Elizabeth Karmel, a.k.a. Queen of the Grill, is a nationally respected authority on grilling, barbecue and southern food. She is the Executive Chef of Hill Country Barbecue Market in NYC and Washington, DC and NYC s Hill Country Chicken. Karmel writes The American Table bi-monthly column for the Associated Press and is the author of three acclaimed cookbooks and founded the gender-breaking Girls at the Grill.com