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Dad Knows™ Cookouts — Ebook Preview

The cooking you do in a backyard on a Saturday, with kids running around and somebody’s dog under the table. · Aaron Byers · 6″ × 9″ PDF + EPUB3, 102 pages, 16 chapters, every chapter ending in a printable Dad Knows quick check, 8 diagrams, 2-level TOC with the owner’s Foreword as entry 1. QA renders from the packaged PDF (2026-09-18).

Dad Knows™ Cookouts ebook cover — navy with amber accents, a kettle grill with flames and smoke, a burger on one side and long-handled tongs on the other

Aaron Byers

A Dad Knows™ Guide · Fire, food, and the people you feed. · © 2026 Dad Knows™

Square version — Gumroad product image (1280×1280)

The square is a re-balanced layout of the same cover, not a crop. It reads clearly at card size (~100 px).

Square cover at card size
Card size (140 px)How it looks in a Gumroad listing thumbnail
Square cover full size
Full size (1280×1280)Upload as the Gumroad product image

Interior pages — QA renders (from the packaged PDF)

Spot-check pages confirm the front-matter order (title → What this book is (no ToC entry) → the owner’s Foreword → copyright → contents), a diagram page, the temperature chart with its diagram, and the closing chapter.

Title page render
Title pageDad Knows™ Cookouts · subtitle · tagline · Aaron Byers
Foreword page render
ForewordThe owner’s real words — uncle Terry’s burgers, the Boy Scouts chicken, the T-bones and the patty presses (506 words, pp. 5–6, signed “— A Dad Knows™ — AB”)
Copyright page render
CopyrightThe standard four lines (no legal-advice paragraph — this book is a practical guide)
Contents page render
ContentsClickable TOC with real page numbers — Foreword first, then Chapters 1–16 with their subsections
Diagram page render — grill types
Diagram pageA full-width 356-DPI diagram with italic caption (Ch 2, the four grill types)
Temperature chart page render
Chart + tableCh 7 — the USDA safe minimum internal temperature table with the printable temperature chart diagram beside it
Two-hour rule diagram page render
Diagram pageCh 15 — the FSIS 2-hour rule timeline, incl. the 1-hour window above 90°F
Closing chapter page render
Closing chapterCh 16 — The Dad Knows Cookout Checklist ends the book with the printed quick checks

All 8 diagrams

The exact 1600×1000 PNGs embedded in the PDF and EPUB (QA’d 167/167 in the diagram review, 2026-09-17).

The four grill types
Ch 2The four grill types — kettle, gas, pellet, flat-top, with the pick-your-first-grill callout
The 3-foot kid-free zone
Ch 3The 3-foot kid-free zone — kids and pets outside the amber ring, no-go areas marked
The soapy-water leak test
Ch 4The soapy-water leak test in three steps — bubbles equal a leak
The charcoal chimney starter
Ch 5The chimney starter — newspaper below, coals above, long match, never add lighter fluid to hot coals
Direct vs. indirect heat zones
Ch 6Direct vs. indirect heat zones — sear over the coals, finish over the empty side
The safe minimum internal temperature chart
Ch 7The safe minimum internal temperature chart — 145/160/165/140°F, measure in the thickest part
Where to probe meat
Ch 7Where to probe — thickest part, away from bone, wash the probe after use
The two-hour rule
Ch 15The 2-hour rule — to the fridge inside two hours (one hour above 90°F), shallow containers, 3–4 days