These delicious summer recipes will have you firing up the grill all season long!
From simple main dishes for a crowd to the best steak EVER, we’ve got all the side dishes, desserts, and even cocktails ready and waiting for you here to be the star of your next cookout.

Steaks
Nothing is like a REALLY great steak at a cookout. Here are a few of our all-time favorite steaks!

Wagyu Manhattan Filet
The ultimate steak for the beef fanatic in your life. This American Wagyu filet is hands down the BEST steak I’ve ever had.

Reverse-Seared T-Bone
The t-bone is the best of several steak worlds, in my book, and the reverse sear is the perfect way to cook them!

Grilled New York Strip Steak
New York Strips are an affordable and delicious option for a delicious steak dinner! Cook it on whatever kind of grill you’ve got.
Main Dishes for a crowd
Sometimes you just want to make ONE big thing to feed them all, instead of trying to juggle a bunch of individual main proteins during a meal.
These dishes are great for feeding a big crowd, and some of them can be made in advance too.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Serve them with coleslaw, fresh buns, and ALL of the bbq sauce. You can make it the day before (since it takes eleventy hours). Easy to transport, too.

Smoked & Pulled Beef Sandwiches
Your next chuck roast has met its match. Slow smoked and pulled before getting loaded with bbq sauce and piled onto buns. Everyone loves smoked pulled beef!

Sweet Chili Chicken Leg Quarters
Bring chicken up to the next level of barbecue fandom and make these affordable, delicious, sweet chili chicken leg quarters!
Chicken
I think chicken is largely underrated, which it comes to good barbecue. Some of my very favorite recipes to make in the summer feature our small feathered friends, the ever-versatile, chicken.
More great grilled chicken recipes here!

Grilled Spatchcock Chicken
Crispy skin, tender meat, easy prep, what more can you ask for in a meal?
Oh, right…seconds.

Smoked Chicken Wings
Chicken wings on the grill are always a treat. Check out my favorite rub for wings in this post too!

Chicken Lollipops Recipe
Inexpensive chicken legs are prepped and grilled and sauced and make an excellent addition to any bbq!
Fish
Grilled fish is an incredible option for those fresh catches you’re reeling in. Here are a few of our favorites.
Click here for all of our fish recipes.

Grilled Lingcod with Wine and Garlic
Any firm white fish will work for this recipe that features wine and peppers and makes its own sauce!

Grilled Honey Garlic Salmon
The t-bone is the best of several steak worlds, in my book, and the reverse sear is the perfect way to cook them!

Crab-Stuffed Lingcod
New York Strips are an affordable and delicious option for a delicious steak dinner! Cook it on whatever kind of grill you’ve got.
Seafood
MMMMhmmmmm. Don’t forget to break out the shrimp, lobster, and crab now and again!

Grilled Teriyaki Shrimp
Grilled, seasoned, and sauced in all things teriyaki. I could eat a whole plate of these and still want more.

Grilled Lobster Tails
New York Strips are an affordable and delicious option for a delicious steak dinner! Cook it on whatever kind of grill you’ve got.
"What's the dish you bring when you want to impress?"
I asked my favorite food bloggers what THEY would bring to a bbq if they really wanted to show off their skills. These are the recipes they chose!