Greats at the Grill – Joy of Grilling

Joy of Grilling started at my grandmother's table and grew up around Alabama grills. This is where I keep the recipes, the guides, and everything I've learned about cooking over fire — so your family can gather around the grill the way mine always has.

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A tall stack of lumberjack buttermilk flapjacks with butter and maple syrup.

11/05/2026

Lumberjack Flapjacks — Paul Bunyan’s Griddle

Total: 25 minutes

Buttermilk, Greats at the Grill, Maple Syrup, Pancakes

Frontier grilled rabbit pieces with a sage-mustard crust.

11/05/2026

Frontier Grilled Rabbit — Davy Crockett

Rest: 5 minutes Total: 45 minutes

Butter, garlic, Greats at the Grill

Grilled Lucanian sausages, Roman-spiced, one link cut to show the interior.

11/05/2026

Grilled Lucanian Sausages — Apicius

Total: 55 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Pork, Sausage

Lamb koobideh kebabs on flatbread with charred tomatoes and sumac onions.

11/05/2026

Lamb Koobideh — the Sword Kebab

Total: 35 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Lamb, onion

An opened grilled clambake packet with clams, corn, potatoes, and sausage.

11/04/2026

Grilled Clambake Packets — Squanto’s Fire

Total: 40 minutes

Clams, Greats at the Grill, Sausage

Achiote-marinated grilled quail with lime wedges and warm tortillas.

11/04/2026

Achiote Grilled Quail — Moctezuma’s Table

Total: 27 minutes

garlic, Greats at the Grill

The Elvis — a griddled peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich, cut and stacked.

11/04/2026

The Elvis — Grilled Peanut Butter, Banana & Bacon

Total: 20 minutes

Bacon, Greats at the Grill, Peanut Butter, Sandwich

Whole trout crisped in a cast-iron skillet with bacon, onion, and lemon.

11/04/2026

Campfire Trout in the Skillet — Hemingway

Total: 30 minutes

Bacon, Cast Iron, Greats at the Grill, Trout

Hunting-camp venison steaks with herb butter.

11/04/2026

Hunting-Camp Venison Steaks — Theodore Roosevelt

Rest: 10 minutes Total: 30 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Venison

Coffee-rubbed chuck steak, sliced against the grain, chuckwagon style.

11/04/2026

Chuckwagon Steak — Charles Goodnight

Rest: 10 minutes Total: 37 minutes

Beef, Coffee, Greats at the Grill, Steak

Grilled bison steaks with melting butter on a camp plate.

11/04/2026

Grilled Bison Steaks — Lewis & Clark

Rest: 10 minutes Total: 30 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Steak

Thick grilled ribeye steaks with melting butter, White House lawn style.

11/04/2026

Steaks on the Lawn — Eisenhower Grills

Rest: 10 minutes Total: 32 minutes

Beef, Greats at the Grill, Steak

Texas beef plate ribs with a salt-and-pepper bark, sliced between the bones.

11/04/2026

Texas Beef Plate Ribs — LBJ’s Barbecue Diplomacy

Rest: 30 minutes Total: 5 hours 50 minutes

Beef, Greats at the Grill, Steak

Salt-and-pepper spare ribs, 1829 style, sliced with no sauce.

11/04/2026

Barbecued Pork Ribs, 1829 — Andrew Jackson

Rest: 15 minutes Total: 3 hours 30 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Pork, Pork Ribs, Vinegar

Virginia barbecue chicken quarters with glossy vinegar-mopped skin.

11/04/2026

Virginia Barbecue Chicken — George Washington

Rest: 10 minutes Total: 1 hour 15 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Vinegar

Rotisserie beef roast with a mustard crust, sliced, with horseradish cream.

11/04/2026

Great-Kitchen Spit-Roast Beef — Henry VIII

15 minutes Rest: 20 minutes Total: 1 hour 50 minutes

Beef, Greats at the Grill, Horseradish

Mixed lamb, pork, and goat spits roasted over embers with coarse salt, Iliad-style.

11/04/2026

Spit-Roasted Meats — Achilles in the Iliad

Total: 45 minutes

Greats at the Grill, Lamb, Pork

Spit-roasted pork loin with a mustard-herb crust, sliced thick on a board.

11/04/2026

Spit-Roasted Pork — Charlemagne’s Roast

30 minutes Rest: 15 minutes Total: 2 hours

garlic, Greats at the Grill, Pork

Mongolian cumin lamb skewers piled on flatbread with shaved onion and lemon.

11/04/2026

Mongolian Lamb Skewers — Genghis Khan

Total: 30 minutes

garlic, Greats at the Grill, Lamb

Grilled chicken Marengo in tomato-mushroom sauce, crowned with a fried egg and shrimp.

11/04/2026

Grilled Chicken Marengo — Napoleon’s Victory Dish

Total: 55 minutes

Eggs, Greats at the Grill, Mushrooms, Tomatoes