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The Fire Chef: Fast Grilling and Slow Cooking on the Barbecue

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This book gives you basic and advanced information about grilling. He provides easy recipes that are a variety of foods to suit everyone for every purpose. He does not give you recipes with hard to find spices or materials. I used several of the recipes and they turned out great. His experience came through in the instructions for the preparation and were very easy to follow. And to top it all the book is very inexpensive.

WHILE LOVE TO COOK OUT DOORS MY WIFE IS A MORE OLD TIME COOK.SINCE I RECIVED THE FIRE CHEF COOK BOOK WE HAVE TRIED MANY OF THE RESIPES IN HIS BOOK HIS SALMON RESIPE ISTHE BEST WE HAVE EVER TRIED WE LIVE IN THE NORTH WEST AND FISH A STAPLE OF OURS. WITH OUT A DOUBT THE BEST FISH RESCIPES ANY ONE COULD TRY. HISBARBQUE SAUCE ON PAGE 29 IS ALL SO A WINNER. BEATS ANYTHING YOU CAN GET AT THE STORE . TO GET THIS MUCH GOOD OUT OF A COOK BOOK AT THIS PRICE IS UNBLIVEABLE DOES HE HAVE ANY OTHERS .

After years of cooking the standard fare on the barbeque (hot dogs, hamburgers, etc.), I wanted to learn more. This cookbook is fantastic, and I recommend it highly!
The author is a firefighter in Canada, who draws on his knowledge of Southern Barbeque, as well as some ethnic dishes he learned from his family. The beginning of the cookbook provides the basics of barbeque. The recipies are relatively simple, and the ingredients can be bought in any supermarket. Every single dish I have prepared using this cookbook has gotten rave reviews. This book can turn the weekend amateur BBQ cook into a gourmet grill chef. There are wonderful recipies for salmon, swordfish, filet mignon and chicken. If you're going to purchase one barbeque cookbook, this should be the one!

I picked up this book used and have been trying mostly BBQ recipes for chicken, pork ribs, and sides. I grill pretty often and am not impressed with most grilling books that are filled with big pictures and manly sounding dishes but mostly empty and vacant recipes. This book, The Fire Chef, hits the nail on the head. I read some reviews before grabbing the book, and noticed they were all 5 stars, for good reason. This book solidly lays down the basics of slow cooking or grilling, why to use a mop sauce, marinade, or basting sauce, and the recipes are fantastically diverse. I've tried about 8 recipes so far, and they have all had fantastic results.

The fact that the author is a Canadian fire chief had me skeptical at the beginning, but he really knows his BBQ and the southern US religion that is BBQ. Having won a number of BBQ contests, he is doing the world a favor by sharing his recipes in here in a very clear cut fashion. He even has a quick recipe for my hometown (Houston, TX) BBQ sauce, and it is spot on. The various US and world influences on the BBQ are a simple yet awesome way to throw some variation into your grilling techniques in a very straight forward way.

If you are looking to expand your grilling and BBQ ability and want to explore different dishes to cook (seafood, pork, beef, chicken, lamb, sides, even desserts), this is the book to grab. Skip the silly "MANLY BBQ MEAT" cookbooks that flood this market with fluff, and pick up this book to really explore the wonderful world of BBQ and grilling from a man who really knows his BBQ.

David imparts years of wisdom on what works , why , where to get
supplies .. read this cover to cover and you'll cook with the best.. recipes for sauces , rubs ,the right cooking temperatures
and of course the famous salmon with garlic,sundried tomato & parsley topping.. no one has ever turned down a second serving !!
I have sent copies to friends in Spain and Australia .. and received much praise for the gift. Sadly David passed away from breast cancer in 92 . enjoy his wonderful recipes a gift that lives on..

David Valjacic is a captain with the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service who draws upon his many years of experience and expertise in preparing meals for the firemen in his company (and backyard barbecues for his family) in assembling the more than 150 superb recipes for The Fire Chef: Fast Grilling & Slow Cooking On The Barbecue. From Memphis Barbecue Ribs; Grilled Swordfish Steaks; and Barbecue Fillet Steaks Crusted with Cheese; to Chilied Baby Back Ribs; Rosemary and Lime Chicken; and Grilled Duckling with Pumpkin Seeds, The Fire Chef will prove to be a family favorite!