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Summary: The best BBQ book ive bought
Review: This has to be the best BBQ book I've owned. (slight nudging out Smoke and Spice). The author, a genuine BBQ competition multiple title champion, offers enough information to get anyone started on BBQing the proper way. He covers equipment, BBQ basics (how BBQ cooking is different then grilling, roasting, etc), he then tells how to BBQ different meats. Once you got the ground rules, he then hits you with several excellent original authentic recipies. He then offers a few variations on the normal recipies, and wraps it up with recipies for sauces, rubs, spices, mops, etc. Scattered throughout the book are bbq history, tidbits, and stories. As in Smoke and Spice, these carry you through the book and make it something to READ, rather then reference. If I had to toss my other BBQ books and keep one, it would be this. If I got to keep two, it would be this and Smoke and Spice.
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Summary: Not the best barbecue book
Review: This is a peculiar book. It has obviously been fluffed up to justify a hardcover. It contains such unneeded recipes as "balogna sandwich" and "BLT." The barbecue/grill recipes are on the simple side (marinate in Italian dressing, then cook), but that's not necessarily bad. The author's most intruiging suggestion, not echoed in any other barbecue book I have read, is that smoke does not belong in low, slow barbecue. If he's right, and he may be, you can save a lot of time and money. Use plain old charcoal, forget the smokey hardwood. His point is that the flavors should come from the meat, the rub (or marinade), and and the mop. Now that you know his point, you do not need to buy his book until it becomes available in a() paperback. If you are a barbecue newby, better you should buy "Smoke & Spice" (and maybe eschew the smoke).
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Summary: Willingham Writes a Winner
Review: This is one of the best books on BBQ I've ever read! Mr Willingham's love and knowledge of BBQ is quite apparent. He also communicates a sense of humor along with his passion for BBQ. It is a great book for either a novice or a professional chef. I personally, was looking for authentic BBQ recipes to start a restaurant, which Mr. Willingham's book has provided in spades. Whether it's entertaining friends in your own backyard or serving customers in your own restaurant, Mr. Willingham's recipes will guarantee success. The people I have served his BBQ to just keep coming back for more and more!
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Summary: Learn to Create Your Own World Champion Bar-B-Q
Review: Tired of all the confusion and misinformation that surrounds barbecue? Ever tried to follow the barbecue techniques in say, Paul Kirk's , Smoky Hale's, Barbecuing & Sausage - Making Secrets or even the Smoke & Spice barbecue books? If so, you to have probably found yourself confused and discouraged just like us. Their recipes may be fine but there methods never seem to workout. It either takes much longer than the recipe states or the temperatures are so low you end up making jerky. We must admit John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q was our first barbecue book, but unfortunately we didn't stop there. We soon bought other barbecue books and started using their techniques. Our results were miserable and we were finding ourselves confused and frustrated. In a last ditch effort we went back through the information we had gathered. There was a lot. We soon rediscovered that in John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q he didn't just include recipes or basic information but a solid foundation so we too could create our own World Champion Bar-B-Q. We found techniques, information and most of all true Bar-B-Q wisdom, no other barbecue book covers in such complete detail. For example: the proper use of wood when barbecuing and its not for its smoke. The recipes are excellent. Our favorites are when John shares his World Champion Bar-B-Q recipes including step by step details. Even the most simple recipes have a Willingham twist to them. No, not all the recipes in John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q are barbecue and no there not all John Willingham's but each has been shared by a friend and many have a story that is also shared. John has not only shown his love of Bar-B-Q but his love of family, friends and good food. So no matter if you are a first time barbecuer or a seasoned competitor there is something to be learned by all and if you already have the book reread it, chances are you missed something. We have found that John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q is a true extension of the man. It has been two years since we first bought John's book and through his guidance and friendship we too have begun to compete. John has strong beliefs that Bar-B-Q will become the next true American sport and that a family that plays together stays together and we believe that too. Thanks John, Lana and Bill
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Summary: Learn to Create Your Own World Champion Bar-B-Q
Review: Tired of all the confusion and misinformation that surrounds barbecue? Ever tried to follow the barbecue techniques in say, Paul Kirk's , Smoky Hale's, Barbecuing & Sausage - Making Secrets or even the Smoke & Spice barbecue books? If so, you to have probably found yourself confused and discouraged just like us. Their recipes may be fine but there methods never seem to workout. It either takes much longer than the recipe states or the temperatures are so low you end up making jerky. We must admit John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q was our first barbecue book, but unfortunately we didn't stop there. We soon bought other barbecue books and started using their techniques. Our results were miserable and we were finding ourselves confused and frustrated. In a last ditch effort we went back through the information we had gathered. There was a lot. We soon rediscovered that in John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q he didn't just include recipes or basic information but a solid foundation so we too could create our own World Champion Bar-B-Q. We found techniques, information and most of all true Bar-B-Q wisdom, no other barbecue book covers in such complete detail. For example: the proper use of wood when barbecuing and its not for its smoke. The recipes are excellent. Our favorites are when John shares his World Champion Bar-B-Q recipes including step by step details. Even the most simple recipes have a Willingham twist to them. No, not all the recipes in John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q are barbecue and no there not all John Willingham's but each has been shared by a friend and many have a story that is also shared. John has not only shown his love of Bar-B-Q but his love of family, friends and good food. So no matter if you are a first time barbecuer or a seasoned competitor there is something to be learned by all and if you already have the book reread it, chances are you missed something. We have found that John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q is a true extension of the man. It has been two years since we first bought John's book and through his guidance and friendship we too have begun to compete. John has strong beliefs that Bar-B-Q will become the next true American sport and that a family that plays together stays together and we believe that too. Thanks John, Lana and Bill
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Summary: Learn to Create Your Own World Champion Bar-B-Q
Review: Tired of all the confusion and misinformation that surrounds barbecue? Ever tried to follow the barbecue techniques in say, Paul Kirk's , Smoky Hale's, Barbecuing & Sausage - Making Secrets or even the Smoke & Spice barbecue books? If so, you to have probably found yourself confused and discouraged just like us. Their recipes may be fine but there methods never seem to workout. It either takes much longer than the recipe states or the temperatures are so low you end up making jerky. We must admit John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q was our first barbecue book, but unfortunately we didn't stop there. We soon bought other barbecue books and started using their techniques. Our results were miserable and we were finding ourselves confused and frustrated. In a last ditch effort we went back through the information we had gathered. There was a lot. We soon rediscovered that in John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q he didn't just include recipes or basic information but a solid foundation so we too could create our own World Champion Bar-B-Q. We found techniques, information and most of all true Bar-B-Q wisdom, no other barbecue book covers in such complete detail. For example: the proper use of wood when barbecuing and its not for its smoke. The recipes are excellent. Our favorites are when John shares his World Champion Bar-B-Q recipes including step by step details. Even the most simple recipes have a Willingham twist to them. No, not all the recipes in John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q are barbecue and no there not all John Willingham's but each has been shared by a friend and many have a story that is also shared. John has not only shown his love of Bar-B-Q but his love of family, friends and good food. So no matter if you are a first time barbecuer or a seasoned competitor there is something to be learned by all and if you already have the book reread it, chances are you missed something. We have found that John Willingham's World Champion Bar-B-Q is a true extension of the man. It has been two years since we first bought John's book and through his guidance and friendship we too have begun to compete. John has strong beliefs that Bar-B-Q will become the next true American sport and that a family that plays together stays together and we believe that too. Thanks John, Lana and Bill
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