My friends and I wouldn't be without this Grilling book for our husbands!
They love it and barbecue more than ever!
You only need this one, forget the others. My friend has
been using it for 3 years and recommended it to me. A very good
gift to give someone for Christmas, Birthday, etc.

A very good book covering all types of meats & preparations to BBQ.
Lots of usefull info.

I used to eat every meal out. I bought a grill because it is getting so expensive to eat out. I bought this book to teach me how to use it. This book is great. It removes the guess work, for every question I've had the answer is there. One tip, buy the book before you buy the grill because it even covers what to look for in a grill.

Bought this book shortly after buying our Weber grill. After having a copy checked out of the library for 2 months, decided it was time to buy my own copy. My husband would take it to bed for evening reading, even had me read him a "bedtime story" from it (recipe for baby back ribs). This book is fantastic for those of us (like me) who need help with the grilling basics, but equally wonderful for those who are just looking for recipes. The pictures are wonderful, step-by-step directions on preparing the meat. Lots of great rubs and sauces in the back. Has both a general index and a recipe index.

Steve Raichlen is the King of grilling and in his book "How to Grill", Steve covers everything you need to know about grilling. Written so that even someone who has never grilled can start from purchasing a grill to in-depth tips and techniques that even a backyard grilling warrior can learn from.

The book includes sections on the different types of grills, heat sources and grilling techniques such as smoking, direct and in-direct grilling. It also lists all the tools and accessories that you will need to get started.

Thoughtfully laid out the book's recipe sections is carefully divided into catergories. Contents of book include getting started, beef and veal, pork and sausages, lamb, chicken and more, fish, shellfish, vegetables, desserts, rubs, sauces, and condiments and grills and gear.

This book is not just a cookbook but an entire book of grilling know-how. It's a great addition to any kitchen library.

I bought this as a Father's Day gift, and my dad has grilled out every saturday since! The book kills two birds with one stone with its great cooking techniques and recipes. The pictures are great and very helpful, and the directions are very simple and easy to understand. The food tastes great! Some of the recipes take a good hour or two to prep though, so make sure to read through the whole procedure before starting.

This a a great book for creative grill masters. One caveat: if you own an 18 inch weber kettle, be sure to adapt the coal amounts for your smaller grill. Otherwise you will fry your food faster than a hyper-active pyro. The author never bothers to mention how much fuel to use for various sizes of charcoal grills. Not once in the entire book. So, be carefull grill-jockeys and adjust down or up as needed. Otherwise, yum.

Exciting, excellent, effective. If you like cooking, learning how to do things, or are just visual by nature (most people are) you will most certainly enjoy this one. I have perused all of this authors books and have enjoyed his commentary; this book takes the cake (and has a double layer of frosting on top). If the new version of the Barbecue Bible was illustrated even semi-close to this book Stephen would have another huge hit.

"How to Grill" is more than just a fantastic cookbook. It is packed with information about grills, smokers, cooking tools, and other things of interest to those who want to know how to grill and smoke good food. As for the "recipe section," Raichlen gives great tips on technique, i.e., how to prepare the food for the grill, and to present it upon completion. He covers seasoning the food, sauces, rubs, and marinades. It is just a fantastic book for people of all levels of experience in grilling. It should be on every grillers book shelf.

This book is a must have for any serious griller. It has just about anything that you need to know about grilling.

This book really does have someone for everyone. I gave it to my boyfriend when he was first starting out. It really helped him understand some of the theory around preparing various cuts of meat and how to season, heat, and cut everything correctly. He later showed the book to his father who is a veteran griller. His dad was amazed! He completely agreed with the advice in the book and also found a huge amount of new information, recipes, and techniques that he wants to try out himself. Great resource for all!

There isn't a book that comes close to this one as far as variety of recipes and fundamental facts that are so essential to anyone who wants to master the art of grilling. I heartily recommend this book to anyone who has or is thinking of getting a grill.

