![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/migration/gallery/assets/standard_ingredients.jpg)
What $14.76 buys. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_spices.jpg)
Chef Yonemoto brought miso, wasabi paste, soy sauce, rice, and plum sauce with him. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_cutting.jpg)
Cutting cucumbers into matchsticks. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_pot.jpg)
Chef Yonemoto cooks the rice in a stove-top rice cooker from Japan, but says the electric ones are fine. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_rice-balls.jpg)
After the rice cooks it is molded into triangles. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_cooking-corn.jpg)
After boiling the corn, Yonemoto skewers them so he can finish them on the grill. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_mashing-veggies.jpg)
Shaping the chicken mixture around the skewers. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_grilling.jpg)
Arranging the grill. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_final-plate.jpg)
Grilled corn, chicken meatball, and grilled rice. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo
![Lighting up the grill doesn’t also have to burn up your budget. Kushi chef Muneihiro Yonemoto shows us how to put together a six-person barbecue for less than $25.](https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/standard_cucs.jpg)
Cucumbers with wasabi mayonnaise for dipping. Photograph by Kelly DiNardo