APL's "Serious BBQ" and, well...Serious Price

Pig Daddy · 12-05-2012, 10:50 AM

I went to Amazon and saw that a new hardcopy is now $115.

Barnes & Noble lists new hardcopies from $235-$289.

Good thing I bought mine years ago...

Cack · 12-05-2012, 11:01 AM

gtr · 12-05-2012, 11:05 AM

Dang!

Glad I got mine when I did. Can't remember what it cost - just some normal book price. Is it out of print or something? It really is a great book, but there are a lot of other books I'd buy before plunking down that kind of $$ for that one.

Wampus · 12-05-2012, 11:07 AM

Seriously?!

As said, I'm sure glad I got one when it only cost me about $15-20.
I think that was only about a year ago.

Wonder why the huge increase in cost?

Gnaws on Pigs · 12-05-2012, 11:42 AM

Got a copy new/used from Amazon for around $10 a few months ago, guess I was lucky. I noticed a bookstore near here had two or three new copies recently for the cover price of $35-ish. I would look in bookstores. It's a good book, but certainly not worth that kind of money.

PatioDaddio · 12-05-2012, 12:27 PM

FYI - His BBQ 25 is contains 25 of the same recipes (thus the name) as Serious
Barbecue, but in a unique condensed and useful format.

John

CarolinaQue · 12-05-2012, 12:47 PM

The book price went up because it is now out of print.

Skidder · 12-05-2012, 02:02 PM

Sold mine here to a brother for what I paid plus shipping and he gave me five bucks more to boot. I didn't rip him and he was kind enough to repay the favor. Don't remember the price but it was between 10 to 30 dollars plus shipping. A bro is a bro!!

trufunk · 12-28-2012, 12:57 PM

Just found one at my local booksamillion, paid retail but that's ok better than prices ive ween elsewhere, hope its worth that.

PatioDaddio · 12-28-2012, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trufunk

Just found one at my local booksamillion, paid retail but that's ok better than prices ive ween elsewhere, hope its worth that.

It's probably not worth it, since they're going for upwards of $300 online.

FYI - Adam is trying to make the book available again, but it will take a while.

John

Trumpstylz · 12-28-2012, 01:27 PM

I have been watching the prices for a while, and there are two pages for it on amazon with differing (sometimes by a lot) prices.

trufunk · 12-28-2012, 01:45 PM

I went to two bookstores today, Barnes and Noble andgot lucky at Booksamillion. Yeah prices nonlinear are crazay! Just thumbed through the book and there are several recipies that caught my eye. I won some beef from a new company in CO and I'm gonna try the whole beef tenderloin with Worcestershire glaze next week.
I really like what I see so far and the book is a whole lot bigger than I expected.

---k--- · 12-28-2012, 02:25 PM

If you use Amazon, you can get a plug-in called:
http://us.camelcamelcamel.com/

It tracks the prices on Amazon overtime. According to it, a used copy sold for $3 on Dec 19, and new by a 3rd part for $9 on Dec 8. You can setup watches to email you when it hits a set price. It is a pretty neat plugin. It is shocking to see how much Amazon moves their prices around to test the market.

trufunk · 12-28-2012, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trufunk

I went to two bookstores today, Barnes and Noble andgot lucky at Booksamillion. Yeah prices nonlinear are crazay! Just thumbed through the book and there are several recipies that caught my eye. I won some beef from a new company in CO and I'm gonna try the whole beef tenderloin with Worcestershire glaze next week.
I really like what I see so far and the book is a whole lot bigger than I expected.

Dangit just checked what I have left its just a small 1# tenderloin and a large London broil. Any one have a recipient for that? I never cooked one before its about 3 lbs.

12-05-2012, 10:50 AM	#1
Pig Daddy Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-15-11 Location: Glen Ellyn, Il	APL's "Serious BBQ" and, well...Serious Price I went to Amazon and saw that a new hardcopy is now $115. Barnes & Noble lists new hardcopies from $235-$289. Good thing I bought mine years ago...