I bought this book to accompany a charcoal Weber grill for my husband last father's day. He mastered babyback ribs after one grilling, wowed my co-workers with the NC pulled pork on pg. 109, upstaged my traditional Thanksgiving turkey with his smoked bird with a mediterrean rub (pg 443). He has become the neighborhood smoking/grilling legend and we we already grill several times a week regardless on rain, sleet or snow.

The book is well organized, easy to understand, and the photos are great at showing techniques and the process of cooking several types of meats and so many vegies.
If you don't know how to start a grill or are stuck doing burgers you can thumb through this, try the simplier recipes/techniques, and work your way up to become a neighborhood legend too.

This book covers all the technique needed to barbecue, um, I mean grill you'll need (note: if you think the two words are interchangeable, they're not. Barbecue is low-`n'-slow; grill is hot-`n'-quick). Cook steaks, seafood, vegetables, and desserts. After reading this book, following some easy instructions, and practice you'll be the grill guru you've always wanted to be. The book also contains some very good recipes to demonstrate the techniques. It is a good buy.

this book is one of the best bq book on the market, i'm glad i got it.

This is an amazing book, makes a great gift for any barbeque-er -- the recipe for lamb chops is out of this world. The best part of this book is you can flip through it on a Saturday morning and visualize what dinner looks like because every recipe has a picture. It's super easy to follow and anyone can make a feast. This is my favorite cookbook by far.

We highly recommend this book!!! Every recipe we've tried has been a winner. We love the photographs and clear descriptions. The only problem is the binding on the paperback. It falls apart, especially for the avid griller's. My dad had his spiral bound to keep it together. I am sure the hardback copy would be better.

I purchased this book for my husband, who is an aspiring griller. I myself am pretty experienced at the grill. We both find great use out this book. He to use as a starting point, for me as a point to refer to something I may have forgotten; or want reassurance on. The recipes are not all "run of the mill", so it will be interesting to try some of them over the summer.

I bought this for my Husband and Father. My Husband already had one, but he has used it so much that it is wearing out, so I got him a new one. He loves this book.

This book is a fantastic book on grilling - the illustrations are thorough and helpful. The book covers every aspect of grilling - both on charcoal and gas grills. I would highly recommend this book to beginners and to experienced grillers.

ok, i bought the grill the grilling tools and i have a nice book ( from amazon ) for prep. this book shows me how to cook. the techniques, the hows and the whys with great pictures and prose. i feel great about using my new grill and tools and i know for sure i will not waste any food. (over/under cooked). if i have any questions or problems this book will sort me out. if your unsure or have any kind of hesitations about using your grill get this book. after all you are what you eat.

I have loved every single recipe I have used in this book. I just bought the hardback version because I used several of the recipes in the paperback version so many times that the book fell apart!!! Definitely try the Asian style ribs - even better on pork chops & let them marinate for 48 hrs. if you have the time!!!

I have enjoyed this book this summer. I have used several of the tips and receipes all to great success. The only problem I have with it is the binding is coming apart. About 30 pages fell out last time I pulled it out. Not real happy with that since it is fairly new but I should be able to fix it somehow. Anyway this is a great book ... regardless of experence level.

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This is an ideal starting point if you want to get the most out of your grill; be it charcoal or gas.

If you are looking for a good book on grilling, this is a great choice. This book will assuredly help you improve your skill on the grill. It covers everything from Hamburgers to Ribs and veggies.

If you've already got skills, the recipes will not disappoint.

Good book. Lots of tips, and good recipes. Beer-can chicken is the ONLY way to do chicken, as far was we are concerned! Many great grilled meals await you.

Wonderful format and excellent recipes. I've been using it for about 3 weeks and I haven't had a dud yet. You have to absolutely try the Beer Can Chicken. You will never eat chicken any other way again!

Despite it's popularity as a best seller, I think this book is rather over-rated.

