Seared: The Ultimate Guide to Barbecuing Meat

Live-fire and BBQ expert Genevieve Taylor is the author of twelve books includingThe Ultimate Wood-Fired Oven Cookbook (2018),Charred (2019) andFoolproof BBQ (2021). She runs the Bristol Fire School and demonstrates live-fire cookery at food festivals all over the UK. She has presented Radio 4'sThe Food Programme and regularly contributes to the national press on all things barbecue.

Seared is a one-stop shop for recipes and practical advice that will help you get the most from cooking meat on your barbecue, beginning with the science of why we need to cook different cuts in different ways and the physics of how fire works.

Divided into two sections – BEAST and BIRD – and into SLOW and FAST within those sections, live-fire cooking expert Genevieve Taylor covers everything you'll ever need to know about buying and cooking all kinds of meat, from steaks and fillets, to whole joints and whole birds, and looking at techniques from brining to marinading, smoking to braising, searing super-hot and low and slow cooking.

Genevieve provides essential information about setting up your barbecue, sourcing your fuel and lighting your fire, and setting up your grill, with troubleshooting tips throughout. Full of succulent, colorful recipes, Seared is the most useful, practical and comprehensive guide to grilling meat on the market.