BBQ Theory

What benefits to a smoking session does a water pan bring? Some smokers are specifically designed to use them, so they must add something good…right? Yes and no. They have their time and place. Learn below why we use them, and when you should and shouldn’t.

Burning different woods creates different aromas and flavors, meaning you should consider the smoke you use as another food ingredient like any other. Not all wood smokes are suited to every meat, so choose and pair them carefully. With that in mind, here are the best flavor woods to pair with brisket.

A meat smoking times and temperatures chart for all the popular cuts of beef, pork, lamb, poultry and seafood. We show the range of temperatures to set your smoker and the target internal temp of all the different cuts of meat. Bookmark this page to use as a reference again and again!

If you’re looking for a list of the best meats to smoke, you’re in the right place. Below is a long list of delicious cuts of beef, pork, lamb, poultry, and game that, when smoked, become incredibly delicious. Best of all? They’re typically cheaper cuts that shine when treated to low n slow.

Buying a smoker is a significant investment, so you should try to make the best use of it to get the best bang for your buck. Here are nine tips to help you use it more often, more effectively, and in ways you may not have thought of before.

Most electric smokers have a small wood chip capacity, so you need to top them up regularly. But how often? Should you even smoke through the whole cook? Can you have too much smoke? OR should you smoke the entire cook? We answer all these questions and more below.

If you’ve just purchased an electric smoker or own one but get little use from it, this is the article for you! They are more versatile than you think! We discuss nine top tips to get the most use from it and get the maximum value out of your purchase!

You often see pitmasters mopping their meats partway through cooking. But why? What are the benefits? Is it recommended for all cooks, or only for certain meats, or during the use of specific BBQ methods? Let’s find out, and look at some of our favorite mop sauce recipes.

BBQ bark is a wonderfully tasty, desirable, chewy crust that forms on meat after hours of low n slow smoking. So it’s something we really want to aim for, and we can plan and do things to help make it happen. Learn how to get the best bark in the following guide.

If moisture and flavor are two top goals of your BBQ sessions — and they should be — then you should learn how and why to inject meat before BBQ-ing. In this guide, we look at why you should inject certain meats, what with, and precisely how to do it.

Some people don’t wrap their meat during smoking, and others use aluminum foil. But recently, some have started to use pink butcher paper. But what is pink butcher? Why are people using it in their BBQ? What does it do that other wrappings do not? Find out below.

Learn what a smoke ring is, what causes it, whether it changes the taste of BBQ at all, and the steps you can take to make sure you get one every time when smoking low n slow. The info in this guide will surprise many of you!

Learn all about the stall in BBQ, the science behind it, why you shouldn’t hate it, and how to get around it if you so desire. In a short reads time, you will know EXACTLY what’s happening and be guided through wrapping at the right time to cut down on cooking time dramatically.

Different types of pork ribs take different times to cook. And how hot your smoker is makes a big difference too. And so does how you like them, and the way you cook them! So there’s no simple, fits all answer. However, we have all the answers below.

Smoke is known as a preservative. So, after you’ve hot smoked some meat, how long can you keep it in the fridge before it spoils? How about in the freezer? Surely if smoke is a preservative, it will last for a long time before spoiling? We answer all your questions below.