Presidential grill masters

Leaders of the free world strap on aprons and tuck napkins into their collars for a great American tradition: Barbecue

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Two presidents for the price of one! President Eisenhower (left) tends to the grill as former President Hoover flips a hefty steak on Sept. 2, 1954. Hoover was visiting the 34th president in Fraser, Colo., for a fishing trip. (Bettmann/CORBIS)

Vice President Walter Mondale straps on his apron before a barbecue luncheon for food editors at his Washington, D.C., residence on June 12, 1980. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

President Ronald Reagan wearing his barbecue best takes a plate as he and Nancy proceed through a grill buffet at a White House picnic on Sept. 23, 1987. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)

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Vice President Al Gore rolls up his sleeves to tend to some mouth-watering meat while stopping at Ribfest in Minneapolis on July 29, 1999. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

President Bush shows off his Texas barbecue chops while manning the grill at a campaign stop in Stratham, N.H., on Aug. 6, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Obama gets a little grilling help from Bobby Flay during a Father's Day barbecue on June 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.