A UDS is among the most cost effective smoker. For your money, you can’t get a better smoker than by building your own Ugly Drum Smoker. Can I interest you in a smoker you can easily build yourself which will be designed ...
Everything You Need to Know About Smoking and Best Smokers Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction SMOKING BASICS SMOKING VS… HOW IT WORKS WOOD Get Started HOW TO SMOKE MEAT RUBS & RECEIPES Types of Smokers KETTLE GRILLS (WEBERS) UGLY DRUM ...
A Complete Guide to Smoking a Pork Butt (Shoulder) – From science, cook times, internal temperatures, methodologies, and our favorite smoked pork butt rub and sauce recipes. Table of Contents Part I - SCIENCE Part II - PREPARATION Part III - SMOKING ...
Testing and review of the best Bluetooth meat thermometers on the market. We rounded up every device we could find marketed as a Bluetooth cooking thermometer. We grilled with them, tossed them in the oven and tested them in controlled environments. In ...
HOW TO SMOKE MEAT

Introduction
Before you get started understand the basics of what makes BBQ so great to how the smoking process works from cook-times, temperature, to producing quality smoke.
Getting Started
This is the practical application of yielding great tasting BBQ. Through this step-by-step process we'll take you through your BBQ session from beginning to end.
Smokers
We'll cover the various styles of smokers and provide you a detailed explanation of pros and cons for each - when it comes time to buy your next smoker, you'll be ready.
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If you’re an American, you know what barbecue is. I personally love slow cooking everything from beef to chicken over a low heat and smoke. I doesn’t mater if I’m using a simple grill or a barrel smoker, nothing beats properly barbecued food. Hell, even veggies on the grill taste amazing. But what exactly are we talking about when we talk about BBQ?
A Complete Guide to Smoking a Pork Butt (Shoulder) – From science, cook times, internal temperatures, methodologies, and our favorite smoked pork butt rub and sauce recipes. Table of Contents Part I - SCIENCE Part II - PREPARATION Part III - SMOKING Part VI - RECIPES Part V - SERVING Smoking a pork butt to make delicious pulled pork is a Southern delicacy,
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Eh, so maybe we take our BBQ a little too seriously. We dedicate time to testing and experimenting with products, recipes, and methodologies related to outdoor cooking, grilling and smoking -- all so you don't have to. We've been rated as one of the best meat smoking websites. We bring you a wide range of product recommendations from smokers, grills, BBQ gifts, knives, to detailed tutorials on how to yield the best bbq, from pork butt to brisket and everything in-between. If you love BBQ geekdom as much as we do, follow us.
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We take a look at some of the most affordable smokers to find value you can count on. These are the smokers we like best for the money.

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We tested 6 of the top selling gas grills under $600 to find out how they stacked up against each other. These are the results and what you need to know before purchasing a a gas grill.
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When it comes to great BBQ reaching and maintaining the ideal temperature is a must. We've spent endless hours testing over 50 various thermometers to revel our favorites in each category; from instant read thermometers to Wi-Fi smart thermometers, wireless leave-in probe thermometers, to Bluetooth based thermometers.