Cook the Book Giveaway: 'Peace, Love, and Barbecue'
This week, to honor our barbecue brethren cooking at the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, we are giving away five (5) copies of championship pit master and yarn-spinner Mike Mills's terrific book Peace, Love, and Barbecue
Peace, Love, and Barbecue is part novelized memoir, part cookbook, part barbecue primer, and all wonderful to read for both pleasure and info. The five recipes we are going to run on Serious Eats include some legendary barbecue preparations never before published in any book. I was going to say I don't know how Mike talked some of these folks into giving him their recipes, but then I realized that Mike can chew the fat better than anyone and could charm anyone out of anything if need be.
To win a copy of Peace, Love, and Barbecue, just tell us what your favorite kind of barbecue is. It could be any cut of any meat you've eaten at a barbecue joint. Typical Serious Eats rules apply. Five winners will be chosen at random. You have until 9 p.m. PDT Friday (June 8) to answer.
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It's a tie between pulled pork and ribs, with a slightly spicy ketchup-based sauce. (I'm Jewish, so part of why I love ribs and pulled pork is the whole lure-of-the-forbidden aspect.)
amyscoop at 3:22PM on 06/04/07
ribs.
DaveFaris at 3:44PM on 06/04/07
I pretty much like most meats on the grill, but I really love brisket , yet I've never made it. I also love a ribeye steak, if its done to perfection, really rare.
Mich23 at 3:46PM on 06/04/07
When I am smoking in my back yard its usually shoulder and ribs, which are my faves at home. When I am out at a restaurant it is usually brisket. I really admire when someone can take that nasty, tough chunk of meat and turn it into something so good.
EatWisconsin at 3:51PM on 06/04/07
Whole pig, cooked low and slow. Mich23, grilling and barbecue are entirely different ways of cooking. Both good though.
Lou at 4:01PM on 06/04/07
i went to grad school in TX and fell for the simplicity of brisket on white bread with pickles. perfection.
j at 4:05PM on 06/04/07
Burnt ends, baby, burnt ends.
dikaryon at 4:09PM on 06/04/07
Sausage.
intheyearofthepig at 4:15PM on 06/04/07
Pulled pork with a mustard BBQ sauce. The best summer time meat ever.
utepastor at 4:27PM on 06/04/07
Pulled pork sandwiches. I. cannot. resist.
Marilyn at 4:40PM on 06/04/07
Favorite type of barbecue? Oh man? Can you really pick one? Seriously, 'cue it it up and put it in front of me. Ribs, brisket, chicken... bring it on. But if I have to pick one...right now...I pick...ribs. Ask again in five minutes, I'll probably have a different answer.
corycm at 4:49PM on 06/04/07
We had a large crowd over this weekend for my daughters second birthday so I smoked two whole pork shoulders for pulled pork. It came out magnificent. Nothing beats a good smoked pulled pork sandwich. It only needs sauce if it's dry, which mine never is :-)
logicalmind at 4:50PM on 06/04/07
My favorite is any cut from Harold's BBQ in Abilene,Texas. It may look a bit sketchy on the outside but inside you find people in every dress imaginable, long tables and benches and Harold singing gospel songs. The experience is far surpassed by the BBQ, though. I love to get the small sandwich and strawberry cobbler. It's absolute heaven.
Lauren at 5:44PM on 06/04/07
Pulled pork, any BBQ sauce will do.
Anomaly at 5:50PM on 06/04/07
Gotta be Hoggy's BBQ or Montgomery Inn, Baby Back Ribs! Yummmyyy!!
bobcatsteph3 at 5:59PM on 06/04/07
Being from Texas it's all about beef, and there's nothing like a good slow-smoked brisket. With Rudy's BBQ sauce. But last Memorial Day weekend we did a pulled pork shoulder and I have to say, even with a crowd of Texans it was the crowd pleaser!
Jeana at 6:23PM on 06/04/07
I'm a fan of baby back ribs, maybe just because it's the only cut that I've managed to perfect in-house. Although a confederation of gentlemen and I did manage to barbecue a whole pig once, which still counts as one of the great achievements of my life.
AndyHD at 7:58PM on 06/04/07
Dry rubbed ribs. Yummmmmmmmm.
FKC at 8:58PM on 06/04/07
Ribs, all the way!
jenki at 10:32PM on 06/04/07
definitely ribs :)
Josh Baugher at 11:07PM on 06/04/07
Pork Ribs
Mike13241 at 1:39AM on 06/05/07
Oh man, I love me some NC style pulled pork.
maiapapaya at 2:44AM on 06/05/07
Baby back ribs, and NC style vinegar sauce, I've also had excellent whole roasted pig, Nothing like the crackling skin on those babies!
