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At Barbecue University, grilling master Steven Raichlen shows students how to prepare flavorful, perfectly cooked meals on the grill.

In this video, Steven Raichlen demonstrates three barbecue side dishes that can be prepared on the grill. He starts off with Smashed Potatoes -- or Papas Aplastadas, as they're known in Uruguay -- which are roasted using the indirect grilling method, and then, as their name implies, are smashed. The treatment is minimal -- they're brushed with melted butter and generously seasoned with salt and pepper and cooked in a closed grill for about an hour. Then the smashing occurs -- skin and all -- until large chunks are broken up, but the potatoes still retain their texture.

He next demonstrates Grilled Corn topped with garlic-cilantro butter (a recipe from Trinidad & Tobago). Raichlen prefers grilling his corn with the husk off -- with the husk on, the corn steams, while removing the husk allows the corn's sugars to caramelize, bringing out its sweetness.

The last dish is his Fire-Grilled Garlic Bread, which needs little instruction: just good, basic butter, garlic, parsley, Parmesan, salt, pepper and sliced French bread, cooked on the "original toaster," the grill.

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Steven Raichlen, America's "master griller" (Esquire), is the premier teacher, evangelist, and all-around expert on the art of live-fire cooking. His eight Barbecue! Bible cookbooks include three national-award winners, two that have sold over a million copies, and six chosen as Main Selections of The Good Cook. The third season of his show, Primal Grill, seen in 95% of PBS markets, is scheduled to run in Summer 2010. Previously he hosted four seasons of PBS's popular series Barbecue University at the Greenbrier, now available on DVD, and now teaches seasonal sessions of Barbecue U at the Broadmoor in Colorado. Articles by him appear regularly in Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, and other magazines and newspapers. He lives and grills in Coconut Grove, Florida, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

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