Memorial Day signifies the start of summer, and to start it off on the right foot we're throwing a backyard barbecue feast.

With barbecue season underway, almost everyone in America will be pulling out their grills for some outdoor entertaining. Barbecue is synonymous with ...

Whether you fall on the "grilling is so easy" or the "I still end up with burned food" side of skills, it never hurts to learn a few tricks from the pros.

Ball games, barbecues and boardwalks all share one very tasty link -- the hot dog. Yet, there are lots of ways to prepare this most crowd-pleasing of treats.

The time to break out your slightly rusty, charcoal-laced grill has come. And while Americans are busy firing up their swank, larger-than-life cookers and grilling up organic bison burgers and flame-kissed baby back ribs, other cultures heat up their own version of a barbecue.

Marinades are complicated. Most important, never, ever reuse a leftover marinade because it can have harmful bacteria.

There aren't many indigenous local D.C. dishes, but there is one concoction the locals proudly claim as their own: Mumbo Sauce.

Pulled pork is undoubtedly a big pile of yum, but it can be difficult to determine how it got from a big hunk of pork butt to a delicious shredded sandwich filling.

Everyone I know is recovering from December. Too much of too many good things left us with that morning-after feeling. New Year's resolutions followed, as did 24/7 ads for diets and gym memberships. Now what?

Among all the creatures on earth, only humans cook -- and barbecue is the world's oldest cooking method. Barbecue may even be the world's second oldest profession.

Americans love their barbecue, and so do we! Any good barbecue starts with a sauce, and most backyard grill masters use store-bought because it's quic...