Life of Fire : Mastering the Arts of Pit-Cooked Barbecue, the Grill, and the Smokehouse Pasta and evolving cultures and societies

and evolving cultures and societies

revolutionized home cooking

at once elegant and earthy

Release Date: September 2012

Life of Fire : Mastering the Arts of Pit-Cooked Barbecue, the Grill, and the Smokehouse Pasta and evolving cultures and societiesOne of the few pitmasters still carrying the torch of West Tennessee whole hog barbecue, Nashvilles Pat Martin has studied and taught this craft for years. Now he reveals all he knows about the art of barbecue and live fire cooking. Through beautiful photography and detailed instruction, the lessons start with how to prepare and feed a firewhat wood to use, how to build a pit or a grill, how to position it to account for the weatherthen move into