With more fancy grilling and smoking devices on the market than ever before, sometimes it’s best to keep it simple. A new device is so simple that it ranks just slightly ahead of an open fire. When ...

Coaxing heat and smoke to flow over a piece of meat for the purpose of cooking and flavoring it is the fundamental puzzle of Texas barbecue. This “indirect heat” method of cooking uses three linearly ...

Instructions: Fill the charcoal basket of your Pit Barrel Cooker with lump hardwood charcoal. Take 1/4 of the charcoal out and put into a chimney starter and ignite. Once lit, place hot coals into the ...

The practice of cooking with fire began over 250,000 years ago. I wonder if our ancient ancestors would be surprised to learn how this simple act of survival has evolved into a quintessential backyard ...

This video follows Cowboy Kent Rollins as he prepares sweet and spicy smoked chicken using a pit barrel cooker. Viewers watch the seasoning, hanging and slow smoke process that build layers of flavor.

For those of us who visit multiple barbecue joints every week, there are a few clues about the quality of the barbecue we look and sniff for even before we walk in the door. First, do you see and ...