Dr. BBQ's Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook: A Real Barbecue Champion Brings the Tasty Recipes and Juicy Stories of the Barbecue Circuit to Your Backyard
by Ray Lampe
from St. Martin's Griffin

Editorial Review:

Delicious slow-smoked barbecue is a star-spangled American specialty, and there's nobody who knows how to put a barbecue smile on people's faces like Ray Lampe, the barbecue chef better known as Dr. BBQ. In Dr. BBQ's Big-Time Barbecue Cookbook, Ray shows every backyard chef how to bring the slow-smoked goodness of real barbecue to the table with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of finger-lickin' goodness. In chapters devoted to equipment, tools, and fuel, he shows readers how easy it is to prepare authentic barbecue with the best rubs, marinades, and mops this side of Arthur Bryant's. Dr. BBQ parts with some of his most treasured recipes so that your picnic table can groan with the likes of:
Dr. BBQs Big-Time Competition Brisket
Dirty Dick's Cajun Ribeye Roast
Meat Loaf for Lisa Marie
Kansas City--Style Pork Butt
Backyard Championship Ribs
Chicago-Style Rib Tips
Cured and Pecan-Smoked King Salmon
Dr. BBQ's Sweet and Spicy Pork Loin
Paradise Ridge Stuffed Lobster
Sherry Butter Turkey
Pork Chops Rancheros
In a book filled with great recipes, surefire techniques, and tall tales from the barbecue trail, Dr. BBQ brings the best of American barbecue to you and your family.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Well worth the money
  Easy to follow, good recipes and good instructions. Great for the beginning BBQ'er as well!

• A great 1st book
  I bought this book after having watched Dr.BBQ and many others compete in the National Kingsford BBQ cookoff thingy on realityish TV last year. I have always enjoyed smoked meats, and like to BBQ but never knew really how to pit BBQ etc. I bought the book and decided to rub, broil, smoke, and bbq 2 full racks of pork ribs this past august for my family and friends. I found the directions easy to follow, and the recipes simple and tasted great! People accused me of using store bought sauce! There is a basic... more info

• Delicious and easy to make recipes
  This is an excellent cook book on American barbequeing and the recipes I have made have been easy to make and delicious.I have been a bit dubious about some of the recipes after I have read the ingredients list but every time the recipes have turned out better than expected but exactly how the author Ray Lampe described.For instance I made the creamy coleslaw and it didn't sound like it would be that good but it was easy to make and the best coleslaw I have tasted.By contrast I have made a coleslaw from... more info

• The Dr. is in
  I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. BBQ at the Arkansas Literary Festival a couple of years ago. I bought his book then, and recently purchased another for my son.
  Unlike most cookbooks, this one isn't just recipes and clinical information about the ingredients and preparation methods. Dr. BBQ includes stories about the people behind the recipes, as well as his own philosophy about weighty questions such as: Gas, charcoal, wood or pellets? Charcoal? Well then, chunk or briquette?
  And to the people... more info