Want some deep smokey BBQ flavor without shelling out hundreds for a ceramic smoker? For $50 worth of parts and a trip to the hardware store, you can build your own. One of the keys to good BBQ is low ...

How do barbecue restaurants get that beautiful flavor you just can’t seem to replicate at home? They’re using a smoker. Of course, smoker conversion equipment for your gas or charcoal grill can be ...

Commercial egg-style smokers are extremely expensive. Put off by the high price one resourceful DIYer made an absolutely beautiful homemade smoker complete with stand, chimney, inlet damper, and other ...

This article is about how I built my vertical brick BBQ smoker. It wasn’t very difficult to do, it cost me only about $200, and it works quite well as a medium-large-capacity BBQ (does 50–75 pounds of ...

I decided to build a real Texas-style offset smoker from the ground up — Chuds BBQ style. From cutting and welding to testing the first fire, this project shows exactly how pitmasters make the perfect ...

Step 1: Drill The Holes. Start by drilling four evenly spaced holes 2 inches from the bottom of the trashcan and another four on top of the lid, for airflow. Then, working 12 inches from the bottom of ...

In the world of competition barbecue, there's a saying: “It's not the cooker, it's the cook.” That means that in a blind tasting, you can't tell if the end result was cooked in a modern ...

Spring is in the air, and with that comes savory meals cooked over the course of dozens of hours. While preparing for your yearly allotment of pork and beef, check out [Brett Beauregard]’s custom ...

On our extended hunt for the best, not-too-massive city grill, we called up Myron Mixon, the winningest man in barbecue (he’s the four-time Grand Champion at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking ...