book is its bible. Originally published only in print in 2002, this revised and updated edition explores all the new and exciting developments from the Lone Star State’s evolving barbecue scene. The one hundred recipes include thirty-two brand-new ones such as Smoke-Braised Beef Ribs and an extremely tender version of Pulled Pork. Profiles on legendary pitmasters like Aaron Franklin are featured alongside archival photography covering more than one hundred years of barbecue history. Including the basic tools required to get started, secrets and methods from the state’s masters, and step-by-step directions for barbecuing every cut of meat imaginable, this comprehensive book presents all the info needed to fire up the grill and barbecue Texas-style. “In 2002, Robb Walsh’s Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook hit the sweet spot for lovers of smoked meat. The book was part travelogue, part instruction manual, with a side of history thrown in . . . If your old copy is worn, tattered and splashed, it’s time to trade up. If you are late to the barbecue and don’t know the likes of Bryan Bracewell, Vencil Mares and Lorenzo Vences, consider it an investment in your education.” —The Dallas Morning News “Robb Walsh has been there to help shape and document the evolution of Texas barbecue. This new edition is a must-have.” —Aaron Franklin, James Beard Award–winning pitmaster