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Why Bobby Flay's Barbecues Are Never Potluck-Style By Dylan Murray Sept. 28, 2025 8:20 pm EST

More than just about anything else, Bobby Flay is a massive fan of a great backyard barbecue. Whether it's cooking up his signature Fourth of July pork chops or cooking his burgers to medium — not medium rare — Flay loves manning the grill. Of course, therein lies the reason why he rarely hosts potluck-style cookouts; people rarely bring their own offerings to Flay's barbecues due to the assumption that he'll be making all the food anyway.

Flay revealed the situation on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," where he explained how he is typically the only one doing the cooking, with one notable exception: actor Jon Hamm's wife, Anna Osceola. "Anna, she's amazing. When

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