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Become a Master of the Grill with Help from Workman & Steven Raichlen! #BBQUSA

Looking to improve your grilling game? We’re here to help. Tag Workman Publishing on Facebook or tweet us using the #BBQUSA hashtag, and send us your tips and questions about the perfect barbecue foods and how to host a successful BBQ. Your tweet or tag will qualify as an entry for a chance to win a BBQ kit, including books by grilling expert Steven Raichlen!

On Wednesday 8/8/2012 at 8pm ET, we will announce the winners during a live Twitter chat with Steven Raichlen (@sraichlen). Steven will put your grilling questions to rest, and you’ll be ready to bring the heat. Follow the chat by using the hashtag #BBQUSA, and get the answers to all of your questions & more!

2 Grand Prize Winners will receive:

• 2 “I Love My Ribs!” aprons
• 1 jar of Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue grilling sauce
• 1 copy of BBQ USA, 1 copy of Best Ribs Ever & 1 copy of Barbecue Bible by Steven Raichlen
• 50 napkins inspired by John T. Edge’s Truck Food Cookbook

3 Second Place Winners will receive:

• 1 “I Love My Ribs!” apron
• 1 Copy of BBQ USA & 1 copy of Best Ribs Ever by Steven Raichlen
• 50 napkins inspired by John T. Edge’s Truck Food Cookbook

To enter the #BBQUSA contest, follow these steps:

1)         Follow Workman Publishing on Twitter (so we can DM you if you win!).

2)         Tweet at Workman Publishing using the #BBQUSA hashtag or tag us on Facebook with your tips or questions on how to host a successful BBQ! Both qualify as an entry for a chance to win a BBQ kit. Entries must be received between noon ET on 7/19/2012 and midnight ET on 8/8/2012

3)         Each Twitter and Facebook account is allowed multiple entries – keep entering!

4)         Join the Twitter chat with Steven Raichlen (@sraichlen) on Wednesday 8/8/2012 at 8pm ET with the hashtag #BBQUSA, to find out if you’ve won!

Steven’s other titles from Workman Publishing

Click here for the Official Rules

Click here to sign up for Steven Raichlen’s email list

This Fourth of July weekend, flames and smoke will rise over backyards across the country. And that means grilling. In the best-case scenario, you get a tasty meal. In the worst case, you get an awesome story of how you turned hamburger into charcoal briquettes—or maybe how you got grill marks on your hand.

Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue! Bible, wants to help you stay on the right side of that line.

Steven is a major NPR fan, so when the call came to tape a July 4th segment with Morning Edition, he was on the next plane to Washington, DC (literally). Here’s gorgeous video from the taping to help you brush up on your July 4th grilling skills, along with a a recording of the full interview on NPR.