First the fire, then the craft.
We did not learn to grill at school — we learned from these people. Here is the list, sorted by what you are trying to cook.
None of this is sponsored. We link what we watch and read ourselves. Book links go to Amazon.
Smoking & low and slow
Brisket, ribs, pulled pork. Start here and you learn smoke, time and temperature — the rest follows.
Chuds BBQ
Texas technique without the show. Bradley explains trimming and fire management so you can copy it.
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Mad Scientist BBQ
Tests claims instead of repeating them. The channel for anyone who wants to know why something works.
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Smoke Trails BBQ
Brisket in every variation, cleanly compared. Excellent before you put your first big cut on.
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Tuffy Stone
Competition pitmaster with four world titles. Precision that still works in a back garden.
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LeRoy and Lewis BBQ
Austin, new cuts. If you want to try beef cheeks or hot guts, start here.
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Franklin BBQ
Aaron Franklin's series. The basis for practically everything said about brisket today.
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BBQ with Franklin — alle Folgen (PBS)
The complete PBS series, nine episodes. If you watch only one thing on this list, make it this.
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Franklin Barbecue (Kanal)
The restaurant's own channel — a look behind the scenes of one of the best pits in the world.
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ArnieTex
South Texas style, lots of beef and Mexican BBQ. Barbacoa and fajitas as in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Wilson's BBQ
Texas BBQ from England — useful because the meat is cut the European way, not the American one.
WatchSteak & picanha
Short, hot, correct. And picanha, because no Brazilian grill is complete without it.
Guga Foods
A Brazilian in Miami who tests everything to the limit. His picanha videos are the classic.
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Sous Vide Everything
Guga's second channel. Sous-vide plus a hard sear — the safest method for expensive cuts.
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Max the Meat Guy
Short and visual. Good for learning cuts and collecting ideas for the next evening.
WatchPizza
The dough is the whole difference. After that, the oven only does what the dough allows.
Technique & kitchen science
Why meat stays juicy, what heat really does, how to hold a knife.
In German
German channels working with ingredients you can actually buy here, at the butcher round the corner.
Fleischglück
Meat knowledge and recipes in German, with an eye on German cuts.
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Guller BBQ
Mostly barbecue: brisket, pulled pork, pastrami and home-made sausage, plus other recipes. Much of it explained for beginners, often alongside other German BBQ people.
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Andi's BBQ
Down-to-earth recipes for home use, with no competition ambitions.
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Smoke BBQ Düsseldorf
A BBQ restaurant from Düsseldorf, showing how American barbecue works in Germany.
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Serie: Das beste BBQ der Welt (mit Guller BBQ)
A travel series in search of the best barbecue — in German, together with Guller BBQ.
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Raph's BBQ
Equipment tests and comparisons — useful when working out which type suits you.
WatchEquipment & makers
Straight from the makers of the equipment sitting in our storage.
Books
Two that belong on the shelf.
New School Barbecue
Recipes from Austin, with plenty of vegetables and unusual cuts. A good cure for brisket tunnel vision.
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The Complete Franklin Barbecue Collection
Franklin Barbecue, Franklin Steak and Franklin Smoke as a set. The standard work, three times over.
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