Potato Recipes That Are Perfect For Any Backyard Cookout (18 Recipes, 2 Articles)
Published On: 5/3/2019 Last Modified: 6/16/2025
I can live on potatoes and wine and nothing else. Fortunately they go super with barbecue and can be cooked outdoors easily. Here are some recipes inspired by potato dishes from around the world. Below are my favorite potato recipes.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
What's up with spuds? Here's everything a cook needs to know about buying potatoes, storing potatoes, and cleaning potatoes.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Here's a recipe for making delicious garlic mashed potatoes sweet and mellow with none of that raw garlic harshness.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Potatoes are a food whose center and skin need separate treatment. For baked potatoes, we want a soft, fluffy inside, and a dry, crisp skin.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Can you make a potato cook faster by driving a nail through the center? To test the theory, we ran a simple experiment.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Baked potatoes are so good that they become even better by baking them twice! For this method, I bake them whole on the grill, then mash.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Piquant from lemon juice and aromatic from garlic and oregano, you will be cooking this simple recipe for Greek Potatoes every night.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
No BBQ is complete without potato salad but often it can be lacking in flavor. Make mom proud with this recipe for the perfect potato salad.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Take boring potato salad and make it extraordinary for your next cookout with this recipe for mayo mojo potato salad.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Hot German potato salad is sweet and sour, spicy, and warm all the way down. This Oktoberfest recipe is perfect for chilly fall tailgates.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
The warm French potato salad just might be the world's easiest potato salad. Olive oil, salt, and fresh herbs are all you really need.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
If you're a blue cheese fan then you're going to love this recipe for a potato salad that highlights the complex flavors of aged cheeses.
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Dave Joachim, AmazingRibs.com Editorial Director
This recipe for a potato salad is a bit sharper than traditional American potato salad, thanks to a healthy dose of vinegar in the dressing.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
It's time to rethink serving ordinary potato salad as a side dish at your next BBQ thanks to this delicious recipe for pesto potatoes.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
This delicious salt potatoes recipe is based on a traditional upstate New York side dish. Click here for the details.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
Try this recipe for Syracuse salt potatoes with less salt and more flavor. I add garlic and herbs and grill the spuds to crunchify them.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
This simple, yet flavor packed recipe for hash browns, aka potato pancakes and latkes is the most perfect use of potatoes.
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Meathead, AmazingRibs.com Founder And BBQ Hall of Famer
In this easy recipe, sweet potatoes are cut into sticks and seasoned with sweet and spicy blend. Then they are grilled until smoky and crisp.
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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
If you’re a fan of sweet potato fries then you’ll do backflips over this recipe featuring perfectly deep fried sweet potato sticks.
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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
If your side dishes seem a bit tired, try a new twist with grilled hasselback sweet potatoes. Click here for the recipe.
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Clint Cantwell, AmazingRibs.com President And BBQ Personality
Sweet maple syrup and spicy sriracha make a fantastic combination in this recipe for smoked mashed sweet potatoes.
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