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About Meathead Goldwyn
I am one of only 26 living members of the BBQ Hall of Fame. My hardbound book, "Meathead, The Science Of Great Barbecue and Grilling" was a New York Times Best Seller and named "One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time" by Southern Living Magazine right alongside of Julia and Jacques.
My biz card says I am the BBQ Whisperer and Hedonism Evangelist behind AmazingRibs.com, the world's most popular BBQ & grilling website, by far. The Roman god Bacchus is my paragon.
Dad was the first to call me Meathead after watching Archie Bunker and now everyone calls me that. No offense taken. It fit, especially as I got into BBQ. It's better than what my editors and my wife call me. If you've read this far, you're my buddy and you can call me whatever you want.
I've had the privilege of judging barbecue and other foods and drinks from Italy to California. I have been a judge at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue, at the Kingsford Invitational, at the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition, at the World-Wide Mustard Competition, and the World Championship Steak Cook-Off. I have served as Chief Judge of the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition and Chief Judge of the College Football Hall of Fame Kickoff Riboff, and I founded and directed for many years the World Wine Championships, World Beer Championships, and World Spirits Championships.
Along the way I have tried to share my love of the sensory world with words and pictures. I was a journalism major at the University of Florida and I have written hundreds of articles about food and drink as a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune.
I've been helping folks learn about food and drink online since 1990 when I started Wine & Dine Online as part of LAOnline, long before anybody typed "w" three times in a row. I then hosted the Food & Drink Network on America Online from 1992-2000, built Tastings.com in 1998, and built AmazingRibs.com in 2005.
I lectured for more than a decade on wine at Cornell University's famous School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, NY, and I was an adjunct professor at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago for three years. As founder of the Beverage Testing Institute I produced seven books on wine, beer, and spirits.
As an undergrad I studied photography with the brilliant Jerry N. Uelsmann and picked up the world's first Masters degree in Art in Technology from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under Sonia Landy Sheridan. I have since studied with John Paul Caponigro, Harold Ross, and Dave Black.
My interest in cooking began when I was about 10 and Mom and Dad opened a restaurant and I got to be a real jerk, a soda jerk. They named the place after a beautiful flower, the Oleander. We later learned it was poisonous, and eventually the restaurant failed. If you ever hear that I'm opening a restaurant, hunt me down and shoot me.
In my senior year of high school my science project was setting up a test plant to measure the oxygen output from algae, and then harvesting it for food to see if it could be used in space travel. I developed my first recipe: Algae cookies. They needed a LOT of chocolate chips. It won a prize from NASA at the 1967 Florida State Science Fair. I just showed pictures of the cookies because if the judges had tasted them they would have kicked me out.
I first discovered real barbecued ribs, smoked over wood, at a rickety joint named YT Parker's Bar-B-Q in Gainesville, FL, when I was at the University of Florida. YT let me hang out around the open air pit with him and his pals. My parents had warned me that smoking marijuana would lead to harder stuff. Well, they were right. I gave up weed and took up smoking pork.
Since then I have become an omnivore, eating and drinking for a living since 1970. It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it. And I've got wine and sauce stains on all my shirts and the well-marbled waistline to prove I do it well. My goal is to improve the world one cook at a time and one meal at a time.
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Everything You Need To Know About America’s Favorite Food: Pork Ribs, With Great Tested Recipes, And More Than 100 Photos. Explains the different cuts, different cooking concepts and techniques and science, and recipes for an award-winning rub, sauce, and all the major cuts including smoked, Last Meal Ribs, Competition Ribs, Oven Baked, Chinese-style, and a real McRib Sandwich.
Meathead is one of only 26 living BBQ Hall of Famers.
He is the proprietor of the website “Meathead’s AmazingRibs.com,” called “by far the leading resource for BBQ and grilling information” by Forbes. He has been called Chicago Tribune “as brainy as Food Network’s Alton Brown and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats” by the Chicago Tribune.
