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Product Description

For serious competitors and backyard enthusiasts, Competition BBQ Secrets by Bill Anderson is a winning combination of expertly honed skills and hometown flare. Whether it’s chicken, ribs, butts or brisket, this cookbook has recipes, directives, insights and guidance on how to slow cook competition-quality meats. Better than any restaurant, these competition and backyard secrets will have beginning barbeque aficionados slow-cooking masterpieces in no time at all. In twenty easy to read chapters, with titles such as “Regional Barbecue Sauce Variations,” “BBQ Competitions: What you need to get started,” “Barbecue Recipe Science” and “Collagen, Protein, and Fat,” readers learn the details on exact times and temperatures so there is no room for error—and that’s the point. It is what distinguishes this barbequing cookbook from all others—the author cuts away the bone and fat to get to the meat of the matter.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109675 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-05
• Released on: 2008-11-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 102 pages

About the Author
Bill Anderson has been a barbecue enthusiast for a quarter of a century. He began competing on the barbeque circuit in 2004 with the Chatham Artillery BBQ Team based in Savannah, Georgia. This is his first book.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
It's good, but could be better
By B. Bigler
I bought this book based largely on the title after searching for select BBQ cook books. I've been cooking BBQ for just a couple of years and am trying to reach the "next level" by refining my recipes and techniques, and looked forward to a better understanding of BBQ competition and the techniques\recipes for preparing all the meat categories. There are four things I found disappointing:

1) The recipes rely on rubs or sauces that are only available through certain commercial sources.
2) There are several rub and sauce recipes, but none are referenced or used in the book.
3) The descriptions of trimming and preparation could be greatly improved with the addition of more photographs.
4) This is a useful book only if you already have experience with BBQ.

I also have to agree with one other reviewer that the book cost is about $15 more than it's worth.

22 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
The nerve of this guy...don't waste your money.
By C. Guillory
I have been cooking BBQ about 4 months now. I bought this book thinking i was going to get some really good inside competition information. I read the 70 pages in a pdf which would be 35 or so in paperback form unless you used really big fonts. There was not one thing in this book that you can't find for free at [...]
, the weber virtual bullet site, food network or in any blogs or message boards in a couple hours time. When i wrote bill to tell him of my discontent his reply was as follows:

"Yeah... the info might be available on the internet in only a few places,
but there is also a lot of bad information and only partial information. How
much time have you wasted online and how many mistakes have you made in your
trials? If you really want "all" the details of how I won 4 grands last
year, go to [...] - I'm telling you... I leave out no
details! Members have already won 2 grands this year, some reserves, and
many, many good paying walks. "

Thanks,
Bill Anderson
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Can you believe this guy...i know you paid me for competition secrets that i did NOT deliver on but if you really want to know some...PAY ME MORE MONEY TO WATCH MY VIDEOS!! Absolutly unbelievable the nerve and ego of this guy!!!

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Not much info. in the book
By New York Buyer
The book is more of a paphlet, not a true book. It does give some tips, but not a great value.