Our Best BBQ Recipes

We've rounded up our best low-and-slow barbecue recipes, from regional pulled pork to smoked chickens and brisket flats.

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The Ultimate Barbecued Ribs

Tyler's sticky rib sauce gets a smoky infusion from the most irresistible lardon: rendered bacon fat.

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16-Spice Smoked Chicken

For Bobby's daring dry rub, you'll need practically every spice you pack in your pantry, plus three different kinds of chili powder.

Get the Recipe: Sixteen Spice Smoked Chicken

Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt

Pile this sweet, spicy and slightly sour BBQ pork butt high on a roll or eat it straight up with a bit of coleslaw.

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Roasted Pork Loin with Peach BBQ Sauce

If you're skeptical of fruit in your BBQ sauce, don't be. Fresh peaches give Kelsey's recipe a sweet, summery twist that pairs perfectly with pork loin.

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Smoked Brisket

Time is the most-important ingredient when smoking brisket. Tiffani's garlicky, spicy-sweet rub and finger-lickin'-good barbecue sauce are both easy to make — the hardest part is waiting four to five agonizing hours for the meat to cook.

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Smoked Pork Loin Center Cut Chops in Belgian Ale Marinade

Lean, tender pork steaks are marinated with oil, vinegar, allspice berries and tarragon before being smoked with apple wood chunks on the grill.

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Beer Can Chicken with Cola Barbecue Sauce

Try this ingenious method for roasting chicken on the grill or in a smoker, and you'll enjoy golden, crispy skin and tender, fall-off-the-bone meat every time.

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Memphis-Style Dry Rub Ribs

Made with cayenne pepper, ground cumin, paprika and dried oregano, this rub gets the spicy-to-smoky ratio just right.

Get the Recipe: Dry Rub Ribs- Memphis (Dave's Dinners)

BBQ Chicken with Peach Barbecue Sauce

Add sweet, heat-tinged flavor to grilled chicken by basting the bird with peach brandy, then smothering in peach BBQ sauce.

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Cuban-Style Leg of Pork

Due to the state's Cuban and Spanish culinary influences, this recipe is very popular in Florida. In addition to a ton of fresh garlic cloves, the sour orange juice is a key ingredient and adds a unique flavor to the dish. (You can substitute a mixture of regular orange juice and lime juice if you can't find it.). Make sure you start marinating a day ahead of cooking to ensure the right level of flavor.

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Brisket Sandwich

Chuck Hughes piles his brisket sandwich high with lettuce, tomato, apple-barbecue sauce-soaked brisket and onion rings.

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Smoked Ribs with Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

Going to Carolina in your mind? Consider this recipe your ticket. Bobby layers on the flavor with a dry rub packed with ancho chile powder, a tangy vinegar-based "mop" for basting, and a BBQ sauce sweetened with brown sugar, molasses and honey.

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The Ultimate Barbecued Chicken

Tyler's ultimate barbecue sauce marries smoky bacon with sweet molasses, and is seasoned with fresh thyme, garlic, cumin and paprika.

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Jan Birnbaum's New Orleans-Style Babyback Beer Ribs

A potent spice rub containing chili powder, paprika, cumin, lime zest and nutmeg-like achiote give New Orleans-style ribs tremendous flavor.

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Bacon-Wrapped Pig Wings

Take a few boneless pork chops, add some bacon and a little creativity, and Pig Wings are on the menu! The bacon adds great flavor and prevents the meat from getting dry. Though a bit unusual, these "wings" make a fabulous appetizer when served with extra barbecue sauce for dipping.

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Smoked Brisket

Brisket is the hallmark of Texas 'cue. Made up of layers of fat and muscle, it can be one of the toughest cuts of beef around if not prepared properly. But when given time to tenderize, it's one of the most flavorful beef experiences you'll ever have and is well worth the wait.

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Pulled Pork and Kimchi Sandwich

Chuck Hughes' tender smoked pulled pork and kimchi sandwich, served with a sweet and tangy glaze, puts a global spin on a standard barbecue sandwich.

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Easy BBQ Short Ribs

Sunny makes short ribs a cinch; simply pour her homemade BBQ sauce over the ribs, cover wth aluminum foil and roast until deliciously tender.

