BBQ & Grilling Recipes

Come summer we're all about cooking outdoors, whether slow-cooked barbecue for BBQ ribs and other favorites or the fast, intense heat of grilling for burgers or steaks or pizzas. Did you know you can grill an entire dinner from appetizers through dessert? Whether you have a charcoal grill, a gas grill or a smoker, use our recipes, techniques, and menus to get the best out of your summer cookouts.

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Our 25 Greatest Grilled Chicken Recipes

Explore the many ways to prepare this dinnertime favorite on the grill. Our recipes include buttermilk-marinated chicken pieces, whole chickens basted in homemade barbecue sauce, and so much more.

By Peggy Kieran

Our Very Best Burger Recipes

From classic diner-style patties to meatless masterpieces and bunless beauties, here are more than two dozen of our best burger recipes.

By Alexandra Lim-Chua Wee

How to Grill Any Vegetable Like a Pro

Our guide to making the best grilled vegetables will keep you fired up all summer long. Just pick your vegetable—or make mix-and-match kebabs—and master these basic techniques.

By Victoria Spencer

Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream

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When you bring home peaches that aren't quite ripe enough, grilling them is a sweet and easy solution for dessert. The high heat from the grill coaxes out their juiciness and caramelizes the natural sugars found in the fruit. Top the peachy bowls off with ice cream and crumbled cookies and you have an easy and unique treat.

You'll Want to Make These Easy Steak Recipes Again and Again

Sometimes a steak seasoned with salt and pepper is all you need, but when you want a more creative way to cook a steak, we can help. We're sharing our favorite steak recipes, which include interesting seasoning and sauces to help them shine.

By Lynn Andriani

Try These Six Fresh Grilling Recipes (from Martha's New Cookbook!)

Preview our latest book, Martha Stewart's Grilling, and then head outside to make these delicious dishes.

Grilled Striped Bass

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We serve the fillets over our Corn and Clam Chowder Sauce, but they are also delicious on their own, with just a sprinkling of lemon juice.

Grilled-Eggplant Parmesan

Our light, summery take on classic eggplant parmesan skips the breading and relies on the grill to do all the cooking. Flame-kissed tomatoes and shallots are turned into a quick sauce, then spooned over charred eggplant and gooey mozzarella for a memorable dinner.

How to Smoke Fish

Where there's smoke, there's flavor. Smoking fish at home may sound intimidating, but it's no more complicated than grilling. Just add aromatic wood to a charcoal grill and let the fragrant, flavorful smoke do its work.

Grilled Chicken Breasts with BBQ Sauce

For this all-American classic that's great for lunch or dinner, use a great homemade sauce and pick your method: Slow-cook a whole bird for the juiciest results or grill smaller pieces for a fast meal.

Grilled Spatchcocked Chicken

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Spatchcocking (or butterflying) lets you grill a whole bird, because it enables you to cook the meat evenly. If your grill is big enough, double the recipe. Leftovers are delicious over salad.

Smoky Baby Back Ribs

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Smoky, sticky, falling-off-the-bone ribs are easier than you think. Just cook them long and slow -- on the grill or in the oven.

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Our Favorite Recipes Featuring Barbecue Sauce

18 Things You Didn't Know You Could Grill

Bored with burgers? Think steaks are a snooze? Offer something unexpected at your next cookout, with these fresh ideas for appetizers, main dishes, and desserts that are great on the grill.

Grilled Vegetable Recipes That Put a Bounty of Produce—Including Zucchini, Tomatoes, and Eggplant—to Good Use

Tomato and Basil Pizza

Grilled Chicken Thighs with Charred Corn and Summer Squash

Thin Burger

Spicy Shrimp Fajitas with Grilled Pineapple Pico

Get tropical with these citrusy shrimp fajitas topped with charred pineapple salsa, cilantro sprigs, and a drizzle of sour cream. It will become an instant family favorite dinner for any night of the week.

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Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb

A butterflied leg of lamb, which cooks quickly and evenly on the grill, has been split down the center, then unfolded and spread open to resemble a butterfly.

Grilled Pork-and-Pineapple Tacos

Our at-home version of the Mexican classic tacos al pastor pairs spicy pork tenderloin with sweet pineapple on the grill.

Three-Cheese Pizza

Two kinds of mozzarella plus creamy fontina and a little fresh parsley top this cheesy grilled pizza. No grill? no problem. Cook this dough in a cast-iron skillet over high heat, or on a preheated sheet pan or pizza stone in a 500-degree oven.

