It takes a lot more than a bag of charcoal to grill on TV, and no one knows that better than Bobby Flay, who's headed into his 18th year on the air. We stopped by the office to see what goes down.

Catch the chef's new show, Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction, Sundays at 11 a.m. ET.

Location scouts spend a month finding the perfect rental home for shooting. This one, for Grill It!, had a pool, though the busy crew never had time for a dip.

One gas grill and one charcoal grill won't cut it for a big production. "The task of getting all of Bobby's grills was a tall order," producer Jill Gibbs says. On his new set for Barbecue Addiction, the chef has three smokers and seven grills, including specialty ones like a Greek rotisserie and an Argentinian parilla. The culinary team keeps 12 more grills backstage for recipe testing—including three or four just for keeping hot charcoal at the ready.