I received a promo via Amazon for this at $1.99 on Kindle. Anyone have/see this? Yeah it's only $1.99 but is it worth the effort? Reviews are good but your input means more. TIA.
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I have his book, Carnivore. I refer to it often! If this is as good as Carnivore, then it’s worth it, imho. -
RichieB and SheilaAnn
FWIW - when we look at ANYTHING on Amazon we look at reviews first - hover over the stars and (for us) if the 4 and 5 star reviews hit upper 80 to low 90% and 1 stars are single digits we feel like it's a winner. This paradigm is, obviously, more valuable with hundreds and/or thousands of reviews. The book you mentioned has 1,307 reviews: 94% are 4 and 5 star ... only 1% is 1 star! (Those are astounding numbers based on our experience!)
Also, a Kindle book can be 'previewed' ... on the far right is a hotlink "Send a sample" which does just that, the first however many pages are delivered to your kindle device FREE!
This book, with it's GREAT reviews, only $1.99 is now in my Kindle Library ... will give a review in the next minute or three
Lastly, as a born & raised Pittsburghian I had to swallow a little bit o pride when the Author's bio (and Restaurant) are Cleveland.
Peace,
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Thanks for the input. After my 3rd glass of wine I downloaded it. Now how do I explain spending $1.99 and free shipping to my wife. Have I have opened it yet, nope but I will when I have free time.Comment
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Thanks I just downloaded the book.Comment
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I dropped the $2. I figure I’ll get at least that much enjoyment from reading it, and maybe I’ll even get a couple ideas.Comment
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Well when I went to Amazon, I found that I had a $2. So the book cost me nothing!Comment
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Kindle version now $5.99, may still pull the trigger and purchase it.Comment
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There are a couple interesting sauces, and an interesting method, fireplace cooking, which if I decided to try I would be banished from the house.Comment
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I'll admit that I barely know who Michael Symon is, but I strongly dislike him simply for the fact that his restaurant Bar Symon at PHL completely ignored me at the bar for 20+ minutes on two separate occasions. I won't try again.
Sure, that's probably unfair, but I'm gonna stick to it.
Just checked the google reviews, it's apparently not just me.
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In defense of the Chef, blame goes to management. Poor training, no accountability, crappy employees. I seriously doubt MS is even on sight on a regular basis. And if so, he’s probably focused on the kitchen, not the bar, ya know?
But I know how you feel gboss 🤦🏼♀️🥂
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My impression is that Symon is an outstanding chef. He clearly likes BBQ but I have never seen him cook it. His show Burgers, Brew, and ‘Que is good mainly because of the restaurants but I don’t think he adds much personality wise unlike Guy, who is clearly adding a huge amount to DDD.
Net net, the chef talent and recipes should make the book excellent.
However, I don’t know if he views BBQ and smoking as a passion like we do and considers it more of a favorite food that he enjoys eating. I am aware he owns a BBQ restaurant https://www.mabelsbbqvegas.com but I am certain he is not cooking it in every night.
Further proof: his brisket recipe is done with red wine and in the oven. That is a bit rough.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/...risket-2103334
He is always struck me as a bit of a strange chef within the BBQ chef celebrity circuit.
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) ... my dad is a Beaver Falls HS alum and his younger sister graduated with Joe Namath. (ya gotta lay claim to fame where ya can get it 😂)
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