Smokin' with Myron Mixon

Smokin' with Myron Mixon
Author: Myron Mixon
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2011-05-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0345528549

The winningest man in barbecause shares the secrets of his success. Rule number one? Keep it simple. In the world of competitive barbecue, nobody’s won more prize money, more trophies, or more adulation than Myron Mixon. And he comes by it honestly: From the time he was old enough to stoke a pit, Mixon learned the art of barbecue at his father’s side. He grew up to expand his parent’s sauce business, Jack’s Old South, and in the process became the leader of the winningest team in competitive barbecue. It’s Mixon’s combination of killer instinct and killer recipes that has led him to three world championships and more than 180 grand championships and made him the breakout star of TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters. Now, for the first time, Mixon’s stepping out from behind his rig to teach you how he does it. Rule number one: People always try to overthink barbecue and make it complicated. Don’t do it! Mixon will show you how you can apply his “keep it simple” mantra in your own backyard. He’ll take you to the front lines of barbecue and teach you how to turn out ’cue like a seasoned pro. You’ll learn to cook like Mixon does when he’s on the road competing and when he’s at home, with great tips on • the basics, from choosing the right wood to getting the best smoker or grill • the formulas for the marinades, rubs, injections, and sauces you’ll need • the perfect ways to cook up hog, ribs, brisket, and chicken, including Mixon’s famous Cupcake Chicken Mixon shares more than 75 of his award-winning recipes—including one for the most sinful burger you’ll ever eat—and advice that will end any anxiety over cooking times and temps and change your backyard barbecues forever. He also fills you in on how he rose to the top of the competitive barbecue universe and his secrets for succulent success. Complete with mouth-watering photos, Smokin’ with Myron Mixon will fire you up for a tasty time.

Southern Living Ultimate Book of BBQ

Southern Living Ultimate Book of BBQ
Author: The Editors of Southern Living
Publisher: Time Home Entertainment
Total Pages: 783
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0848746546

The Ultimate Book of BBQ builds on the expertise of Southern Living magazine to create the definitive barbecue and outdoor grilling guide. The book features more than 200 of the highest-rated Southern Living recipes for barbecued meats and sides, plus pit-proven tips, techniques, and secrets for year-round smoking, grilling and barbecuing. With full color, step-by-step photos and mouthwatering recipes, this book includes everything the home cook needs to achieve first-rate backyard barbecue. Proven cooking techniques and equipment, expert advice from award-winning pitmasters, and a Rainy Day BBQ chapter with stovetop, oven, and slow-cooker options make this Southern Living's most definitive book on barbecue.

Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook

Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook
Author: Robb Walsh
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780811829618

Walsh delivers both a practical cookbook and a guided tour of Texas barbecue lore, giving readers straightforward advice right from the pit masters themselves. Their time-honored tips, along with 85 closely guarded recipes, reveal a lip-smacking feast of smoked meats, savory side dishes, and an awesome array of mops, sauces, and rubs. Photos.

Smoking Meat

Smoking Meat
Author: Jeff Phillips
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781770500389

Real barbecue taste comes from mastering the art of slow-cooking meat at a low temperature for a long time, using wood smoke to add flavour. And this is the book that shows you how to do it! For the first time, Jeff Phillips is publishing the information he has compiled on his incredibly popular website, www.smoking-meat.com. With step-by-step instructions on how to choose, set up, and modify your own charcoal, gas, or electric smoker, Jeff Phillips guides you through your smoking session with the patience unique to an experienced pitmaster. Once you've chosen your smoker and got the knack of some basic techniques, Jeff encourages you to cut loose and experiment to develop your own smoky sensations. Best of all, you can even give smoking meats a try just by using your basic backyard grill, then decide whether to invest in a smoker. Your every smoking question is answered in these detailed sections: Types of smokers Charcoal, wood, or gas? Building and keeping a fire Tools and equipment Flavouring meat The smoking-meat pantry Food safety You'll never again have to run all over town to search out the best smoked meat! In addition to handing over all his tried-and-true recipes for chicken, ribs, brisket, and burgers, Jeff gives you his favourite recipes for sauces, rubs, and brines. You'll also find recipes for smoking duck, quail, sausage, meatloaf, fish, and even frogs' legs. He rounds out his collection by including desserts, salads, and coleslaws. Smoking Meat will have you feasting on the most succulent and flavourful meat you've ever had in no time.

Food and Fire

Food and Fire
Author: Marcus Bawdon
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 191102695X

65 recipes for grilling, smoking and roasting with fire. Cooking with fire is primal. There is nothing simpler – no metalwork, no fancy gadgets, just food and flame – allowing you to take the most basic of ingredients and turn them into something special. Cultures across the globe have cooked in this way, developing their own innovative methods to combine heat and local flavours. Cooking with Fire takes the best of these global artisanal techniques – from searing directly on the coals to rotisserie, wood-fired ovens, cast-iron grilling, and plenty more – and creates 65 lip-smacking dishes to cook outdoors and share in front of the fire with family and friends.

BBQ&A with Myron Mixon

BBQ&A with Myron Mixon
Author: Myron Mixon
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1683355032

From a New York Times bestselling cookbook author and five time BBQ world champion, everything you need to know about preparing great barbecue. Have you ever wondered if you can make good barbecue without a smoker, pit, or grill? If you need to use a rub or marinade? Not sure what a brisket is, whether you need to trim it, and if so, how? In BBQ&A with Myron Mixon, bestselling author and TV personality Myron Mixon answers the questions most frequently asked of him during his many live cooking demos, TV appearances, and private cooking classes. Myron’s lively, informative answers are paired with practical visuals and cover techniques and methods, flavors and preparations, recipes and formulas—all collected in one place for the first time by the winningest man in barbecue. “Get your MBA in BBQ from one of the MVPs in the business. The info is rock-solid—even I learned a thing or two.” —Steve Raichlen, New York Times bestselling author of the Barbecue! Bible cookbook series and host of Project Fire and Project Smoke on PBS “I’ve been waiting for this. Someone has finally written the book on how to cook championship barbecue, the kind that wins money in competitions. But not just someone: Myron Mixon could build a battleship if he melted his trophies. And, in case you are still hungry, he shares his secrets for sides and seafood and all of the essential dishes in the classic barbecue canon.” —Meathead Goldwyn, New York Times–bestselling author of Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling

The Brisket Chronicles

The Brisket Chronicles
Author: Steven Raichlen
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1523505486

Grill master Steven Raichlen shares more than 60 foolproof, mouthwatering recipes for preparing the tastiest, most versatile, and most beloved cut of meat in the world—outside on the grill, as well as in the kitchen. Take brisket to the next level: ’Cue it, grill it, smoke it, braise it, cure it, boil it—even bake it into chocolate chip cookies. Texas barbecued brisket is just the beginning: There’s also Jamaican Jerk Brisket and Korean Grilled Brisket to savor. Old School Pastrami and Kung Pao Pastrami, a perfect Passover Brisket with Dried Fruits and Sweet Wine, even ground brisket—Jakes Double Brisket Cheeseburgers. In dozens of unbeatable tips, Raichlen shows you just how to handle, prep, and store your meat for maximum tenderness and flavor. Plus plenty more recipes that are pure comfort food, perfect for using up leftovers: Brisket Hash, Brisket Baked Beans, Bacon-Grilled Brisket Bites—or for real mind-blowing pleasure, Kettle Corn with Burnt Ends. And side dishes that are the perfect brisket accents, including slaws, salads, and sauces.

Myron Mixon's BBQ Rules

Myron Mixon's BBQ Rules
Author: Myron Mixon
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1613129459

