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 ...

Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue has gone through many transformations in its 87-year history in Houston. The original location was bulldozed to make way for Interstate 10. A name change came along with new ...

Historians are famous for simplifying the complex processes of history into "inflection points" - those transformative events that forever changed the course of human evolution. Sometime in the ...

If you were an aspiring barbecue pitmaster 60 years ago, you had one choice of barbecue pit. You hand-built a rectangular brick pit with an "offset" firebox on one end and a smokestack on the other, ...

I stood next to a steel smoker outside a small barbecue joint several years back while watching a pitmaster retrieve the meats I’d just ordered. He opened a door on a smoking cabinet to fetch the ...

If you’re looking to make succulent, slow-smoked meats at home, a standalone smoker might be worth adding to your backyard grill setup. Out of the best smokers of all kinds, our top pick overall is ...

Barbecue buffs on the trail of The Taste Smokers mobile pit know that where there’s smoke, there’s bound to be smoked ribs, brisket, chicken and other mouthwatering eats. Pit master Quartez Moore and ...

Want to expand your culinary repertoire beyond barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers this summer? Consider a smoker. Whereas a grill cooks meat directly over a flame, smokers use indirect heat to cook ...

When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more If you're looking for maximum barbecue flavor, the best smokers are the answer. Smoking is a great way to ...