STRENGTHS:
* This book has lots of comforting full-color photographs for the benefit of culinarily adventerous n00bs.
* This books covers a fairly broad array of grilling recipes ... meat, fish, vegetables, fruit ... there's a little bit of something for almost everyone, which is exactly what they set out to do, in order to maximize sales. Charcoal is preferred, but this book is minimally gas friendly too ... but only if your burners are of the front-to-rear variety. If they're side to side, you're SOL when it comes to most 'indirect heat' techniques.
* Some of the recipes are actually pretty tasty, which partially compensates for some of the serious flaws listed below. One standout for me is the whole butterflied marinated leg of lamb (which I've since improved upon). Nice recipe, but too much scallion.

NITS:
* This books sacrifices depth for breadth - in other words, it covers a LOT of turf, but none of it exhaustively or well.
* This book is heavily and gratuitously padded with needlessly repetative and unnecessary fluff. Case in point - virtually every recipe says to start your grill, and then wastes a FULL PAGE repeating, over and over and over again (with the same color photos) how to start and bank a 2 or 3-tier charcoal fire, for direct or indirect grilling. Cutting out that wasted repitition would have left room for (I kid you not) at least 33% more recipes, for the same page count. Can you say "RIP OFF" ? I knew you could.
* The photographer they hired is a cheater, and a gimick-hound, and nothing irks me faster than photographs (and cookbooks that use them) that lie and deceive. Case in point - if you look any almost any of the close-ups, you will spot right away that most of the grilled items were BAKED (not grilled) off camera, and that the food photographer merely made them APPEAR grilled by branding them with hot wires, and then laying them on a stone-cold-never-before-used grill. There are, however, a few very helpful sequences ... such as the one on how to prep and grill a whole baby lamb (something I'm looking forward to attempting sometime this coming year).
* Some of the recipes are just plain absurd. I mean come on - what [...]-retentive cook is going to butterfly a dozen hot dogs, stuff them with cheese and jalepeno slices, tie them closed, grill them (somehow without making a total mess), and then de-string and serve them before the cheese hardens back up again ? HELLO ?

I got a copy of this book from a close friend. I read it in less than 2 days and I got directly to the grill making amazing improvements to my dishes.

Very good variety and lots of knowledge. A must get for those who want to cook out and throw parties.

I could spend hours looking at this book and my mouth is still watering from the great pictures.

My husband, a 50-something confirmed non-cook, received this as a gift from his best friend. He's now a grilling master! He's since bought the book for both of his brothers-in-law who are also enjoying the heck out of it. The rubs are wonderful and the food comes out great. Highly recommend this book.

I bought a gas grill for my husband for father's day, and bought How to Grill.......bbq techniques on Amazon. Together they were the perfect gift because he knows very little about cooking let alone grilling. The book tells the basics as well as great recipes, illustration and helpful tips. We now do bbq/grilling every weekend and enjoy it. He is now getting really good with his dishes. Even I like reading the book because of the tips.

Gave this to my husband for Father's Day, and he loves it! He has consulted it many times in the last month. He normally doesn't like cookbooks, but this is a keeper!

I thought we had "all" the barbeque cookbooks out there, and was doubtful that this would add anything new to the cabinet--I was wrong! This book is everything a cookbook should be--personal, easy to read, and FULL of information, ideas, and most importantly--amazing recipes. The recipes aren't run-of-the-mill, they are new, innovative, and each one is very different from the others. The author has really done it right with this one. I look forward to many great dinners inspired by this cookbook. A must have!

This book was my first introduction to Steven Raichlen. I purchased it a few years ago, shortly after buying my first charcoal grill. I absolutely love it. I now own several of his books as well as BBQ books from other authors. This one is my favorite.

The book gives great how-to instructions for those wanting to expand their grilling skills beyond burgers and brats. Using the techinques in the book combined with the recipes, you can make restaurant quality (or better) foods with either charcoal or gas grills.