He is also the author of “Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecuing and Grilling.” It was a New York Times bestseller and was named “One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time” by Southern Living Magazine. It was singled out as one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by Wired, BBC, and Epicurious. Meathead is also the author of several ebook cookbooks.
Meathead is known for his ability to explain the science of cooking in lay terms and with a sense of humor. He has been a guest on national TV (Rachael Ray), radio (NPRs Science Friday) and featured in large articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many more.
In a previous life he was a syndicated wine critic for the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He has taught at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, lectured at Yale and many other places, and he has judged food, wine, beer, and spirits all around the world.
Named "22 Essential Cookbooks for Every Kitchen" by SeriousEats.com
Named "25 Favorite Cookbooks of All Time" by Christopher Kimball
Named "Best Cookbooks Of 2016" by Chicago Tribune, BBC, Wired, Epicurious, Leite's Culinaria
Named "100 Best Cookbooks of All Time" by Southern Living Magazine
For succulent results every time, nothing is more crucial than understanding the science behind the interaction of food, fire, heat, and smoke. This is the definitive guide to the concepts, methods, equipment, and accessories of barbecue and grilling. The founder and editor of the world's most popular BBQ and grilling website, AmazingRibs.com, “Meathead” Goldwyn applies the latest research to backyard cooking and 118 thoroughly tested recipes.
He explains why dry brining is better than wet brining; how marinades really work; why rubs shouldn't have salt in them; how heat and temperature differ; the importance of digital thermometers; why searing doesn't seal in juices; how salt penetrates but spices don't; when charcoal beats gas and when gas beats charcoal; how to calibrate and tune a grill or smoker; how to keep fish from sticking; cooking with logs; the strengths and weaknesses of the new pellet cookers; tricks for rotisserie cooking; why cooking whole animals is a bad idea, which grill grates are best;and why beer-can chicken is a waste of good beer and nowhere close to the best way to cook a bird.
He shatters the myths that stand in the way of perfection. Busted misconceptions include:
• Myth: Bring meat to room temperature before cooking. Busted! Cold meat attracts smoke better.
• Myth: Soak wood before using it. Busted! Soaking produces smoke that doesn't taste as good as dry fast-burning wood.
• Myth: Bone-in steaks taste better. Busted! The calcium walls of bone have no taste and they just slow cooking.
• Myth: You should sear first, then cook. Busted! Actually, that overcooks the meat. Cooking at a low temperature first and searing at the end produces evenly cooked meat.
Lavishly designed with hundreds of illustrations and full-color photos by the author, this book contains all the sure-fire recipes for traditional American favorites and many more outside-the-box creations. You'll get recipes for all the great regional barbecue sauces; rubs for meats and vegetables; Last Meal Ribs, Simon & Garfunkel Chicken; Schmancy Smoked Salmon; The Ultimate Turkey; Texas Brisket; Perfect Pulled Pork; Sweet & Sour Pork with Mumbo Sauce; Whole Hog; Steakhouse Steaks; Diner Burgers; Prime Rib; Brazilian Short Ribs; Rack Of Lamb Lollipops; Huli-Huli Chicken; Smoked Trout Florida Mullet –Style; Baja Fish Tacos; Lobster, and many more.
By marrying water and fire, by marrying sous vide with the grill or smoker, you get "sous vide que", and you can achieve extraordinary results, in many cases, better than with either cooking method on its own. With this book you will learn all the basics of sous vide along with never-before-published safety info and learn how to use fire and smoke to amp the food up. We'll show you how to sear on a grill, gas or charcoal, on top of a charcoal chimney at well over 1000F, with a torch, and how to add smoke. You'll learn that is better to add smoke and spice after sous vide, get our recommendations on tools, and get links to a growing list of recipes. But most important, we have busted myths and super simplified cooking temperatures and times and you can download and print a great chart.
