Championship Barbecue at Home (Recipes and Tips from a Prize-Winning Pitmaster)

Cook ’cue the way world champions do with spectacularly good recipes, plus expert technique and equipment guidance, from a decorated competition pitmaster.

Megan Day, aka @burntfingermegan, has won more than twenty major championships in competition barbecue with her team Burnt Finger BBQ. That kind of bone-deep BBQ wisdom is why Megan has been featured on 6 different Food Network shows, has been a guest cook on The Today Show 9 times, and has been dubbed by Southern Living magazine one of “The most influential women in Southern barbecue.” When Megan Day talks outdoor cooking, people listen. 

Now Megan shares her best recipes and her most useful BBQ tips and tricks in this fun, creative, and very delectable book. The recipes, each paired with a mouthwatering color photo, include:

• Sauces, glazes, and rubs, including her signature Sweet Competition Glaze and her soulful Smoky KC Barbecue Sauce
• BBQ condiments, like Roasted Garlic and Herb Compound Butter and Pickled Red Onions with Peppercorns
• Low and slow wood-smoked meats, from Sugar-Cured Spare Ribs and Butterflied Pork Butt to Kansas City–Style Brisket and Smoked Beef Chateaubriand
• Inspired sandwiches and handhelds from a Barbecue Shrimp Po’ Boy with Jazzy Remoulade Sauce to Whiskey BBQ Burgers and beyond
• A tantalizing array of appetizers and sides, including her trophy-winning Meaty Pit Beans and her World Champion Sweet Potato Casserole
• Sweet and smoky desserts that pair well with competition-grade BBQ

With special chapters on live-fire grilling done the way barbecue prizewinners do it, things to cook with barbecue leftovers from the fridge, and BBQ woods and other fuels, Championship Barbecue at Home is your reliable and inspiring companion for years of smoke-cooked pleasure.

Whether you’re a barbecue rookie learning how to use your new smoker for the first time or a seasoned veteran looking to expand your repertoire, get ready to take your backyard cooking to trophy-worthy heights.