Discover the amazing range of things you can cook on your outdoor griddle with this concise volume—packed with color photos and incredibly delicious recipes—at your side.There’s a new favorite in the backyard-cooking arsenal: the “flattop” griddle. Flattops get the heat out of the kitchen and into the open air, where they turn out outstanding quick-grilled meals in mere minutes. They use high heat and a minimum amount of oil, which, in addition to being fast and convenient, is a very healthy way to cook. The recipes in this inventive and eminently useful book include:Sizzling breakfasts, from Breakfast Crepes to Grilled Cheese Breakfast BurritosTacos, quesadillas, stir-fries, and other recipes that make flattop cooking an adventuresome, truly global way to cookSeveral distinct recipes for the most iconic flattop recipe of all—the smashburgerLoads of beef, chicken, and seafood main courses that ensure your family and friends are very well-fed indeedFun desserts, such as State Fair Funnel Cakes and Chocolate Chip Griddle CookiesWith lots of tricks and tips for how to maintain, clean, and use your flattop, alongside the griddle-tested recipes sure to please eaters of any age, this is a fun and authoritative book that will make you truly happy you invested in an outdoor griddle.