Big Boy Barbecue Book Tested Recipe Institute and Lets Eat Outdoors American Dairy Association Two Vintage Grilling Books

Two pieces of mid century outdoor cooking. The Big Boy Barbecue Book comes from the barbecue experts of the Tested Recipe Institute at the Kitchen in the Clouds in New York, prepared with the cooperation of the Big Boy Manufacturing Company and distributed in the book trade by Grosset and Dunlap. Let's Eat Outdoors is a pamphlet from the American Dairy Association covering picnics, barbecues, patio parties, and camping.

The Big Boy book is a large vertical format with black plastic comb binding and stiff covers, and it walks through building the fire, judging how much charcoal to use, and telling when the food is done. The Dairy Association pamphlet is staple bound, with its back cover showing a man grilling on a Big Boy portable grill.

The Big Boy cover states the seventh printing and more than one million copies, at a price of $1.00. Its back cover has staining and soiling from use, and a few handwritten recipe clippings came inside it.

Details

• Item: Vintage barbecue book and dairy pamphlet
• Title: Big Boy Barbecue Book and Let's Eat Outdoors
• Author: The barbecue experts of the Tested Recipe Institute; the American Dairy Association
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Tested Recipe Institute, New York, with Big Boy Manufacturing Company, distributed by Grosset and Dunlap; American Dairy Association
• Publication Year: Not confirmed from photos
• Edition and Printing: The Big Boy cover states the Seventh Printing, over 1 million copies; the pamphlet printing is not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: The Big Boy book has a black plastic comb and stiff covers; Let's Eat Outdoors is a stapled pamphlet
• Dust Jacket: None
• Pages: Not confirmed from photos
• Genre: Barbecue, grilling, and outdoor cooking
• Language: English
• ISBN: None, published before ISBN use
• Dimensions: The Big Boy book is a tall format, size not confirmed from photos

Positives

• Graded Good: The black plastic comb on the Big Boy book is whole, and its stiff covers are still attached.
• The cover states the seventh printing and more than one million copies sold.
• Let's Eat Outdoors is complete, with its back cover photograph of the Big Boy portable grill.
• Both pieces are readable throughout, with their recipes and fire building directions intact.

Issues / Wear

• The Big Boy back cover has staining and soiling from use.
• The Big Boy cover is creased, with wear at the corners and edges.
• A pencilled .50 is written on the Big Boy title page.
• The Dairy Association pamphlet shows light creasing and edge wear.

If you collect mid century barbecue books, this pair puts a Big Boy grilling guide beside a dairy pamphlet for cooking outdoors. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Good