DJ BBQ's Backyard Baking 60 Awesome Recipes for Baking Over Live Fire

DJ BBQ wants you to take your live fire skills and backyard set-up to the next level with 60 awesome recipes for baking over live fire. From Yeasty Boys, Between the Sheets, Early Risers and Party Bakes the chapters will cover everything you ever wanted to know about baking on your BBQ.  

The standard kettle BBQ is essentially an oven, so why not use it to its potential and get baking? Bake the best ever brioche buns so you can make the ultimate cheeseburger; whip up some rye crumpets to go alongside some amazing pastrami; enjoy a god-tier bacon sandwich using your very own live fire sourdough loaf; throw an epic pizza party for all your friends; and finish off with some sweet treats like smoky chocolate brownies. When it comes to backyard baking the possibilities are endless and DJ BBQ wants YOU to join the party.  

Think you're a BBQ pro? Put your skills to the test with next instalment from the DJ BBQ team. It's Backyard Baking, and it's AWESOME.

DJ BBQ (aka Christian Stevenson) is a live fire chef and a leading name in the world of BBQ. After a successful broadcasting career fronting shows for MTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 (including award-winning Rad), he harnessed his passion for cooking over fire and now has his own YouTube channel with more than 175K subscribers (he's also a regular big-hitter on Jamie Oliver's FoodTube). DJ BBQ stars in and hosts festivals including Meatopia, The Big Feastival, Camp Bestival, Grilltopia and The Big Grill. He is a chef on Food.com, and has contributed to This Morning, FHM, Independent, Daily Mail and the Chris Evans Breakfast Show among many others. He has a BBQ spice rub range with US brand Spiceology, and his brand affiliations include Hellmann's, Renault, B&Q and Kid Rock's American Bad Ass Grill. He is the author of Fire Food (2018), The Burger Book (2019) and Fire Feasts (2022). This time Christian is joined by David Wright and Chris Taylor. David Wright won ITV's Britain's Best Bakery in 2014 and BIA Baker of the Year in 2017, he's a third-generation baker who has carved a niche for live fire baking. In 2020 David demonstrated his ability to bake over fire in Sky's The Third Day, a 12-hour live performance starring Jude Law, created by Punchdrunk International. David is currently the Head Baker at Pump St Bakery in Suffolk, UK and does live fire baking demos at all the major food festivals. His brownies are also award-winning! Chris Taylor DJ BBQ's right hand man and co-wrote Fire Feasts. Once working behind the scenes on Masterchef UK, he now cooks up fiery feasts up and down the country. He also helps run Whittle & Flame, a UK-based sustainable charcoal manufacturer.