The Smoke Shop's Backyard BBQ: Eat, Drink, and Party Like a Pitmaster

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How do you improve on any celebration? Just add BBQ! Impress your friends, family, and co-workers with recipes from Boston's popular Smoke Shop restaurant. Gather round as Andy Husbands and Will Salazar share their secrets in The Smoke Shop's Backyard BBQ. Start things off right with a variety of meats: pulled pork, chicken, pork belly burnt ends, baby back ribs, St. Louis Ribs, and The Smoke Shop's iconic Big Beef Rib. With a selection of their favorite sides, drinks, and desserts, it might seem like all you ever needed. But this is just the beginning. Subsequent chapters bring joy in the form of smokehouse flavor to a variety of different occasions: Amp up your next cocktail party with BBQ peanuts, smoked trout, and country ham and egg on Texas Toast points, served alongside a big old bourbon punch bowl. Throw the ultimate tailgate featuring The Smoke Shop's Famous Wings, ham and pimento dip, ranch potato chips, and a killer hot dog bar with all the fixin's. Make Taco Tuesday extra special with burnt ends ropa, pulled chicken thighs with guajillo peppers, Texas-style rice, smoked salsa, pulled pork quesadillas, and The Smoke Shop Guac. Additional chapters include a wedding party, kid's birthday party, and a winter holiday party to keep the good eating going all year round. Gather your friends and family: it's time for a BBQ-filled celebration!

Andy Husbands is an award-winning pitmaster who began developing his own unique style of cooking upon opening Boston's Tremont 647 in 1996 and later, Sister Sorel. His latest culinary venture, The Smoke Shop, culminates Husbands' continued success and pays homage to his extensive background in the competitive barbecue circuit. His honest, approachable fare makes Smoke Shop the 'Best Barbecue Restaurant' according to Boston Magazine, and the restaurant has been praised in The Boston Globe, Wine Spectator, Star Chefs, and more. After nearly three decades in the restaurant industry, Husbands serves as one of Boston's most celebrated culinary leaders and foremost authority on regional Barbecue and live-fire cooking. He competed on the sixth season of FOX Television Network's fiery Hell's Kitchen and is internationally-recognized for his BBQ team, IQUE BBQ, who became the first New England team to win the World Champions of BBQ title in 2009 at the Jack Daniels World Championship in Tennessee. Husbands is a large contributor to Share Our Strength as well as an active board member of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, who acknowledged him as the 2014 Chef of the Year and a Rodman Celebration Restaurant Chair. He has also co-authored several cookbooks, including Pitmaster, Wicked Good BBQ, Wicked Good Burgers, Grill to Perfection,and The Fearless Chef.

"The Smoke Shop's Backyard BBQ makes it simple to entertain and feed a large group. You'll learn how to cook the perfect tailgate or holiday party with chef Andy and Will's easy to follow, delicious recipes. Andy is not only a world champion pitmaster but a classically trained chef, and it shines through in this book."--Tuffy Stone, World Champion Pitmaster and author of Cool Smoke "Andy Husbands has done it again! Another outrageous book packed with hunger-inducing recipes, ingenious techniques, Instagram worthy photos and indispensable tricks of the trade. If you can't eat at The Smoke Shop, this is the next best thing!" --Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue Bible cookbook series and host of Project Fire "I've been drinking, eating, and partying with Andy for over 30 years. His passion for a delicious, wild time always has me coming back for more."--Chris Hart, Barbecue World Champion and co-author of Pitmaster "Just flipping through the pages makes my mouth water and my tummy growl. These recipes are great for everything--from a special occasion to a simple Tuesday family taco night."--Chef Stephanie Izard, Chef/owner of Girl & The Goat, Little Goat, and Duck Duck Goat "The fresh vision of barbecue in this book not only inspires me to fire up the grill, but makes me want to share this delicious food with family and friends. After all, that's what cooking barbecue is all about."--Chris Lilly, World Champion Pitmaster and Partner of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q "This book will get you fired up with its juicy, smoky, and easy to prepare recipes. Andy and Will's tips, tricks, and techniques will transform your good meals into spectacular meals!"--Co-chefs John Jackson and Connie DeSousa, CHARCUT Roast House Praise for Pitmaster: "Andy and Chris inspired me to buy a smoker and bring barbecue to my home in the Dominican Republic. They'll show you how to barbecue like a hall of famer. !Buen Provecho!" --Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez "Pitmaster is a who's who reveal of all the rock star pitmasters of America. The pitmasters featured in this beautifully-illustrated book hold nothing back--they spill the beans on all their barbecue and grilling secrets in easy-to-understand detail. Another must-read book by award-winning chefs, barbecue gurus, and restaurateurs Andy Husbands and Chris Hart. I loved it immensely and you will too!" --Dave Anderson, founder of Famous Dave's of America and Jimmie's Old Southern BBQ Smokehouse "A jewel in the crown of any cookbook shelf, Pitmaster serves up a big-hearted dollop of authentic techniques as seen through the exacting, wonky, award-winning minds of a couple of Yankee barbecue freakazoids. This Ohio pitmaster cannot wait to smoke and grill his way through each and every gleaming recipe. Winter can bite me." --John Markus, executive producer of The Ultimate BBQ Showdown and Emmy-award-winning writer "Okay, now I'm hungry! Andy and Chris's superb barbecue techniques and amiable humor are all wrapped up into one pork-craklin' sandwich of recipes!" --Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House "Andy and Chris have combined all the elements for sharing the culture of barbecue. By embracing all regional barbecue styles and experience levels and flavoring liberally with their own expertise and acumen, they've captured the spirit of our community. Bon appetit!" --Carolyn Wells, executive director and co-founder of the Kansas City Barbeque Society