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Title: A waste of time unless you like repetition and odd dishes
Review: Raichlen is all about fluff. Can there be ANY good reason to start every recipe wasting a page on how to light your grill and oil it? The recipes are nothing to write home about, in fact they rarely have anything to do with grilling as they could be prepared with any cooking appliance. I believe Raichlen's main goal is to prove a grill can be used too cook anything, like say playing 'Duelin' Banjos' on an electric organ. This is a big book - 500 pages. It should really be about 130. Does it have any saving graces? sure. There's a nice 2-page spread on the different cuts of steak. That's it. As an owner of this and many other grilling cookbooks I would not recommend it. My #1 recommended book is the Weber Real Grilling book. THAT is the book for anyone with a grill, gas or otherwise. It explains things without redundancy, has crafty recipes, and gives decisive directions. It's also crammed full, not a lot of fluff like all of Raichlen's work.
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