Our Favorite Turkey Burger

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These tasty burgers incorporate shredded Gruyère cheese and Dijon mustard in the patty, rather than on top, which prevents the bun from getting soggy. Breadcrumbs add even more texture.

Grilled Buttermilk Chicken

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A soak in herb-laced buttermilk imparts a slight tang to this chicken while tenderizing the meat. The key to grilling chicken is to create two heat zones: one for high, direct heat (over the coals) and one for low, indirect heat (away from the coals).

Grilled Lamb Shoulder Chops with Herb Aioli

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A simple, chilled herb sauce cuts through the richness of grilled lamb chops for a summery, yet satisfying, entree. Shoulder chops, an inexpensive cut that's rich in flavor, are available at most major supermarkets.

Shrimp Skewers with Chopped-Zucchini Salad

Nothing says summer like a grilled weeknight dinner and this Greek-inspired meal comes together fast. Serve the shrimp kewers with this quick salad of grilled chopped zucchini, onion, and feta over couscous. All that's needed is lemon and olive oil to bring it all together.

Barbecued Baby-Back Ribs

Boiling the meat will result in tender ribs. It also shortens the overall cooking time.

Garlic-Marinated Chicken Cutlets with Grilled Potatoes

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Serve this Garlic-Marinated Chicken Cutlets with Grilled Potatoes for your next dinner. It's a family-style choice on a big platter, perfect for the next time you're feeding a crowd.

Grilled Balsamic Flank Steak With Peppers and Onions

Flank is a flavorful, lean cut of steak that's sliced thin and served. Make the deep, savory marinade ahead of time and let it work its magic on the meat for up to two days in the fridge. It makes party time a cinch, as the steak cooks in just 10 minutes (and this recipe can easily be doubled—or tripled to feed a crowd.)

Flank Steak with Lime Marinade

It's very lean, so flank steak requires tenderizing; marinate in this Asian-infused sauce before cooking, and thinly slice against the grain before serving.

Grilled Zucchini with Miso

A hearty, healthy summer side of thick-sliced zucchini brushed with a miso-soy glaze, then grilled. The result is deep umami richness.

Grilled Corn with Chile-Lime Salt

A sprinkling of homemade chile-lime salt and grated Parmesan brings the summertime classic of grilled corn with butter to a sublime new level.

Thick Burger

Oozing with juice and loaded with beefy flavor, it's a burger connoisseur's fantasy.

Grilled Arctic Char

This protein-packed grilled fish is delicious on its own or with a Spring Wheat Berry Salad.

Saffron-Yogurt Chicken Kebabs

A easy, rich Greek yogurt-based marinade is the key to these juicy flame-kissed chicken skewers that you can grill for a quick dinner.

Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta

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Bruschetta is topped with a mix of heirloom-tomato varieties, as well as red onion and basil.

Chicken Satay Skewers

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Celebrate warmer breezes by sharing a tropical combo: Thai-inspired chicken skewers and a Pineapple-Rum Cocktail.

Grilled Skirt Steak and Hearts of Palm Salad

Something wonderful happens when a skirt steak slathered in red curry paste hits a hot grill: it sizzles into spicy complexity, the ingredients uniting for one compact punch. Pair the sliced meat with grilled hearts of palm, and toss with fresh greens, cherry tomatoes, and thin rice noodles that offer just enough heft to turn this Thai-inspired salad into a complete meal.

Grilled-Chicken-and-Zucchini Salad

A quick marinade in garlicky, dill-flecked yogurt before grilling turns chicken cutlets super flavorful in this chicken and zucchini salad. They're served at dinner alongside an even faster-to-make romaine-and-radish salad, plus flame-kissed planks of zucchini brightened with lemon zest.

Barbecued Chicken Wings

For an All-American cookout, be sure to put some chicken wings on the grill.

BBQ Chicken Kabobs with Potatoes and Summer Squash

These skewers of grilled chicken breast, squash, and potato are flavored with a fiery barbecue sauce. The potatoes need to be parboiled so they will be done at the same time as the chicken.

Green-Chile Chicken Burgers

This lean burger gets plenty of flavor and juiciness from canned green chiles and fresh cilantro. Finish with sour cream for a creamy spread with a little extra tang.

Pressed Picnic Sandwich

A crowded picnic basket won't cramp the style of this hearty sandwich, which actually tastes better when pressed, as it enables the vinaigrette to permeate each layer of grilled peppers, cured meats, marinated artichokes, goat cheese, and fresh herbs.

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