12-05-2012, 11:01 AM	#2
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12-05-2012, 11:05 AM	#3
gtr somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA	Dang! Glad I got mine when I did. Can't remember what it cost - just some normal book price. Is it out of print or something? It really is a great book, but there are a lot of other books I'd buy before plunking down that kind of $$ for that one. __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Spitjack XB85, 22.5 WSM, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, WRK, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Kanka Grill, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. "Relax, it's only BBQ." - Bigmista, 2013 "Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one." - Miles Davis Avatar by my son! WTFWGALD?

12-05-2012, 11:07 AM	#4
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN	Seriously?! As said, I'm sure glad I got one when it only cost me about $15-20. I think that was only about a year ago. Wonder why the huge increase in cost? __________________ [COLOR="Blue"][B]"Oh, I don’t reject Christ. I love Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ." -Mahatma Gandhi[/B][/COLOR]

12-05-2012, 11:42 AM	#5
Gnaws on Pigs is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-22-10 Location: Smoky Mountains, NC	Got a copy new/used from Amazon for around $10 a few months ago, guess I was lucky. I noticed a bookstore near here had two or three new copies recently for the cover price of $35-ish. I would look in bookstores. It's a good book, but certainly not worth that kind of money. __________________ ...Half a yard full of crap to cook on like everybody else... Slow-to-average-speed [COLOR=dimgray]GRAY[/COLOR] Wal-Mart thermometer Just a hungry hillbilly lookin for a dead critter to cook Four [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/group.php?groupid=39"]Zeros[/URL] in one [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=86"][COLOR=red]throwdown[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=red],[/COLOR] baby! :bow: Last edited by Gnaws on Pigs; 12-05-2012 at 12:01 PM..

12-05-2012, 12:27 PM	#6
PatioDaddio Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-04-08 Location: Boise, Idaho	FYI - His BBQ 25 is contains 25 of the same recipes (thus the name) as Serious Barbecue, but in a unique condensed and useful format. John

12-05-2012, 12:47 PM	#7
CarolinaQue is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 06-23-07 Location: North Berwick, ME	The book price went up because it is now out of print. __________________ Tim [COLOR=darkred]“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”[/COLOR] - Mark Twain - Beautiful family - Home made trailer mounted reverse flow offset w/ vertical chamber, Weber OTG and an ECB

12-05-2012, 02:02 PM	#8
Skidder Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-02-08 Location: Westfield,Ma.	Sold mine here to a brother for what I paid plus shipping and he gave me five bucks more to boot. I didn't rip him and he was kind enough to repay the favor. Don't remember the price but it was between 10 to 30 dollars plus shipping. A bro is a bro!!

12-28-2012, 12:57 PM	#9
trufunk Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 11-14-11 Location: San Antonio, Tx	Just found one at my local booksamillion, paid retail but that's ok better than prices ive ween elsewhere, hope its worth that.

12-28-2012, 01:27 PM	#11
Trumpstylz is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 10-29-11 Location: Chicagoland	I have been watching the prices for a while, and there are two pages for it on amazon with differing (sometimes by a lot) prices. __________________ Weber One Touch Gold 2001 Weber Genesis that is no longer used since the OTG

12-28-2012, 01:45 PM	#12
trufunk Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 11-14-11 Location: San Antonio, Tx	I went to two bookstores today, Barnes and Noble andgot lucky at Booksamillion. Yeah prices nonlinear are crazay! Just thumbed through the book and there are several recipies that caught my eye. I won some beef from a new company in CO and I'm gonna try the whole beef tenderloin with Worcestershire glaze next week. I really like what I see so far and the book is a whole lot bigger than I expected.

12-28-2012, 02:25 PM	#13
---k--- is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 09-07-10 Location: Chicago, IL - West burbs	If you use Amazon, you can get a plug-in called: http://us.camelcamelcamel.com/ It tracks the prices on Amazon overtime. According to it, a used copy sold for $3 on Dec 19, and new by a 3rd part for $9 on Dec 8. You can setup watches to email you when it hits a set price. It is a pretty neat plugin. It is shocking to see how much Amazon moves their prices around to test the market. __________________ -Ryan Proudly Smoking on a UDS, PBC & Accidental Winner of the 2012 "Saucy" Throwdown.