Reviews for Weber's Charcoal Grilling: The Art of Cooking with Live Fire

The average rating for Weber's Charcoal Grilling: The Art of Cooking with Live Fire based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-29 00:00:00 Stuart Sato This is a good book with a lot of useful info if you're into charcoal grilling and BBQing. It also has a lot of recipes. I've tried a few and I found them tasty. Added a bunch to my list of recipes to try. If this were my first BBQ cookbook, I probably would have rated it a 4 or 5. It has beautiful photos of the end result and a dozen recipes by award-winning grillers and pitmasters. But I've been spoiled by Meathead's cookbook. Meathead's cookbook is incredibly comprehensive and he used to work in the newspaper industry so he's a wiz at explaining things to the reader. Compared to that book, this one is OK. It's also a lot less scientific - relying more on hand tests than thermometers. But if you want to be charcoal-focused it's not a bad start. It assumes a bit more in the directions so it you're a complete noob you'll probably fail a little more with this one than you would with Meathead's book. If you know what you're doing, you should be able to read between the lines to get good results. (I may amend this review after cooking some recipes if they end up disasters. So far, no recipe I've done from Meathead has been anything less than good and most have been great to amazing)

Review # 2 was written on 2010-01-01 00:00:00 Carolyn Banks This book is on my shelp called read many times. This a cookbook whose value to the griller-reader far supasses its price. The intro to actual grilling is short and concise but tells the reader everything he or she needs to know. Cover all topics from beef to pork to sides to deserts. The pictures made you want to go out into the snow and gril or smoke or bar b que. Throughout the book are sections called Charcoal Fantastic which are very short bios of great grillers and a recipe. This is a most good read and an enjoyable read ...... provided you love cookbooks like I do.