BBQ Classics for Memorial Day Weekend

Hosting a holiday cookout should feel like a party, not a test. This book gives you the backyard classics your family expects, with full ingredient lists, grill temperatures, cooking times and numbered steps: juicy cheeseburgers, crisp chicken thighs, foil-wrapped ribs, thick steaks, shrimp skewers and charred corn. You also get rubs, sauces, make-ahead sides, simple grilled desserts and a day-by-day plan for feeding a crowd over the long weekend. Clear food-safety guidance runs throughout, from internal temperatures to separate platters for raw and cooked food and safe fire habits at the grill. Whether you cook on charcoal or gas, you will find easy recipes that turn out right and a calm way to get them to the table together.

Imad Muratspahic is an independent author of practical how-to guides, technical handbooks, history and fiction. The books aim to be clear, honest and useful from the first page.