Customer Reviews

Jack Daniel's Old Time Barbecue Cookbook

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Lots and lots of sauces. Plenty of tips on cooking lots of different kinds of meat. I learned a ton from this book. It's great to have around just for the recipes!

Having read many books on the subject of Barbequing, this is the most informational book for simple rubs, amazing sauces, building your fire and smoking anything from whole hogs to a chicken leg. Take your time reading this book just as you would cooking great Barbeque.

Fantastic doesn't begin to describe this "cookbook ".Getting an actual recipe from this book is an added bonus- we found the book just plain fun to pick-up and browse through the exquisite photo's of Americana and witty text !

With all the hype over this book, I was a bit disappointed. It was my understanding that all of the recipes had Jack Daniels in the recipes, but I didn't find that many recipes with Jack Daniels. Also, there were very few pictures of the food. Other than giving me a lot of recipes for sauces, it gave me a lot of barbequing ideas.

I USED TO LIVE IN TN. SOME YRS AGO AN WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO VISIT THE JACK DANIELS DISTILLERY IN LYNCHBERG SEVERAL TIMES. I FOUND AN BOUGHT THIS SAME BOOK AT ONE OF THEIR STORES ON THE TOWN SQUARE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE BOOK!!!! IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO BAR-B-Q,FROM RUBS TO SAUCES AN BACK AGAIN,,ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKERS AN SMOKERS,ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO BAR-B-Q FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH. ITS TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY WITH SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PICTORIALS OF THE SOUTH YOU CAN IMAGINE SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER IN THEIR METHODS OF BAR-B-Q.
BESIDES ALL THAT,,,IT HAS MANY RECIPES FOR SIDE DISHES, BREADS,CAKES, PIES AN DRINKS---SEVERAL MADE WITH JACK DANIELS. SO IF YOU'RE A FAN OF JACK YOU WILL MOST CERTAINLY TREASURE THIS BOOK.
AND THATS WHAT IT IS --A TREASURE TO BE KEPT AS A FAMILY HEIRLOOM AND PASSED DOWN TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
SO IF YOU LOVE THE SOUTH AN GOOD SOUTHERN COOKIN'--BLESS YOUR HEART--THIS IS A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR YOU.
A YEARNING,USED TO BE,TENNESSEE GIRL---BUT
BACK TO MY ROOTS OKIE GIRL...NOW

Of course, the book is going to promote Jack Daniel's - they funded the thing, they want to promote their product. But that doesn't detract from the charm of this book in the least. The author collects regional variations on everything from sauces to side dishes, and gives us a wonderful picture of the people and places they come from. It's well above the average "how to barbecue" cookbook.

My father gave me this book years ago when he once managed a liquor store. I guess he go it from the Jack Daniels sales rep. There are some great stories and receipes. There are even some personal receipes, example a BQ sauce from President Johnson. It's a fun book and I bought it for a friend of my who spent all afternoon reading the cook book as though it was a novel.

Pick this book up and crack it and the sweet and smoky bite of sour mash whiskey triggers on your tongue. The juicy soft mouthfuls of buttery tasting meats with piquant sauces that come back from fond memories gazing at the pictures alone make it a buy. I find it as hard to put this book down as to stop looking at as a car wreck.

The recipes are fantastic and hit the basics hard. So many Americans grill and barbecue and so few do it well, that a basic primer was needed. Mastery of these recipes builds skill that can be applied widely. I needed help with veau épaule once and resorted to the pork shoulder recipe for guidance and all went well.

This is it. Dont buy it and read it, buy it and try it. I hunger just thinking of it.

Vince Staten is an expert at quite a few things--hardware, old movies, American cultural history--but maybe the thing he knows best is barbecue and barbecue sauces. This makes him my hero. Around Louisville Vince is the ringleader of the barbecue culture crowd, and we need more of 'em. This book is a right-on repository of barbecue knowledge, delivered in Vince's inimitable, hilarious style. We recommend it.