Grill Maestro

Ugh, so when I used my smoker two weeks ago (I’m still eating beef and pork from it, it’s sooooo good), one of the things I learned was that putting something like beef in a smoker for several hours tends to dry things out. Even at regular 200 degree heat with apple juice, cooking something [...]

My friend and I have been talking about getting a hardcore smoker and I think I’m going to get the one that I always see getting talked about, the Weber 2820 Smokey Mountain Cooker/Smoker. You might recall I reviewed the Smokenator (part 2) a little while back and gave it very favorable reviews. I think [...]

I had this crazy idea the other day when I was fixing up a small slab of ribs and some chicken wings, why don’t I try to use the Charbroil TEC grill as a smoker? Unfortunately the grill doesn’t actually come with more than an assembly menu but I figured if I took some mesquite [...]

When most people talking about smoking, they’re usually talking about hot smoking where, over the course of a few hours, meat is infused with that nice smoky flavor and it’s cooked at the same time. Cold smoking is a little different, it’s when the food being smoked is held separately from the heat and gets [...]

Yeah yeah, I realize I wrote the first part of the Smokenator review last October and since then, while I haven’t used the Smokenator since that one time due to weather, time, etc.; my impressions of it are still the same.
The Smokenator itself is very professionally made and of sturdy construction, not some shoddy piece [...]

It’s not as pretty as a trash can smoker (I say that in jest of course) but one of my favorite blogs, Life as a Vegas poker dealer, built himself a smoker out of two terra cotta planter pots! The basics are the same as any other homemade smoker (hot plate, tray to hold chips, [...]

Ever wonder why smoked meats have a pink smoke ring? I’ll explain.
Now that you’ve learned the difference between barbecue and smoking, let me tell you about the pink smoke ring. Once you’ve smoked a piece of meet, say a brisket or some ribs, you’ll notice a distinct pink ring around the outside of your meat. [...]

I emailed Don the other day to get the Smokenator 1000 to review and he kindly agreed. From what I can tell from the Smokenator 1000 site, the Smokenator is the best way to augment your Weber grill so that you can get your smoke on without buying an actual smoker. From what the site [...]

Okay, a ridiculously nice smoker is expensive but I ran into a coworker at Costco the other day, where he picked up more pork chops than I could eat in a month because he was about to embark on an 8 hour smoking session with some maple shards he cut down himself, and he told [...]

Oh, believe it… people have built smokers straight out of trash cans for a total cost of under fifty bucks. Before you say: “Yuck! Smoking my food in a trash can???” you must realize that you’re going to use a trash can only for smoking, so it’s basically a big metal container.
Anyway, the [...]