Well, my mom had a traditional Southern recipe for babyback ribs that she guarded very jealously ... as far as I could tell it went something like this:
1) Light grill
2) Drink Beer
3) Burn stuff
The fire always seemed to be about 8 feet high with gusts up to 12 feet for the first 10 minutes or so; it's a wonder she had any eyebrows left. Amazingly, however, the ribs always came out perfect, so maybe she was making pagan sacrifices to the BBQ gods for the first 10 minutes or something. :)
Myself, I just season meat and sear it long enough to take the chill off. No shoe-leather well done meat for me! The boys don't like BBQ sauce so none of that either; it's all about the spices. Oh, and grilled corn on the cob is just about my favorite thing in the world. Grilled asparagus ain't too shabby either.