Every recipe I've tried in this book has been good - at a minimum. Most are very good to excellent. Do yourself AND your loved ones a favor and pick up this book. Everyone at home will be glad you did.

I picked this up on a discount shelf at Borders or somewhere for $5. At that price, I figured I couldn't go wrong. However, in the attempt to cover everything, nothing is covered in adequate detail. In the end, there's not enough here to justify the space it takes up on my cookbook shelf.

None of the recipes have worked out all that well, and I learned more about grilling meat from my old Fanny Farmer cookbook and How to Cook Everything by Bittman.

I know Raichlen is the BBQ god, but maybe you'd have better luck with his "bbq bible" than this illustrated how-to book.

I picked this up on a discount shelf at Borders or somewhere for $5. At that price, I figured I couldn't go wrong, and at that price this is an "ok" book. However, in the attempt to cover everything, nothing is covered in adequate detail.

The book helped me pick out my new grill, but it hasn't helped me actually cook anything. The recipes and methods I've tried so far have led to me tossing two pounds of chicken.

It would be a better book if it had more traditional recipes and more recipes in general.

The book's title is accurately named. This book has the basics in it. It discusses different types of grills, fuels. For each technique, or food there is an accompanying recipe to use that technique. Each technique and recipe comes with complete instructions, including plenty of photos to show you the process and what it looks like.

I felt that this book was a little lite on the recipes. Seems to me each technique or food could have come with 2 -4 recipes, instead of 1. Other than that, this is my favorite grilling book. The recipes that are included are excellent. The recipe for asparagus has always been a big hit, as well as how to grill corn. I just looked at the shrimp kebob recipe today and it looks delicious. It may be the next one I try.

I've cooked pulled pork, brisket, veggies. Great results. This book is the real deal. I'd recommend it to anyone who fires up a grill.

This book is a must for any bar-b-que fan. It is true to culture and has something for everyone from the beginner to the expert. I recommend this to anyone who wants to improve their grilling skills.

Good recipes. The only problem is some of them are over complicated and you might have to buy a lot of ingrediaents to mix. Good thing my minor is in Chemistry. No you don't need that but a FEW good old fashion manly, all around, recipes with 3-4 ingredients and lots of beer would have made it better. I ditto the, he over does the grill setup thing too.

I am not a big cookbook guy but I think this should be a template for "guy" cookbooks. It gets into more than just recipes, which are very good btw, but it also explains differences between cuts of meat, etc. The extras make the book.

It includes techniques and recipes with lots of photographs. I picked up four new techniques just by passing the pages. This is the best book on grilling I have found to this date.

It includes techniques and recipes with lots of photographs. I picked up four new techniques just by passing the pages. This is the best book on grilling I have found to this date.

GREAT book. I'm using it up and I've ordered for other people who have tried and loved the food and wanted the recipes. If you love to grill and you love fresh food, you'll love this book. Besides meats, it also includes many recipes for sauces, marinades and veggies.

I collect cookbooks and this one is very easy to read. The pictures are great and it is written in easy to understand terms. I use a gas grill myself and most of the recipes are adaptable to this type of grill. The hamburgers with butter is absolutely delicious and so are all of the chicken recipes that I have tried. I look forward to trying some of the seafood recipes. I would recommend this one!

I ordered this book as a gift for someone who requested a book on grilling. She has tried several of the recipes which she says were delicious. Also, the how-to information was just what she needed as a beginner. I appreciated how quickly it arrived via standard shipping.

I love this book. The pictures are wonderful, the recipes and techniques are easy to understand and follow and the food is delicious. If I could only have one grilling cook book this would be it. I even bought it as gifts for Christmas.

Detailed in all aspect, and idea for family barbeque serving less than 10 people. If you plan to hold a banquet, following this book might be a little bit tedious. But overall, an excellent book for small families.

This book is simply great - really the only BBQ book you will ever need. My husband, certainly not the cook-book-reading-kind-of-guy, read it front to back and tried out several techniques with great success!