Extreme Barbecue

Anybody can buy a gas grill and char some burgers in the backyard. But imagine the looks on your friends faces when they see you grilling twenty whole chickens bathed in garlic on a rig that looks like a cast-iron satellite dish you found on the side of the road.

Authors Dan Huntley and Lisa Grace Lednicer scoured the country to compile this collection of the most creative, homemade barbequing rigs. With descriptions and photographs of these unique contraptions, this book introduces the quirky characters behind their creation and includes one or more favorite BBQ recipes from each. You'll meet some pretty interesting folks including Mike Shugart with a rig named Lester (after his dearly departed uncle); Sam Goff, whose rig looks like a locomotive; and Danny McNeilly fashioned his 3 x 5 foot smoker from 280 gallon heating oil drums given to him by neighbours. These folks all share a passion for smoking and grilling meat and have come up with pretty crazy ways of making it happen.

Additional information will get you ready to try out your own contraption including details on gizmos; cooking tips; safety tips (how to smoke your butt without burning your ass); a grill and wood glossary; time and temperature charts; plus sources and a bibliography for those who just need to know more. With fabulous photos of the rigs, Extreme Barbecue is the Holy Grail of grilling book.