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Pork Tenderloin with Prickly Pear Tequila BBQ Sauce

Generously basted with a unique pear- and tequila-infused sauce, these hefty chunks of pork are cooked on the grill until just tender.

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BBQ Turkey Drumsticks with Chipotle Glaze

Try Chuck Hughes' delicious slow-roasted and basted BBQ turkey drumsticks, glazed with chipotle sauce.

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Eastern North Carolina Barbecue

The addictive barbecue sauce, made with apple cider vinegar, crushed red pepper and fresh garlic, gives this pork butt sweet, acidic and spicy balance.

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Smoked Salmon

Host a classic brunch with your own homemade smoked salmon, or get creative and sub in trout, mackerel or bluefish.

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Sweet and Spicy Shredded Pork

Get Kelsey's ultimate summer entertaining menu: tender pulled pork, easy coleslaw, grilled sweet corn and a tempting chocolate cake.

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Spit-Roasted Pig with Nona's Rub and Basting Sauce

This slow-roasted pig spends almost eight hours on the spit, resulting in shatteringly crisp skin, succulent meat and enough food to feed a small army. Challenge accepted.

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Smoked Brisket, Ribs and Pork Sausage with Texas Mop Sauce and BBQ Sauce

No matter where you live, you can have a barbecue smorgasbord for dinner with a little time and effort.

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Garlicky Smoked Shrimp

Kelsey's shrimp hit the smoker and emerge with Southern flavor, courtesy of her oak sawdust chips and cider barbecue dipping sauce. The marinade adds even more oomph with shallots and dry sherry.

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Crispy-Skin Hoisin BBQ Chicken

An initial marinade of soy sauce, lemon, garlic and scallions renders chicken thighs very flavorful, but it’s the hoisin-ginger-brown-sugar glaze and a short finish in the oven that makes its skin caramelized and crispy.

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Pulled BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

Smoky shredded rotisserie chicken gets tossed in garlic, onion, tomato and molasses, before it's piled high on a fluffy hamburger roll.

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All-Day Roast Pork, Spicy Apple Chutney, Mashed Citrus Sweet Potatoes, Sauteed Chard

Rachael Ray's leftovers-guaranteed pork is seasoned with fresh thyme and fennel seeds and roasted until crispy.

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Crispy, Smoked Chicken Wings and Legs, Cilantro, Lime and Sriracha and a Celery and Radish Salad

Michael Symon kicks up his chicken wings by smoking them and serving them with a refreshing salad. Use his easy Kitchen Stadium technique at home to wow your guests with a new set of wings.

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Pulled Pork Shoulder with Lexington Style Dip Sauce

This no-frills pork shoulder gains tasty flavor from its side sauce, made with ketchup, cider vinegar, sugar and cayenne pepper.

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Oklahoma Joe's Smoked Brisket Flat

This brisket gets spiced with Spanish paprika, chili powder, cayenne pepper and celery salt before hitting the smoker.

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Oklahoma Joe's Pulled Pork

Light brown sugar, apple juice and barbecue sauce give this pull-apart pork its deliciously sweet flavor.

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Slow Cooker Shredded Pork

Low and slow is key for this pull-apart, tender shredded pork. After 10 hours, the meat will be rich with the flavors of the recipe's many spices, like chili powder, coriander and cumin.

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Carolina-Style Pulled Pork

Spice-rubbed pork butt (which is actually a juicy cut from the shoulder) cooks in the smoker for 8 hours until it's pull-apart tender and is then mixed with a classic eastern North Carolina sauce, which has a tangy vinegar base and no tomato.

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Beef Brisket Bonanza Sandwich

Hot and cold, sweet and sour, spicy and savory: Each bite of this comforting and classic sandwich is an exercise in balance.

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Pulled Pork Nachos

The only way these Tex-Mex nachos could get any better is if they're washed down with an ice-cold beer.

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Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Nadia G. personalizes her pork shoulder with an overnight marinade of paprika, brown sugar and cayenne-spiked dry rub. Partner the tender meat with her sticky-sweet maple-pineapple-vinegar sauce.

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