This video walks you through how the Oklahoma Joe reverse flow Longhorn smoker comes together from the ground up. From the ...

For those not in the know, the brisket is a tough cut of meat from a cow's chest area. While it can be divided into the leaner flat and the more marbled point, the brisket is normally cooked in its ...

Vertical smokers give you more cooking space with less external space—this one clocking in with 884 square inches. That plus the ease of using propane make this a real winner. A great middle ground ...

Offset smokers typically burn charcoal, but wood can also be used—in either case, dampened wood chips may be added to help produce more smoke. Offset smokers require regular attention to the fire and ...

I pulled into the gravel lot in front of M&M BBQ Company’s fabrication shop in Tool and saw four offset smokers piled behind a chain-link fence like old muscle cars in a scrapyard. They’d been ...

Predictability is a foreign concept when it comes to wood fires in a barbecue smoker. Proper control of the coals and smoke produced by burning wood over the course of a dozen or so hours is what ...

Editor’s Note — May 7, 2025: We reviewed our recommendations to check current pricing and update product availability. Currently, we’re evaluating three new smokers, the Masterbuilt Gravity Series ...

Founded in 1983, and one of the first companies to make offset smokers and stick burners accessible to backyard BBQ gurus, Texas-based Pitts & Spitts knows a thing or two about brand power. “Best ...

Heritage Barbecue, the longtime operator out of Anaheim, is now believed to be the state’s first offset smoking pop-up to emerge as a fully-licensed standalone restaurant. Owners Brenda and Daniel ...

As I devoured a beef rib from Knox Ave Barbecue — one that rivaled rib eye in texture but with an alluring hint of sweet smoke swirling in the background — I pondered if Chicago was on the cusp of ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Backlash against a rule two Minneapolis food trucks called "archaic" prompted the city to put the ordinance on hold and extend offset smoker use through November. The city ordinance ...