The New York Times–bestselling author & star of Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters offers essential old-school barbecue techniques & fifty classic recipes. In barbecue, “old-school” means cooking on a homemade coal-fired masonry pit, where the first step is burning wood to make your own coals, followed by shoveling those coals beneath the meat and smoking that meat until it acquires the distinct flavor only true pit-smoking can infuse. With easy-to-follow, straightforward instruction, America’s pitmaster shows you how and also demonstrates methods for cooking on traditional gas and charcoal grills common in most backyards. The book is divided into four parts—Meat Helpers, The Hog, Birds, The Cow—and features recipes and methods, including: Pit Smoked Pulled Pork North Carolina Yella Mustard-Based Barbecue Sauce Prize-winning Brisket Smoked Baby Back Ribs Thick and Smoky T-Bone Steaks Presenting step-by-step illustrations on building a pit, managing a fire, selecting meats for the pit and the best wood to burn in it, and more, Mixon offers all of the fundamental lessons to becoming a champion backyard pitmaster. Filled with Mixon’s southern charm, personal stories, and never-before-shared methods, BBQ Rules is a down-home, accessible return to old-school pit smoked barbecue. “When I’m out of my car, I’m a big fan of smoking BBQ. With Myron’s help, my friends and family get to enjoy the world’s best BBQ and all the credit goes to the advice Myron shares with you right in this book.” —Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Smokin' in the Boys' Room

Smokin' in the Boys' Room
Author: Melissa Cookston
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1449450547

Eighty-five Southern-influenced barbecue recipes from the seven-time barbecue world champion and author of Smokin’ Hot in the South. Melissa Cookston, the “winningest woman in barbecue,” judge on the Netflix hit, American Barbecue Showdown, and the only female, seven-time barbecue world champion is bringing the heat with her first cookbook. Smokin’ In the Boys Room explores how to use fire in all its forms to craft more than eighty-five Southern-influenced barbecue recipes. One of the world’s top pitmasters, Melissa regularly smokes the competition on the barbecue contest circuit. Now, you can enjoy some of her best recipes for not only the barbecue that has made her famous, but also for baked and fried favorites, oh-so-good sides, and decadent desserts that will stick to your ribs. In Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room, Melissa shares the inspiring story of how she got into barbecue and worked her way to the top with grit and determination, even becoming known for smoking a whole hog like no one else—an uncommon feat in the barbecue world. She also shares tips and tricks for turning out great meals from the grill, from Slow-Smoked Competition Brisket, to Fire-Grilled Pork T-Bones with Hoe Cakes and Mississippi Caviar, and even Grilled Pineapple Upside Down Cake. And no true Southern cook would be without her Buttermilk Fried Chicken, BBQ Shrimp and Grits, and Red Beans and Rice. The recipes cover the gamut, from sauces and seasoning blends, to pork and bacon, beef, poultry, and seafood, as well as a few sides and desserts to round out the meal. Some are traditional favorites wherever you may live, and others are true to Melissa’s Delta roots. Many have won contests, and all are top-notch, having been honed to perfection in competitions or in the kitchens of Melissa’s restaurants, Memphis Barbecue Company. Whether you’re a contest veteran or just getting started, there’s something for everyone in Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room. As Melissa can tell you, anyone can learn to man the grill. To be really good at it just takes a little work and a little attitude.

Championship BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked Food

Championship BBQ Secrets for Real Smoked Food
Author: Karen Putman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780778804499

Hundreds of recipes and 16 new pages of photos including step-by-step how-to. Slow-smoked foods, or real North American barbecue, are foods cooked low and slow next to a fire, and flavored with wood smoke. The results are sublime -- succulent, finger-lickin' ribs, brisket, salmon and more. Here is the art of slow-smoking in a comprehensive cookbook that will appeal to both novice and experienced outdoor chefs. The revision now includes all new information on competitions that take place throughout North America, plus even more information on creating the perfect balance of flavor blending. The 300+ carefully selected recipes are organized by main ingredient to provide easy access and offer inspiration for the ultimate in smoked foods. The recipes reflect the rich diversity of smoked foods and explain how to smoke everything from ribs and brisket to cheeses and fruit. Some of the tantalizing smoked foods are Stuffed Smoked Tomatoes, Cold-Smoked Fruit Salsa, Apple-Smoked Salmon with Green Grape Sauce and Smoked Flank Steak with Beefy Barbecue Mop. Easy-to-follow instructions and clever techniques for smoking methods are easy for any backyard chef to follow. All the important information is covered, such as: Equipment needed How and why various types of woods are used How to build an indirect fire How to prepare food for smoking How to use brines, marinades, rubs, slathers, bastes, glazes and sauces Flavor matching charts for food ingredients and specific wood smoke. With its mouth-watering recipes, this cookbook is a superb guide to this increasingly popular method of backyard cooking.