The center of every barbecue is the food, of course, and we have everything you need to make any cookout incredibly delicious. Our favorite grilling recipes, barbecue sauces, barbecue side dishes, summer desserts, and summer drinks are all featured in this roundup, so you'll have plenty of options to prepare for your meal. We also have fun, fresh DIY decor to give your outdoor dinner table a little boost. For holiday barbecues, try setting the scene with Fourth of July party decorations or whipping up a few Fourth of July desserts to show your patriotic spirit. After scrolling through this list of tips and ideas, you'll want to plan a barbecue for every single weekend of the summer.
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Set Up a Pimento Cheese Bar
This easy appetizer will keep everyone grazing without heating up the kitchen. Don't worry about picky eaters! Everyone can choose their own toppings.
Get the recipe for Pimento Cheese Bar.
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Gift Country Survival Kits
This fun gift will be put to use during the party. Top bandana-wrapped bundles of country essentials (sunscreen, bug spray) with fly swatters.
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Craft Flower Crowns
Set up a crafts station with fresh blooms, embroidery hoops, wire, twine, and scissors so they can make their own flower crowns.
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Put On Some Tunes
An essential part of any good party, you need the right mix of tunes. And for an outdoor backyard or beach barbecue, that means adding in at least a few essential summer hits to ensure your playlist really slaps.
Keep reading: 30 Best Summer Songs.
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Turn a Gardening Bench into a Drinks Bar
Sweep aside the soil but leave the potted herbs and plants! Add a tall pitcher of something delicious and a selection of beer or other canned and bottled drinks and you now have the perfect outdoor bar.
Read more: Best Summer Drink Recipes.
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Get Your Game On
Make sure to give the guests something to do besides mingling and sipping on drinks, while you grill everything up. Lawn games like cornhole are a great go-to. If you need a set, let us shamelessly point you to some gorgeous designs we developed with game company Slick Woody's.
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Set out a Grazing Board
Let guests serve themselves! While you can add anything to your grazing board, we like to include cured meats, at least one cheese, good crackers, pickled and fresh vegetables, olives, soft boiled eggs, and loads of fresh fruit.
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Enlist Helping Hands
Put the little ones to work by enlisting them to serve watermelon slices or other treats to party goers.
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Party Patriotically
When the parade rolls through town be sure you are there celebrating the nation with your friends and family. Hang a flag from the window, step outside, and get your cheer on.
Read more: How to Properly Display the American Flag.
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Set out a Berry Dessert Spread
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Serve S'mores in a New Format
S'mores in a cake form! Swirled chocolate and vanilla cake batter get baked in a Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Heritage Bundt Pan then topped with chocolate syrup and toasted mini marshmallows. Your guests won't believe their eyes!
Get the recipe for S'more Swirl Cake.
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Get More Bang for Your Buck
Melamine plates such as the ones pictured offer the look of pretty porcelain in a much more durable form. And a simple arrangement of dahlias, gerbera daisies, and fireworks-esque spider mums create an eye-catching centerpiece.
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Serve a Berry Spritzer
Tis the season for all thing berries! The season's freshest gets mixed up with a little orange juice, sugar, lemon, and fresh basil for a super refreshing drink guests can sip all day long. A DIY garland, made from dyed wooden craft beads, adds extra cheer.
Get the recipe for Refreshing Berry Spritzer.
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Set Up a Soda Float Buffet
Setting up an outdoor soda float station allows guests to serve themselves. Fill balloons with water and freeze for a festive way to keep the ice cream cold. Make a garland from paper straws and oversize pinwheels from red, white, and blue fabric to decorate the scene. And serve Parmesan tots with dipping sauce so no one crashes from a sugar high!
Get the recipe for Parmesan Tots.
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Grill Up a Pizza
No need to heat up the house by heating up a hot oven. Instead, fire up the grill and cook your pizza outside! Serve these cherry, prosciutto, and goat cheese pizzas as an appetizer or main dish.
Get the recipe.
Brian Woodcock
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Design a Starry Setting
For your Memorial Day cookout or 4th of July barbecue, red, white, and blue decorations will get everyone in the patriotic spirit. If you plan on celebrating with fireworks, hang a DIY star bunting made from bandanas to get everyone's eyes toward the sky.
Read more: 4th of July Crafts.
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Set up a Food Station With the Works
Allow party guests to dress up grilled Italian sausages with an assortment of homemade toppings. We suggest offering Grilled Horseradish Slaw, White Bean and Peppadew Salad, Grilled Lemon Broccolini, and Marinated Peppers and Onions.
Get the recipes.
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Serve a Sparkly Beverage
Stir up a bubbly blend of sparkling rosé and smashed raspberries for a libation that'll be so refreshing on a hot summer day. To make your own festive glasses, simply take plain glassware and draw on fireworks with fine-tipped, oil-based paint markers.
Get the recipe for Raspberry and Lemon Rosé Sparkler.
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Offer Something on the Lighter Side
BRIAN WOODCOCK
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Put a Grown-Up Spin on a Beloved Dish
Few can resist the temptation of good old mac and cheese, but a cup of Anchor Steam beer and a quick spin in the oven truly makes this backyard barbecue-friendly batch a next-level crowd-pleaser.
Get the recipe for Anchor Steam Mac n Cheese.
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Spruce Up Summer Soda
As if everyone needed more incentive to pop open a cold one (of soda, that is), take it up a notch with cute crate decorations and patterned straw attachments.
Get the tutorial at The Happy Scraps.
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Play (Vintage) Card Games
For the porch-sitting crowd, dole out a few vintage playing card decks to inspire some high-stakes rounds of Go Fish.
SHOP VINTAGE PLAYING CARDS
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Set Up a Lemonade Stand
When life gives you lemons, set up a backyard lemonade stand. Little ones can stay occupied by manning this station, and the party refreshments will surely never run dry.
Get the tutorial at Social Dad.
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Have Fun With Place Settings
Sitting alongside your nearest and dearest is what makes a barbecue party in the first place, so set a table that reflects that sentiment. Welcome dinner guests with gingham napkins, name cards, and a handful of flowers at each outdoor table setting.
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Make Food Kid-Friendly
Dealing with a few picky eaters? Make the barbecue kid's menu (veggies included) look almost too fun to eat, thanks to a quirky race car spin on standard hot dogs.
Get the recipe at Eating Richly.
DAVID TSAY
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Give Water Balloons a Go
Especially fitting for a fun cool-down on a toasty day, a water balloon bin can spark some friendly competition and hilarious sneak attacks.
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Keep the Party Going into the Night
Don't call it a night when the cool air starts to roll in. Pull out the fire pit and invite guests to gather around for s'mores and sparklers.
BRIAN WOODCOCK
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Serve the Spread on a Picnic Blanket
Keep things cozy and casual with a sit-down meal—on the grass. Encourage friends and family to chow down on a picnic blanket, criss-cross-applesauce style.
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Whip Up an Easy Pasta Salad
It's not a barbecue without this classic side dish! The best part about pasta salad is you can make it ahead of time and keep in the fridge until you're ready to serve.
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