Virgil's Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook ― The Best Barbecue from Around the Country, Without Ever Leaving Your Backyard

Virgil’s is a grilling/smoking/barbecue book that takes the best from Texas, North Carolina, Kansas City and Memphis styles of ‘cue. This is a complete barbecue cookbook: if you want to get serious and do some smoking, simple and foolproof home instructions and recipes are here (for use in a basic kettle grill or dedicated smoker), and for everyday, the top grilled beef, rib, chicken, fish and vegetable recipes are all here.

Whether you’re a practiced barbecue hand or new to the grill, the dry rubs, marinades and sauces will be instant classics that can transform a simple piece of chicken or slab of ribs into succulent heaven-on-a-plate. Virgil’s is also uniquely dedicated to its side dishes: the cookbook is worth studying and cooking from for the potato dishes, biscuits, pickles and cobblers alone. Virgil’s features recipes for:

Starters & Salads: from Outrageous Barbecued Nachos to Savannah Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

Drinks: from Pitmaster’s Sweet Black Tea to Fresh Watermelon ‘Rita to beer matches for barbecue

Beef: from True Texas Brisket to Kansas City Burnt Ends Sandwich

Pork: from Baby Back Ribs to Boston Butt (the Virgil’s Way) to Slow-Smoked Ham

Poultry: from Classic Pulled Chicken to Kansas City Fried Chicken to Jerk Chicken

Sweets: from Sweet Potato Pecan Pie to Down Home Chocolate Chess Pie

Full of tips, menu and party ideas and with 60 full-color finished dish photos, Virgil’s is a category-busting cookbook.