A complete education in the arts of barbecue, smoking, and steaks from the country’s most celebrated pitmaster and owner of the wildly popular Austin restaurant Franklin Barbecue. No matter your skill level or toolset, the wisdom found in each of these books is indispensable for a newcomer or experienced chef.

When Aaron Franklin and his wife, Stacy, opened up a small barbecue trailer on the side of an Austin, Texas, interstate in 2009, they had no idea what they’d gotten themselves into. Today, Franklin Barbecue has grown into the most popular, critically lauded, and obsessed-over barbecue joint in the country (if not the world) — and Franklin has won every major barbecue award there is.

• A trio of cookbooks from the country’s most celebrated pitmaster
• Aaron Franklin is a native of Bryan, Texas, and the co-owner and co-founder (along with his wife, Stacy) of Franklin Barbecue
• Includes Franklin Barbecue, Franklin Smoke, and Franklin Steak
• Hardcover