BBQ
August 3, 2023
Rotisserie Smokers Are Cool Again
For decades, offset smokers were the tool of choice for pitmasters, but rotisseries are coming back in style.
Offset Smokers
BBQ
November 10, 2022
Fire Destroyed This Welder’s Home, but That Didn’t Stop His Passion for Barbecue Pits
In the face of adversity, Michael Johnson Jr. continued to build Cen-Tex Smokers, a company that now has a year-long waiting list for its pits.
BBQ
August 5, 2022
How Offset Smokers Became the De Facto Cooking Instrument of Texas Pitmasters
Barbecue has come a long way from being cooked in a hole in the ground. But how did steel offsets, less than 40 years old, come to define the state’s style?
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 3, 2022
Forget Pretty Brisket. This West Texas Joint Is Sticking to Its Direct-Heat Method.
Most pitmasters cook brisket on offset smokers, but Big Boy’s Bar-B-Que in Sweetwater practices the dwindling art of cooking over coals.
BBQ
May 15, 2013
Consider the Pit
THE TERM “PIT” ORIGINATED back in the days when that’s just what it was—a pit in the ground, with wood coals inside and a grill made of wood or metal. Most people cooking with direct heat nowadays use an above-ground fire, but the method is essentially unchanged. It works well for