GorillaBob at 6:41AM on 06/05/07
One of our favorite BBQ sauces is Sweet Baby Ray's, for when we like it sweet (which a local chef mixes with raspberry puree on occasion for a slightly different flavor), Our other favorite BBQ sauce is the recipe for "Let The BBQ Sauce Do The Howling" on the Recipe page for Joe Perry's hot sauces. Sometimes I'll make this recipe for this "Howling" BBQ sauce with Joe's Mango Peach Tango mild hot sauce instead of the hotter Boneyard Brew as they have quite different flavors. Any of these sauces taste great with pulled pork or ribs, but we're finding a lot of other meats they work well with.
LunaPierCook at 7:20AM on 06/05/07
I am a dry rubbed pork rib fan. A plate of ribs w/ a side of fresh, fried, crispy okra. Yummmm. Okay, now I'm hungry!
pageycooks at 7:54AM on 06/05/07
Anything with a Carolina mustard sauce, but especially pulled pork. Man, I'm starving now... it's 8:30am and I want barbeque!
chennes at 8:28AM on 06/05/07
RIBS!
mepolo at 8:39AM on 06/05/07
The slow cooked, fall of the bone, sick pink ring, dry-rubbed and slathered in spicy, sticky, sweet BBQ sauce that makes me want to slap my grandma and put on a clean t-shirt kind.
apgood at 9:16AM on 06/05/07
Brisket from the Salt Lick. Yum!
growler at 10:30AM on 06/05/07
Low and slow dry rubbed ribs. Baby backs good but prefer the St. Louis style cut . Dry rub on the ribs overnight in the frig. Smoker to 225 with soaked apple wood chunks for 3 1/2 to 4 hrs. Heaven on a bone!
Colorado Jim at 10:46AM on 06/05/07
Dry rubbed ribs! Finished hot so they get a bit crispy on the outside but still tender and moist on the inside.
Z at 10:51AM on 06/05/07
pulled pork sandwiches with some coleslaw and a touch of hot sauce on top
feep at 11:59AM on 06/05/07
Ribs, St. Louis cut, North Carolina style sauce.
bpjc at 12:37PM on 06/05/07
Ribs, smothered in gritty rub and doused with sauce are my favorite in a bbq joint, but my next door neighbors make Lexington style pork butts with vinegar dip that could set a vegetarian free.
sawyerriley at 1:23PM on 06/05/07
Ribs, smothered in gritty rub and doused with sauce are my favorite in a bbq joint, but my next door neighbors make Lexington style pork butts with vinegar dip that could set a vegetarian free.
sawyerriley at 1:24PM on 06/05/07
Ribs, smothered in gritty rub and doused with sauce are my favorite in a bbq joint, but my next door neighbors make Lexington style pork butts with vinegar dip that could set a vegetarian free.
sawyerriley at 1:24PM on 06/05/07
Being from West Tennessee Memphis dry-rubbed ribs, chopped pork and beef brisket. There's nothing like Memphis-style BBQ. We even put bbq in our spaghetti!
Erinay77 at 2:30PM on 06/05/07
Dry rubbed ribs over apple and hickory, sauce on the side.
swine dining at 2:31PM on 06/05/07
Pulled pork and BBQ chicken.
Jperezish at 2:37PM on 06/05/07
Pork shoulder with N.C.-style vinegar-pepper sauce, pulled or sliced, not chopped.
Or brisket with a sweet-spicy tomato-based sauce, on a sandwich with bread-and-butter pickles.
Eloise at 4:21PM on 06/05/07
While I love the brisket (the burnt little cracklins being the absolute best) it’s pork that whet’s this man’s whistle. Pulled pork with a flavorful sauce (tomato based) in a crunchy roll, maybe a little slaw in there….hmmm, that turkey sandwich for lunch doesn’t quite cut it now does it?
Bocce at 4:46PM on 06/05/07
Chicken, brisket and/or pork ribs that have spent quality time in a real smoke house.
elysek at 4:48PM on 06/05/07
good pulled pork makes me a very happy girl
crafty at 5:57PM on 06/05/07
korean short ribs
hedgehog at 6:33PM on 06/05/07
St Louis style ribs, with some Kansas City style sauce.
fsmchang at 7:14PM on 06/05/07
pulled pork sandwich. great especially cold a couple days after on a sandwich as well
zekks at 8:41PM on 06/05/07
memphis style ribs
proccers at 9:20PM on 06/05/07
Ribs with sauce cooked on them the last 20 minutes of cooking
goldexplorer at 11:18PM on 06/05/07
Ugh, how to choose! But, being a good Texan, I have to say a good brisket smoked excruciatingly slow until it all but melts in your mouth.
