Product Description

Steven Raichlen, a national barbecue treasure and author of The Barbecue! Bible, How to Grill, and other books in the Barbecue! Bible series, embarks on a quest to find the soul of American barbecue, from barbecue-belt classics-Lone Star Brisket, Lexington Pulled Pork, K.C. Pepper Rub, Tennessee Mop Sauce-to the grilling genius of backyards, tailgate parties, competitions, and local restaurants.

In 450 recipes covering every state as well as Canada and Puerto Rico, BBQ USA celebrates the best of regional live-fire cooking. Finger-lickin' or highfalutin; smoked, rubbed, mopped, or pulled; cooked in minutes or slaved over all through the night, American barbecue is where fire meets obsession. There's grill-crazy California, where everything gets fired up - dates, Caesar salad, lamb shanks, mussels. Latin-influenced Florida, with its Chimichurri Game Hens and Mojo-Marinated Pork on Sugar Cane. Maple syrup flavors the grilled fare of Vermont; Wisconsin throws its kielbasa over the coals; Georgia barbecues Vidalias; and Hawaii makes its pineapples sing. Accompanying the recipes are hundreds of tips, techniques, sidebars, and pit stops. It's a coast-to-coast extravaganza, from soup (grilled, chilled, and served in shooters) to nuts (yes, barbecued peanuts, from Kentucky).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20231 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 784 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Raichlen's 24th tome falls firmly into the quirky camp of his Beer Can Chicken, with its mixed-grill of recipes, barbecue tips, food history and restaurant profiles. While the chapters are essentially broken down by main ingredient ("Going Whole Hog," "Sizzling Shellfish"), each entry is branded with the city from which it is borrowed: "The Pittsburgh airport was the last place I expected to find superlative roast beef" begins a typical entry. At times, the attention to geography (and photos of bbq joints) is used to fine effect, especially in the appetizer chapter, where chicken-wing variations from Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville and Buffalo are laid out for easy comparison. But at other times the locale is superfluous. New York City is no more the place for Tarragon Chicken Paillards than landlocked Dayton is for Fennel-Grilled Shrimp. Classic BBQ joints, such as Wilber's in Goldsboro, N.C., are profiled along the way, and succinct, interesting history lessons on various styles of barbecue (Memphis, Kansas City, etc.) are served up. Cooking tips are provided in the margins of nearly every other page, with more space given to larger projects, such as how to barbecue a whole hog. The 650 photos are of various chefs, eateries, markets and fresh produce, rather than what is coming off the grill.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"Steven Raichlen's BBQ USA is his best book yet. It is the quintessential guide to the easy and unexpected ulture of barbecue."
—Bobby Flay, author of Bobby Flay Cooks American and Boy Meets Grill

From the Back Cover
Have Tongs, Will Travel
Guided by the simple conviction that if something tastes good baked, fried, sautéed, or steamed, a pit boss somewhere in this land has figured out how to make it even better over a live fire, Steven Raichlen logs tens of thousands of miles to take you on a tour of America's barbecuing

Finger Lickin' or highfalutin', smoked, rubbed, mopped, or slathered, the 425 recipes in BBQ USA are where fire meets obsession, and the results are smoky perfection.

Customer Reviews

Some interesting Recipes...
There are some good recipes from all over the country in this book...

This book is one of my "must haves" in my kitchen...

Great Buy
BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America

The best barbecue book I have ever had - full of history, interesting anecdotes, and most of all outstanding recipes - from quick and simple to gourmet. The instructions are clear, and the results are great. I highly recommend this book for the beginner and well as the master barbecue chef. You and your guests will not be disappointed.

Dog-Eared and Covered with Barbecue Sauce
This is a fantastic book for anyone who loves barbecue. From the novice BBQ cook to the pro, there is something in this book for every one. I have a whole book shelf full of BBQ cook books and this is the one I go back to time and time again. Every recipe I have tried has been outstanding. This book is unparalleled by others on the subject. I've had my copy for about 3 years and it is starting to wear a little from use...the pages are dog-eared and there are barbecue sauce fingerprints from cover-to-cover. (Perhaps I should buy a new copy and wash my hands more often!) Moreover, every time I travel, I go to this book to see if there are any of the restaurants Raichlen reviews within a 100 mile radius of my destination. This book does not disappoint. It's the best.