Meathead is one of only 26 living BBQ Hall of Famers.
He is the proprietor of the website “Meathead’s AmazingRibs.com,” called “by far the leading resource for BBQ and grilling information” by Forbes. He has been called Chicago Tribune “as brainy as Food Network’s Alton Brown and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats” by the Chicago Tribune.
He is also the author of “Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecuing and Grilling.” It was a New York Times bestseller and was named “One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time” by Southern Living Magazine. It was singled out as one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by Wired, BBC, and Epicurious. Meathead is also the author of several ebook cookbooks.
Meathead is known for his ability to explain the science of cooking in lay terms and with a sense of humor. He has been a guest on national TV (Rachael Ray), radio (NPRs Science Friday) and featured in large articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many more.
In a previous life he was a syndicated wine critic for the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He has taught at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, lectured at Yale and many other places, and he has judged food, wine, beer, and spirits all around the world.
We've all experienced BBQ chicken featuring charred skin, burnt sauce, and undercooked meat. No more! Say goodbye to dry, stringy, cardboardy, boring birds and say hello to the most tender, flavorful, juicy chicken you ever tasted. With “Barbecue Chicken Made Easy: Everything You Need To Know About Amazing Chicken On the Grill & Smoker” by Meathead and Brigit Binns, you can master the art of perfectly grilled and smoked chicken. Learn how to buy the best birds, the right way to butcher, how to spatchcock, how to wet and dry brine to keep it juicy, the ins and outs of smoke roasting and reverse searing, all about pink juices and safe cooking temperatures, the tools you need, and carving. There are numerous well-tested recipes, delicious spice rubs, barbecue sauces, and much more. This downloadable Kindle e-book is the third Deep Dive Guide from the AmazingRibs.com team.
Meathead is one of only 26 living BBQ Hall of Famers.
He is the proprietor of the website “Meathead’s AmazingRibs.com,” called “by far the leading resource for BBQ and grilling information” by Forbes. He has been called Chicago Tribune “as brainy as Food Network’s Alton Brown and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats” by the Chicago Tribune.
He is also the author of “Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecuing and Grilling.” It was a New York Times bestseller and was named “One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time” by Southern Living Magazine. It was singled out as one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by Wired, BBC, and Epicurious. Meathead is also the author of several ebook cookbooks.
Meathead is known for his ability to explain the science of cooking in lay terms and with a sense of humor. He has been a guest on national TV (Rachael Ray), radio (NPRs Science Friday) and featured in large articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many more.
In a previous life he was a syndicated wine critic for the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He has taught at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, lectured at Yale and many other places, and he has judged food, wine, beer, and spirits all around the world.
If you’ve ever wanted to create a smoked brisket at home just as good, if not better, than they do at Texas’ best BBQ joints then this BBQ beef brisket Deep Dive Guide is for you!
Like a Clint Eastwood cowboy, brisket is unforgiving. Cooking it wrong can result in meat as tough as a wrangler’s leather chaps.
You just need a good recipe loaded with proven techniques and useful tips. In this book, you’ll find everything you need to cook a tender barbecue brisket, including how to season it, how long to smoke it, how to slice it, and everything in between. Like the sign says outside of House Park Bar-B-Que in Austin, “Need No Teef To Eat My Beef!”
In these pages, I share everything I have learned over the years about making great brisket. So pull up a chair, preferably near the fire, and settle in for a deep dive into of what goes into a truly exceptional meal.
Whenever steak is on the menu, it’s a special occasion.
The most frequent question we get is: How do the great steakhouses do it? How do they cook perfect steaks every time, with sizzling, dark, flavorful crusts, evenly done from edge to edge on the inside, tender and juicy, with big, bold, beefy flavor?
In these pages, we share everything we have learned over the years about making great steak. We cover everything from choosing the grade and cut of meat to aging steaks, trimming and tying, dry brining, seasoning, direct searing, reverse searing, and even slicing. So pull up a chair, preferably near the fire, and settle in for a deep discussion of what goes into a truly exceptional steak.
