Pitmaster: Recipes, Techniques, And Barbecue Wisdom

Pitmaster: Recipes, Techniques, And Barbecue Wisdom

Step up your barbeque game.?itmaster is the definitive guide to becoming a barbecue aficionado and top-shelf cook from renowned chefs Andy Husbands and Chris Hart. Barbecue is more than a great way to cook a tasty dinner. For a true pitmaster, barbecue is a way of life.?hether you're new to the grill or a seasoned vet,?itmaster is here to show you what it takes to truly put your barbeque game on point. Recipes begin with basics, like?ooking Memphis-style ribs, and expand to smoking whole hogs North Carolina style. ? There is no single path to becoming a pitmaster. Barbecue lovers are equally inspired by restaurants with a commitment to regional traditions, competition barbecue champions, families with a multi-generational tradition of roasting whole hogs, and even amateur backyard fanatics. This definitive collection of barbecue expertise will leave you in no doubt why expert chefs and backyard cooks alike eat, live, and breathe barbecue.?itmaster features:Specific tips and techniques for proper smoker operation-the cornerstone of all successful barbecue recipes-using Weber, Offset, Kamado, and other classic smoker stylesA backyard cooking chapter offering the basics of becoming a successful barbecue cookSpotlights on specific regional barbecue styles, such as Texas, Kansas City, and the Carolinas, which set the stage for more advanced barbecue techniques and recipes, such as Butterfly Pork Butt Burnt Ends and Central Texas Beef RibsAn exploration of new styles of barbecue developing in the NorthChris and Andy?s secret competition barbecue recipes that have won them hundreds of awardsRegional side dishes, cocktails, and simple dessertsA guest pitmaster in each chapter who is an expert in their given region or style of barbecue cooking. Guest pitmasters include:?teve Raichlen ?author and host of Project Smoke on PBS),?ake Jacobs,?am Jones (Skylight Inn and Sam Jones Barbecue),?lizabeth Karmel (Carolina Cue To Go),?uffy Stone (Q Barbecue),?od Gray (eat bbq),?ohn Lewis ?Lewis Barbecue),?amie Geer (owner of Jambo Pits) and?illy Durney (Hometown Bar-B-Que) ?eviewThis definitive collection of barbecue expertise will leave you in no doubt why expert chefs and backyard cooks alike eat, live, and breathe barbecue sharing essays by the masters such as Steven Raichlen, Elizabeth Karmel and more. - Eat Your BooksAbout the AuthorAndy Husbands is an award-winning pitmaster who began developing his own style of cooking upon opening Boston?s Tremont 647 in 1996 and later, Sister Sorel. His latest culinary venture, The Smoke Shop,pays homage to his extensive background in the competitive barbecue circuit. His honest, approachable fare makes Smoke Shop?oston Magazine's "Best Barbecue Restaurant," and the restaurant has been praised in The Boston Globe, Wine Spectator, Star Chefs, and more.?fter three decades in the restaurant industry, Husbands serves as one of Boston's?ost celebrated culinary leaders and foremost authority on regional Barbecue and live-fire cooking.?e?ompeted on FOX Television Network?s fiery Hell?s Kitchen and is internationally-recognized for his BBQ team, IQUE BBQ, which became the first New England team to win the World Champions of BBQ title in 2009 at the Jack Daniels World Championship in Tennessee. Husbands?s an active board member of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, which acknowledged him the 2014 Chef of the Year?nd a Rodman Celebration Restaurant Chair. He has also co-authored several cookbooks, including Pitmaster,?icked Good BBQ, Wicked Good Burgers, Grill to Perfection,and The Fearless Chef.Chris Hart, winner of the Jack Daniel Invitational World Championship in 2009, has dominated the competition BBQ circuit for the past 10 years with his team, IQUE. The team was the first group of Northerners in barbecue history to win a World Championship. Chris spends his days developing software, but his passion for cooking barbecue has