Product Description

For sublime outdoor cooking and entertainment, who better to turn to than the foremost authority on grills? With the experts from Weber taking you through the basics and beyond, you’ll be sizzling in no time. Over 200 recipes—each with a mouthwatering photo—are simple to follow and feature common ingredients found in the local market. You’ll also find, can’t-miss techniques, and even substitution tricks... Mark your favorites—and there’ll be plenty—with the handy enclosed page flags. And yes, once they’ve sampled the savory results of your newfound grilling skills, friends and family will be begging for your secrets. Just nod and say, "It’s all in the technique."

Key Features:

* One-of-a-kind grilling cookbook with over 200 original recipes, each with a color photos

* Photos illustrate tips and techniques throughout

* Recipes are big on flavor with easy to find ingredients

* Tabbed chapters and included page flags to mark your favorite recipes

* From basic preparation to advanced fire-tending methods, Weber’s Real Grilling™ has all the tools for successful grilling

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6110 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Naturally, this grilling cookbook spends more time than most explaining which kind of grill readers should use in order for food to come out perfectly. And although the book is co-published by the biggest name in grilling, it plays fair when recommending products. An introductory chapter, for example, doesn't name names when explaining how to choose a gas grill or charcoal grill. And lessons on building a fire with coals and lighting a gas grill will be of use to any cook, regardless of the brand of his or her grill. After covering the basics, Purviance, a food writer with a degree from the Culinary Institute of America, shares some bang-up recipes for grilled red meat, pork, poultry, fish, vegetables, side dishes and even desserts. He keeps things simple, but revels in perfecting each dish. So instructions for making a hamburger-whether it's a Cheeseburger of Champions, a Bacon and Swiss Burger, or a Double-Decker Mushroom Beef Burger-describe which kind of meat to buy, how big each patty should be and what to do in order to get "beautifully grilled burgers." This upmarket yet non-threatening grilling text is sure to please anyone new to grilling as well as old hands who want to brush up their skills.
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Customer Reviews

This is the one you want
Do you enjoy excellent food? If you have a good grill, you need this book. If you don't have a good grill, you need to buy one to go with this book.

The authors concisely cover the basics of selecting and using a grill, how and when to use direct versus indirect heat, and some general guidelines for cooking various foods. Then they get serious. The recipes in this book are clear and easy to follow, even when they take a bit of preparation. Some require some marinade time, but aside from that, preparation and cooking rarely exceeds an hour total. Pictures accompany all the recipes, which help give you some ideas of the final goal and presentation.

But best of all, the recipes range from very good to fantastic. They present beautifully and taste wonderful.

It is almost unnecessary considering the quality and variety of the included recipes, but the book also contains a section of recipes for rubs and marinades, and even a short treatise on balancing their components, to allow the more adventurous cook to create original recipes.

There are a dozen or more recipes in this book that are individually worth the purchase price. You get all of them and all the good advice and teaching for one price.

Although Weber grills publishes the book, their grills are hardly mentioned - this is far from the kind of book that exists merely to plug one product. (Although I hasten to add that my Weber is a gem!) It is an excellent cookbook that happens to use a grill as the preparation method.

Whether you are new to grilling and want to get started right, or are looking for some new ideas after years or decades of good but routine cookouts, this really is the book you want.

Becoming a mMaster Barbecuer.
Although I own a number of BBQ Recipe Books; Weber's "Real Grilling" has
such a great variety of BBQ recipes, accompanied by 200 color photos of
the final reults. For anyone interesting in expanding their BBQ horizons; this IS the book!

very happy with this book
this cookbook is great. my guest always compliment the food i make from it and it is very easy to follow. I bought 1 for myself and now have bought this one as a gift. both from amazon at about 1/2 price.