“Get your MBA in BBQ from one of the MVPs in the business. The info is rock-solid—even I learned a thing or two.” —Steve Raichlen, host of Project Fire and Project Smoke on PBS

Have you ever wondered if you could make good barbecue without a smoker, pit, or grill? If you need to use a rub or marinade? Not sure what a brisket is, whether you need to trim it, and if so, how? Wouldn’t you love to turn to 5-time barbecue world champion Myron Mixon, winner of over 200 grand championships, to get all your answers. Now you can!

In BBQ&A with Myron Mixon, bestselling author and TV personality Myron Mixon answers the questions most frequently asked of him during his many live cooking demos, TV appearances, and private cooking classes. This is the ultimate question-and-answer session with the ultimate barbecue champion. Chapters include:

• Get the Smokin’ Started (’Cue Basics & Equipment)
• Prepare Yourself (Meat Prep)
• Yardbirds, Demystified (Chicken &Turkey)
• The Whole Hog (All About Cooking the Pig)
• Handling It (All About Ribs & Chops)
• Here Is the Beef (All About Cooking the Cow)
• Swimming Lessons (All About Cooking Seafood & Fish)
• What Else? (Sides, Desserts, Drinks)

Myron writes, “Got a burning question about barbecue? From all I’ve seen in my twenty-give years as a professional pitmaster, I know you have at least one question that’s bugging you, at least one nagging issue that comes up every time you’re getting ready to barbecue in your backyard. Well, you have come to the right place.”

Myron’s lively, informative answers are paired with practical visuals and cover techniques and methods, flavors and preparations, recipes and formulas—all collected in one place for the first time by the winningest man in barbecue.

Myron Mixon is a four-time world barbecue champion and has won more than 200 grand BBQ championships, resulting in over 1,800 total trophies, 30 state championships, 8 Team of the Year awards, and 11 national championships. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Myron Mixon’s BBQ Rules, Smokin’ with Myron Mixon, and Everyday Barbecue, and the star of Discovery’s BBQ Rules and BBQ Pitmasters. He lives in Unadilla, Georgia, where he is also the mayor. Kelly Alexander is a former Saveur senior editor and the winner of a James Beard Journalism Award. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, and teaches food writing at Duke University.