Almost afraid to ask...

Sailor Kenshin · BBQ Fan Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 184

... but what do you all think of Steve (Raichlen? I'm spelling the name wrong for sure)???

The author of the BBQ Bible and a bunch of other Q-books, and host of BBQ U and Primal Grill on 'those' TV stations.

Got my own opinion. Want to hear yours.
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Jarhead · Posted: Thu Jul 26 12 12:44 am Post subject:

I've watched him before and he don't strike me as being anything great. Just another TV Cook with a book.
Much better on YouTube for free.
BBQ Pit Boys and Betty's Kitchen are my favorite channels.
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GF · Posted: Thu Jul 26 12 3:22 am Post subject:

Sailor Kenshin, I picked up one of his books years ago, it was a decent intro to BBQ, although nothing revolutionary.

I still thumb through from time to time for a recipe idea and change things around to suit my taste.

Never saw his show.

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SoEzzy · Posted: Thu Jul 26 12 11:51 pm Post subject:

To my view he's more of a griller than a smoker for the most part.

That said I have two or three of his books, and I enjoy adapting his recipes to smoking, most of the time you can take any cookbook and find good or bad in it, depending on your knowledge of your pit and how it cooks.
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animal · BBQ Pro Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 935 Location: Wisconsin

The man is making a darn good living out of my hobby, living the life most of us would love. I give him points for that. His cooking is a little too "fancy" for me. The only thing I cant stand is the soaking of wood chips before using them for smoking. But I do watch him.
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PaulOinMA · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 5:43 am Post subject:

Barbeque USA is a pretty good book.

Can't stand his TV show. As posted, it's a lot of grilling. Also, can't stand the set, drum background music, and photography.
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1MoreFord · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 9:58 am Post subject:

I received his beer can chicken cookbook one year for Christmas. Literally half the book was a waste of good paper. I don't need to re-read how to put charcoal in the grill and light the coals and let all the briqs get lit before starting the cook at the start of every recipe. The left hand page of each recipe contained this and similar info that should have been presented once at the beginning of the book. Of course then the book would have 1/2 as thick and it was overpriced to start with and had they left out half the paper even my well intentioned bbq/grilling illiterate friend wouldn't have bought it. Laughing

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Swamp Mama's · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 11:21 am Post subject:

Never heard of him, but just wanted to thank Gunny for the Betty's Kitchen tip. I watch all of the BBQ Pit Boys videos, but hadn't ran across Betty's yet. Thanks.

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GeorgeH · Posted: Sat Jul 28 12 12:53 pm Post subject:

I find his show interesting although I have to agree that he mostly grills food (and he in turn calls it BBQ). He traveled all over the world looking for BBQ. Of course, most of what he found is grilled food because true BBQ is really only found in the United States. That said, he does occasionally cook low and slow but doesn't seem to have all that much experience with it. On the other hand, his grilled food is sometimes innovative because of his influence from other countries.

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Oregon smoker · Posted: Sat Sep 15 12 10:19 am Post subject:

I have his books. I like hard copies of recipes in case the lights go out and i need a reference. Much like how or why i buy most books, plus my kids like cooking with me, and if for some reason my ticket is punched early, that is part of my legacy.

So come to find out the guy graduated from the same college that my wife went to. Which is a very nice and expensive private college. He and his staff catered the college's centennial celebration a few years ago. Pretty damn good food. He had a couple large smokers out back of the service tent. I asked to meet the guy and had even brought my books for signing but apparently he set the staff up and went somewhere else.
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Sailor Kenshin · BBQ Fan Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 184

Interesting story!
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SmokinBlues · Joined: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 13 Location: Kansas City, MO

I bought one of his books when I first started getting into bbq and was put off by how pretentious his recipes were. I don't mind an occasional exotic twist in a recipe but when almost every recipe calls for a bunch of snobbish ingredients I very quickly lose interest.
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Divambla · Joined: 09 Dec 2015 Posts: 11

I used Youtube as a prime source to know BBQ...Its a free one so everyone loves it and importantly visual learning is much easier than the textual...I recommend Ytube for the newbies too... Very Happy

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