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Fire grilled fish five ways, plus the cast iron trout with bacon and caramelized onions I have eaten for breakfast since childhood.

Grilled country bread rubbed with garlic and crushed tomato, finished with good olive oil and fleur de sel. Four ingredients, five minutes, made over a wood fire.

A thick bone-in ribeye, coarse salt and a two-hour bed of embers. Which cut to buy, how to build the fire, and the internal temperature never to go past.

Cooking over fire is easy — once you understand the two fire cooking methods that make everything else possible. Master direct and indirect cooking and you can handle a hot dog, a thick ribeye, or a whole spatchcocked chicken with the same fire. 🔥 do you need a grill to cook over fire? Can you …

Did you know there’s a real best wood for cooking, and worst ones too? Over a fire you want hardwood, not that soft campsite bundle sold in a mesh bag at the gas station. Depending on the species you burn, you get a different heat, a different burn time, and a different taste on your …