Everything you need to know about grilling is covered in these 264 tips, techniques, and recipes—from The Perfect Burger to Thai Sea Bass. The Total Grilling Manual is your go-to guide for outdoor cooking, whether you’re looking for the perfect recipe, grilling techniques, equipment advice, or cleaning tips. From knowing your cuts of meat to building your own fire pit or DIY rotisserie, this A to Z guide offers clear, step-by-step instruction for home cooks of all skill levels. Here you’ll find dozens of recipes for beef, pork, lamb, and seafood, as well as sauces, marinades, sides, desserts, and even drinks. The featured recipes run the gamut from burgers and steaks to Smoked Brisket, Lamb Souvlaki, Bacon-Wrapped Cornish Hens, BBQ Oysters, and much more!

Since before the invention of the wheel, grilling has been one of the best-and sometimes most intimidating-ways to cook. But what if you burn the chicken every time? Or what if your steaks are always black on the outside and raw in the middle? The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grillingis just the solution you need. For any barbeque novice, expert author Don Mauer walks readers through the basic techniques from building a fire (for charcoal grills) to getting the heat just right (for gas grills). With this Complete Idiot's Guide, readers will master the grill like a pro and surprise family and guests with everything from hamburger basics to fantastic looking fish and veggies.

This new Haynes Manual will show you how to BBQ, through step-by-step illustrations and text. From marinades and rubs to the infamous beer-can chicken, it contains a variety of mouth-watering recipes for meat, fish and vegetables, along with some great barbecue puddings to keep the girls happy. Gas or charcoal, briquettes or lump wood, direct or indirect cooking, lid on or lid off – it's all included.

More than just a grilling cookbook, this guide explains broiling, roasting, hot and cold smoking, and barbecuing. With great wit and wisdom, a variety of grills are explained by examining their operation, design, construction, and function. Instruction is given on selecting the proper cuts of meat, fish, fowl, and vegetables, so that recipes such as the Super Swine Sizzlers will taste their best. Also included are tips, advice, and dozens of recipes for rubs, marinades, bastes, and finishing sauces -- ranging from the Italian Connection marinade to Greek Rub for Lamb or Basic Eastern North Carolina Basting Sauce.

Be the Master of Your Charcoal Grill with Juicy, Smoky Recipes from a Champion Pitmaster Barbecue champion Bill Gillespie is a master of smoke and flame—and he’s back with his third book to help you become king of your Weber kettle grill. Inspired by memories of grilling with his father, Gillespie poured his heart into this comprehensive guide that opens up a world of barbecue possibilities. He starts from the ground up, giving beginners to advanced grillers all the information they need, including the best ways to start the coals, how to get the perfect char, how to time things for exact doneness and ultimately how to get incredible flavor the easy way. Inside, you’ll find delicious recipes for The Perfect Burger Every Time, Skirt Steak Cooked Directly on Hot Coals, Beer Can Chicken and many more. Whether you aspire to be a pitmaster or simply want to host incredible backyard barbecues, Gillespie has all the tips, tricks and insight to help you up your grilling game. From grill setup to final bites, this is your go-to guide for grilling like a champion.

After picking up a few tricks for 2007's Barbecue Nation, Thompson presents another volume aimed at backyard cooks ready to sweat a little for their meal. Few arcane ingredients or lengthy preparations are called for; Thompson's cornbread requires only six ingredients, his New York Strip just five. Geared for gas, many of Thompson's dishes require little grilling time, and are in general an easy transfer to charcoal. While it's easy to throw some wood chips on a charcoal fire to add smokiness, Thompson offers a handful of easy gas grill work-arounds that diners will never suspect are substitutes. The recipe deck is stacked with favorites like burgers (including lamb, salmon and tuna variations), steaks and sides like baked beans, cole slaw and potato salad, making this ideal for cooks still in their honeymoon stage with the new grill. More adventurous palates should enjoy flavorful riffs on North African Grilled Shrimp (topped with a burst of lemon and crunchy pine nuts) and Cornish game hens, which get a lift from a blueberry, garlic, thyme and vinegar marinade. Finished with sound advice on everything from buying a grill to choosing the right cut of steak, Thompson's book should prove as useful as an extra set of tongs. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

"Outdoor cookbook and how-to guide that features hundreds of recipes for grilled, smoked, and barbecued appetizers, main courses, salads, vegetables, and desserts"--