Meathead is one of only 26 living BBQ Hall of Famers.
He is the proprietor of the website “Meathead’s AmazingRibs.com,” called “by far the leading resource for BBQ and grilling information” by Forbes. He has been called Chicago Tribune “as brainy as Food Network’s Alton Brown and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats” by the Chicago Tribune.
He is also the author of “Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecuing and Grilling.” It was a New York Times bestseller and was named “One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time” by Southern Living Magazine. It was singled out as one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by Wired, BBC, and Epicurious. Meathead is also the author of several ebook cookbooks.
Meathead is known for his ability to explain the science of cooking in lay terms and with a sense of humor. He has been a guest on national TV (Rachael Ray), radio (NPRs Science Friday) and featured in large articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many more.
In a previous life he was a syndicated wine critic for the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He has taught at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, lectured at Yale and many other places, and he has judged food, wine, beer, and spirits all around the world.
This is version 2, significantly expanded and improved on 12/23/2021
Turkey – it’s America’s bird, the apple pie of poultry! Most of us relegate turkey to the Thanksgiving or Christmas table only. Try as we might, we at AmazingRibs.com just can’t understand this! Turkey, when properly cooked, is flavorful, moist, versatile and a veritable magnet for flavor. We enjoy it year round. But it is tricky to cook. Slip up and the breasts are as dry as cardboard and the skin is flabby as a burst balloon. Within these pages we share the tricks of a scrumptious smoky bird, tender and moist, with crisp skin, as well as how to cook just breasts, or legs, or turkey burgers, as well as stuffing, even mouthwatering Disney Turkey Legs.
Meathead is one of only 26 living BBQ Hall of Famers.
He is the proprietor of the website “Meathead’s AmazingRibs.com,” called “by far the leading resource for BBQ and grilling information” by Forbes. He has been called Chicago Tribune “as brainy as Food Network’s Alton Brown and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats” by the Chicago Tribune.
He is also the author of “Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecuing and Grilling.” It was a New York Times bestseller and was named “One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time” by Southern Living Magazine. It was singled out as one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by Wired, BBC, and Epicurious. Meathead is also the author of several ebook cookbooks.
Meathead is known for his ability to explain the science of cooking in lay terms and with a sense of humor. He has been a guest on national TV (Rachael Ray), radio (NPRs Science Friday) and featured in large articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many more.
In a previous life he was a syndicated wine critic for the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He has taught at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, lectured at Yale and many other places, and he has judged food, wine, beer, and spirits all around the world.
Nichts schmeckt besser als ein selbst gegrilltes Steak. Dem Grillmeister, Autor und Fotografen "Meathead" Goldwyn ist das jedoch nicht genug. Für ihn ist das Grillen eine exakte Wissenschaft mit dem Ziel, das perfekte, auf den Punkt gebrachte Ergebnis zu erzielen.
In seinem Buch liefert er fundiertes Grundlagen- und Expertenwissen, das jeder Griller kennen und verinnerlichen sollte. Anschaulich beschreibt er, wie der Grill und das Grillzubehör (Hardware), das Grillgut (Software) mit Rauch und Hitze optimal zusammenspielen, und räumt mit gängigen Mythen auf, z. B. dass das Fleisch vor dem Grillen Zimmertemperatur haben oder der Rost eingeölt werden sollte, um ein Ankleben zu verhindern.
Dieses Buch enthält 118 vom Autor entwickelte und sorgfältig getestete Rezepte, von gegrillter Polenta über Quiche mit Räucherlachs bis hin zu Spanferkel und tollen Saucen, Marinaden und Beilagen. Darunter befinden sich sowohl traditionelle Grillrezepte als auch raffinierte Neukreationen, die Laien und Grillexperten gleichermaßen das Wasser im Mund zusammenlaufen lassen.