Styles of Barbecue

Follow us across Americans barbecue trail covering 15 styles of barbecue. Learn about each one’s, recipes, sauces and their history.

Pairing BBQ to Wine and Beer

Learn to pair different style of barbecue with your favorite varietals of wines and craft styles of beers.

Best Barbecue Restaurants

We pick the top 10 barbecue restaurants for all 15 styles linking them to reviews, websites, menus and more. Vote your favorites to be updated into our 2024 lists.

About us

We write cookbooks to make you a great host and life of the party.

The hardest part of throwing a party is deciding what to make. Chef Charles Michael makes it easy by not only including recipes for all the courses, but also helping select the wines and craft beers to go with just about any style of barbecue you like.

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Chef Charles Michaels Cookbooks

Four cookbooks designed to help throw a themed party where guests either bring a meal course or bottle of wine. Besides being a formally trained in the culinary and pastry arts, Chef Charles Michael is a sommelier with a small vineyard.

Learn to pair barbecue to your favorite varietals of wines and styles of craft beer. Want to throw the perfect barbecue, then use our guide to meats, sidedishes and wine and craft beer pairing for each of the 15 style of barbecue presented.

Learn the basics of pairing food and wine by throwing 13 parties based on styles of wine. Each party selects styles from around the world to help an enthusiasts determine the varietals and styles of wine they like best.

Dive into wines from 13 regions and taste varietals and dishes unique to its region. This second book expands on our first helping enthuists determine unique varietals within regions they like best.

Learn all about cuisines of the world andthe things that make a cuisine unique from ettiqute to spices to wine pairing. Each cuisine is a blueprint for a party with everything from recipes to wine or beer pairings.

Because we couldn’t include them all

Bonus Recipes

Our cookbook has over 300+ pages of mouthwatering recipes and wanted to include a few more that couldn’t make room forplus some of our favorite video recipes.

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Barbecue Chicken

There is nothing like a touch of smoke to your favorite cut of chicken be it a wing, breast or thigh.

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Pulled Pork

Pulled pork is one of the most loved and hated barbecued meat out there. Find of new love for this selection by trying different styles of it as well as preperation techniques.

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Pork Ribs

Just about everyone likes ribs. Find out how to cook this favorite in a multiple of ways and flavors.

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Brisket

If there is a cut of meat that represent the holy grail of barbecuing its, brisket. While low and slow seems to be the way, there are so many options to reaching barbecue nirvana.

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Other Beef Cuts

From steaks to roasts to ribs, you can add a little smoky flavor to justabout any cut of beef to make it better.

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Side Dishes

No barbecue is complete without a careful selection of side dishes. While the meats get all the credit, it’s the sides dished that complete the party.

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Barbecue Babes and Hunks

Whether your pictures are of someone cooking or eating barbecue submit them to win a gift certificate to your favorite Q’ Spot and a chance to be in our 2024 Calendar.

Recipe Photo Contest

Cook out featured recipe and photograph and photograph it and not only can you win a gift certificate to your favorite restaurant, but you can also make our cookbook, receiving credit for your picture.

Promotional Give-a-ways

From time to time, we will have sponsor give-a-ways for smokers, sauces, gift baskets and other thing from our sponsor partners. You have to sign-up to win.

Win Some Barbecue!!

Find out about our various contest and earn a gift certificate to your favorite barbecue restaurant.

Vote your favorite Q

Want to give credit where credit is due, then nominate your favorite barbecue. Nominations will be considered in 2024 lists of Top Barbecue Restaurants.

Chef Charles Michael

Some of the best Southern style barbecue I’ve found after I’ve moved to Wisconsin is at Bad Bones Barbecue in Arbor Vita, Wi. Their smoked brisket and prime rib are out of this world.