This Version 2 is significantly expanded and improved.

By marrying water and fire, by marrying sous vide with the grill or smoker, you get "sous vide que", and you can achieve extraordinary results, in many cases, better than with either cooking method on its own.

With this book you will learn all the basics of sous vide along with never-before-published safety info and learn how to use fire and smoke to amp the food up. We'll show you how to sear on a grill, gas or charcoal, on top of a charcoal chimney at well over 1000F, with a torch, and how to add smoke.

You'll learn that is better to add smoke and spice after sous vide, get our recommendations on tools, and get links to a growing list of recipes. But most important, we have busted myths and super simplified cooking temperatures and times and you can download and print a great chart.

Meathead is one of only 26 living BBQ Hall of Famers. The Chicago Tribune said "Meathead is as brainy as Food Network's Alton Brown and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of Serious Eats."

He is the proprietor of the website "Meathead's AmazingRibs.com," called "by far the leading resource for BBQ and grilling information" by Forbes.

He is also the author of "Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecuing and Grilling." It was a New York Times bestseller and was named "One of the 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time" by Southern Living Magazine. It was singled out as one of the best cookbooks of 2016 by Wired, BBC, and Epicurious. Meathead is also the author of several ebook cookbooks.

Meathead is known for his ability to explain the science of cooking in lay terms and with a sense of humor. He has been a guest on national TV (Rachael Ray), radio (NPRs Science Friday) and featured in large articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune and many more.

In a previous life he was a syndicated wine critic for the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He has taught at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, lectured at Yale and many other places, and he has judged food, wine, beer, and spirits all around the world.