The Kamado Smoker and Grill Cookbook: Recipes and Techniques for the World's Best Barbecue

by Chris Grove (Photographer)

Fire up your kamado grill with the first all-encompassing guide to the wildly popular egg-shaped ceramic cooker that’s upended the world of barbecue.

Organized into 52 tutorials that combine a valuable kamado cooking technique with a delicious recipe, this book takes you from casual griller to kamado master chef with detailed instruction

• Cajun Strip Steak
• Hickory-Smoked Chicken
• Cowboy Ribeye
• Brick Oven Wood-Fired Pizza
• Thai Beef with Basil
• Grilling Tropical Seared Tuna
• Cold Flavorful Fontina Cheese
• Convection Apple Flambé

Genres: Cookbooks, Reference, Cooking

144 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2014

About the author

I fell in love with barbecue when I was 7 years old. I was visiting my grandparent's farm in North Carolina and the adults brought back some BBQ from the local volunteer fire department's annual fundraiser in Lisbon, NC. I didn't know what it was at the time but I remember the tangy vinegary taste of the Carolina BBQ between two pieces of white bread. It was the first time I ever had REAL BBQ and it is the first time I can ever remember thinking to myself, “That was the best thing I ever tasted!”

That one bite would resurface some 28 years later when I wanted to replicate that flavor experience. I bought a cheap offset smoker in pursuit of a quest and stumbled into the lifestyle of live fire cooking – all things BBQ, smoking, grilling, fire roasting, cold smoking, “stir firing”, etc.

A Fiery Journey
I don't have any formal culinary training, but after almost 10 years I have been fortunate enough to take classes from and work hands on with world championship winning BBQ competitors. I have spent countless hours on BBQ forums trying to learn more. I have read and re-read dozens of grilling and BBQ books. I have connected with some phenomenal BBQ folks willing to share. I have gotten to work with excellent companies in the BBQ/grilling arena.

I have learned a wealth of information from all of those sources but my best learning experiences have come from the University of Fire, Trial, and Error. And that is what lead to starting this blog. Nibble Me This is a collection of my culinary misadventures in live fire cooking.

Honestly, don't you think the best way to learn something is to screw it up extraordinarily and then realize, “Wow, I won't do it that way again!”?

I look forward to the next adventure, the next challenge, and yeah, even the next failure.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don's book. It's helping him master his new grill.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. Recipe books are easy to come by but this is primarily an ideas and techniques book, gleaned from personal experience. Chris presents an idea or a technique and then gives a sample recipe to try it out on. I feel like I've had a good bit of experience with kamado cooking but I definitely learned a few things and came away wanting to try more.

[Erik Waiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good and cheap and containing of some essential kamado techniques. Worth reading the basics and skimming the recipes for gems.