BBQ Science

Slice of brisket with a smoke ring.
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February 3, 2016

The Science of the Smoke Ring

Let me drop a hard truth-bomb on you: as an indicator of well-cooked barbecue, the smoke ring is useless. Narcissus was less attached to his reflection than some barbecue cooks and critics are to that thin red line along the perimeter of smoked meats, but as with that Greek myth, worship of

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