BBQ 25: ultra-foolproof guide, most popular barbecue dishes by Adam Perry Lang, 006199023X

BBQ 25 by Adam Perry Lang
Print Length: 68 pages
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Publication Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
ASIN: B003JBHVT0
ISBN-10: 006199023X
ISBN-13: 978-0061990236
File Format: EPUB
New York Times Bestelling author and BBQ maestro Adam Perry Lang is back! Serious Barbecue meets A Man, A Can, A Plan in BBQ 25: an ultra-foolproof guide to the 25 most popular barbecue dishes, in a format anyone can follow with guaranteed success.

One of the best cookbooks I have ever read

This is an incredible book. Adam Perry Lang is quite simply a genius with barbecue. Lang is a classically trained chef who has applied his knowledge to barbecue. I bought this book six months ago after reading another of his books, Charred & Scruffed, which I was very impressed with. While Charred & Scruffed is a very innovative and involved take on bbq, BBQ 25 is much simpler and less involved. The result is a book that is very user friendly while also providing an outstanding guide to barbecue.

The book only has 25 recipes, with only one recipe for each cut of meat. The cuts of meat range from pork, beef, and chicken for BBQ, to fish, steaks and hamburgers in a more traditional grilling style. However, these simple recipes are delicious and creative, and will most likely broaden any barbecue chef’s cooking abilities. Many of his recipes first require that you brine the meat. Next, Adam gives perfect instruction to either grill or smoke (through indirect cooking on your gas or charcoal grill) the meat. I have now tried around 15 recipes in this book, and I have not been disappointed.

My favorite recipe is the pork loin. Before this book, I had never thought about BBQing this cut of meat. However, it has now become a regular staple in my cooking rotation. The loin is first brined for 3-24 hours, then rubbed, and finally smoked on a gas grill for an hour and a half, with the “glaze” added half way through cooking. The result is possibly the best meat I have ever tasted, and always comes out perfectly tender. I have made this for several groups of friends at parties, and everyone raves about it and asks how in the world I cooked such great pork.

Bottom line, this is a book that nobody will ever regret buying. Try it out, and you will be cooking up outstanding barbecue in no time.