BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbeque Belt (Paperback)

by David Gelin (Author)
Key Phrases: brick pit, barbecue joint, Fincher's Barbecue, City Market, Kansas City (more...)

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Product Description
In Barbecue Joints, travel the highways and byways with a true barbecue aficionado, David Gelin, and share the scrumptious odors of hickory pits and the tangy sauces and rubs that make barbecue the signature dish of the South. Look closely and you will recognize a South where barbecue is a kind of national dish and the people who cook and serve it are, well, national heroes. This book is not just about the joints, but even more so about the good folks who are the heart and soul of them. Barbecue Joints is more than a heartfelt tale of the colorful characters that run them-it also serves as a travel guide as well as a how-to on barbecue, filled with recipes as well as instruction on building a BBQ pit of your very own!
Recipes Include:
Patricia Newton's Sweet Potato Pie
Abe's Cole Slaw
Duard Dockal's Beans
Scott's BBQ Hot-Sauce
Elvis's Pound Cake
Ricky William's Hot Dog Chil
S.W. Buck's Macaroni & Cheese
Katy Garner's Hog Heaven Fruit Cobbler
Shack by the Tracks Butter Scotch Squares
Author Biography: David Howard Gelin was born in New York and raised outside of Washington, D.C. Fate, college, and mild winters brought him to the South. Along with his aptly named Buddy, an animal rescue dog slated for that big doghouse in the sky, they are most at home on the open road. They hope to see you out there.


From the Back Cover
Ride shotgun with barbecue aficionado David Gelin as he follows the trail of smoldering hickory and mesquite. BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbecue Belt features the best-sometimes out-of-the-way, sometimes hole-in-the-wall-places to find great barbecue. It tells the stories, histories and philosophies of the joints and their owners. An insider's view of barbecue, BBQ Joints is a wild ride you won't want to miss!
"David Gelin has the ability to capture the true essence of these amazing people and their legendary old BBQ shrines with his camera. When he added the wonderful stories and recipes it became a great book. As a student and fan of these people and places, I'm particularly pleased to see them so well documented for history's sake." -Ray Lampe, aka Dr. BBQ
"Barbecue is as American as baseball, mom and apple pie. David introduces us to the heart and soul of the very real people serving up real barbecue, and sharing their passion for barbecue-America's cuisine." -Carolyn Wells, Executive Director, Kansas City?Barbeque Society
"Gelin's work is not a celebration of barbecue alone-his work reaches much deeper.?His photography communicates the intimacy and passion shared by the people keeping these traditions vibrant and relevant. God bless these folks-they're the reason I keep a pair of elastic-waist pants in my closet." -Saddler Taylor, Chief Curator of Folklife and Research McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423602188
• ISBN-13: 978-1423602187
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,458 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but it has been done before, and better., May 10, 2008

By	Charles J. Yeager (Norristown, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I actually liked this book but there was a feeling of deja vu while reading it. There should be; a book like this has been written before, and it was bigger and better. For the life of me I can not remember the name of it, but I bought it on Amazon. It is now out of print.

In any case this book does a nice job of telling us about the BBQ joints the author visited. I always enjoy stories like these. They inspire me to the point of "almost" opening my own BBQ place.

My problem with this book is what caused me to take away one star, and that is the title is rather misleading. It mentions "Secret Recipes" on the cover. Well, yes and no. Most of the included recipes are SIMILAR to the ones that these BBQ joints use, but not EXACTLY the recipe they use. And many of the recipes provided are pretty standard fare. Of all the recipes included, I am only tempted to make 2 or 3 of them. I guess what I am saying is DO NOT buy this book for the recipes; buy it for the stories behind the BBQ joints.

Had the recipes been better - or complete - I would have given this book 4 stars instead of 3. Oh, and there is ONE floor plan for building a smoker, and while I didn't exactly study the plans, on first glance, they look like they may be incomplete, or at least in need of further explanation.

It was a fun book to read. I read the whole thing in 2 days, but it is not the best book of its kind.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book for the stories behind the joints, September 11, 2008

By	Dan Goldgeier (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

Length:: 3:25 Mins

I had the pleasure of accompanying David and his dog Buddy back to a few of the places in his book once it was published. In this clip, David revisits Wynnton Pitt BBQ + Restaurant in Columbus, GA. [...]

Buy this book for some wonderful stories and photos of BBQ Joints across the South that are all one-of-a-kind.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family Members of one of the BBQ places featured in the book - Hite's BBQ, July 12, 2008

By	Bubba Hite (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

I'm a family member of Hite's BBQ located in West Columbia, SC. Hite's is one of the BBQ places featured in the book. My mother and father have been in business since 1957 and I appreciate Mr. Gelin for putting us in his book. As for the "secret recipes", I think it is hard for BBQ places to give their recipes out for the whole world to see. I hope you'll stop by to see us when you're in SC. We are a take out only establishment and we are only open on Friday and Saturday of each week. We've been on the news channels, SCETV, and on the front page of the State paper on July 4th 2007. We have a write up about us in the McKissick Museum and now we're in a book. I hope you enjoy reading the book.