Yrmencyn at 11:41PM on 06/05/07
When I lived in the mid-west, I'd search out some corrugated metal roofed leanto and smile and order ribs...they always came with a slice of white bread. Now that I am west of the Mississippi.....I haven't really met any bad barbeque, really. Included in my best memories was anything that came from a converted Das Weinerschnitzel (sp?) place in Tucson...oh my. Baby back ribs or almost any pulled pork does the trick for me now. Yum, I'm drooling on the old keyboard.............sigh.
dmzapp at 12:10AM on 06/06/07
Either the whole-hog barbecues that my Dad's family does for family reunions or the smoked chicken at Barnes' Barbecue in Lemon Grove, CA, a suburb of San Diego. The former is only available about once a decade, but the later is available pretty much every day-- if you live near there. Unfortunately, I live eight hours north! *pouts*
Calichef at 3:08AM on 06/06/07
north carolina pulled pork
Danny Fox at 11:42AM on 06/06/07
Dry rubbed babyback ribs with a side of Carolina bbq sauce.
daveg227 at 12:43PM on 06/06/07
I vote for pulled pork...I know, how original
aburke at 12:54PM on 06/06/07
The BarbeReuban at the Bailey's Smokehouse in Blauvelt - luscious, moist, smoky brisket, with all the trappings of a fine reuben. Best. Sandwich. Ever.
Erisgrom at 5:42PM on 06/06/07
Personally I think a lot of it tends to come down to what type of place it is or what area of the country I am in. For example, in Texas, its brisket and nothing else. Pulled pork in the south, etc.
If pressed, my absolute favorite is pulled pork, there is just something magical about what happens when you combine the noble pig, time, lots of smoke and spice.
swicks at 8:52PM on 06/06/07
Pulled pork,slaw and beans from Midland Inn, Carbondale,Il
KBH at 11:23PM on 06/06/07
Pulled pork,slaw and beans from Midland Inn, Carbondale,Il
KBH at 11:23PM on 06/06/07
any slow smoked BRISKET
damnlamb at 7:52AM on 06/07/07
I gave my husband this cookbook for father's day a couple years ago and he loves it. Big Bob Gibson's hickory-smoked chicken with Alabama white sauce is awesome. I love this book!
My favorite barbecue is a big platter of pulled pork with sweet barbecue sauce, baked beans, and sweet potato fries.
sparkythewonderdog at 10:20AM on 06/07/07
At home with my WSM smoker my best accomplishments have been pork shoulder,12-16 hours at 200-225 over a mesquite lump/hickory mix with a turbinado sugar & red pepper-based rub, pulled and served on squishy generic supermarket hamburger buns with slaw & Piedmont-style sauce. I am quite promiscuous regarding region/style and pretty much run the gamut except for chicken. Taylor’s Sausages here in Oakland make very good links and I can usually find room for a few in the smoker.
In the ‘cue joints I favor brisket, particularly Memphis Minnie’s in the Lower Haight.
Oakland Aaron at 12:01PM on 06/07/07
North Carolina style at some dive next to the pool hall by ETSU in Johnson City, TN
omnivore at 12:39PM on 06/07/07
Pulling the ribs out of a whole pig still on the smoker!
Jennefur at 4:26PM on 06/07/07
i like ribs and bbq pulled chicken on a roll with watermelon. yum!
missmicker at 7:13PM on 06/07/07
Definitely pulled pork from Rudy's in Albuquerque...I guess it's the same Rudy's in Texas. The pork is so juicy it doesn't need any additional sauce. I like it served on a nice roll --hard crust, soft inside --to soak up the juice.
elaine at 8:20PM on 06/07/07
I know it's not barbecue, but if the grill's hot, it's got to be brats.
Fiksu at 9:32AM on 06/08/07
Pulled Pork is among my favorite foods on the planet.
I learned how to do it in Asheville, NC, and now I can do it just as good as ANYONE.
Thank goodness for small favors!
DocChuck at 3:49PM on 06/08/07
north carolina pulled pork sandwiches - specifically from allen and son's...
anado at 5:28PM on 06/08/07
I'm actually quite partial to smoked ham, oddly enough.
Dan Dickinson at 6:17PM on 06/08/07
Anything NC-style...mmm....vinegar...
MegB at 5:24PM on 06/10/07