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Three Ways to Fit Ribs in an Electric Smoker—and What Changes on the Plate
Christie Vanover tests three rib cuts in a compact electric smoker. The full slab wins her moisture comparison; individual ribs offer more bark and a faster finish.
Weber Smart Charcoal Still Starts With the Fire: An AmazingRibs Walkthrough
AmazingRibs visits Weber for a smart-charcoal demonstration, showing the airflow controls and fire layouts behind the system without presenting it as a completed review.
Oyster Blade Pulled Beef: Aaron Palmer's Bark, Wrap and Rest
Low n Slow Basics shows an oyster blade cook on a drum smoker, building bark before a foil wrap and saving the juices for the final pull.
Memphis Barbecue Is Not All Sauce: Dry-Rub Ribs Are Part of the City’s Identity
Memphis barbecue includes both sauce and dry-rub traditions, with paprika-forward spice blends and iconic dry ribs helping define the city’s barbecue identity.
How Mad Scientist BBQ Turned a Smoker Into a Cheesecake Oven
Jeremy Yoder’s smoked Basque cheesecake works because he treats the smoker like a hot, wood-fired oven, not a place to add smoke for its own sake. The method is simple on paper—cream cheese, eggs, cream, sugar, flour, plus a few optional accents—but the important part is how.
The Akorn Kamado Fix That Keeps a Sticky Top Vent from Ruining Control
A stiff top vent is easy to ignore until cold grease turns it into a real problem. In this companion feature, Cookout Coach shows how a heavily used Char-Griller Auto Kamado can develop buildup in the vent track, why that buildup matters for low-and-slow cooking, and how a.
Pit Culture Core Smoker
Official Pit Culture merchandise from Texas Thread Theory, built for people who live for fire, smoke and low-and-slow weekends.
Your Charcoal Grill Temperature Is Controlled by Air as Much as by Fuel
Charcoal temperature control is largely airflow control: opening dampers feeds the fire more oxygen, while reducing airflow slows combustion and lowers the grill temperature.
Ribs Are Done When They Bend, Not When the Clock Says So
Pork ribs can be food-safe before they are barbecue-tender. Learn how temperature, bone pullback and the bend test work together to tell you when a rack is actually ready.
Inside the Bearded Butchers’ Beef Jerky Method: Cut, Cure, Slice, Dry
The Bearded Butchers walk through beef jerky from whole-round breakdown and grain-aware slicing to curing, marinating, smoking, and final drying.
Why Smoked Roast Beef Works So Well for a Week of Sandwiches
The appeal of smoked roast beef in this video is not just the bark or the smoke. It is the way one lean roast gets turned into a week’s worth of usable food. Chiles and Smoke keeps the method narrow and practical: eye of round, a savory binder, a generous beef seasoning, a.
What Kosmos Q’s Live-Fire Tri-Tip Cook Gets Right About Fire, Grain, and Patience
Kosmos Q’s live-fire tri-tip cook is a lesson in controlling the fire, adjusting grill height, resting the meat, and slicing correctly as the grain changes.
A Kettle Grill Can Smoke Low and Slow If You Control the Air
The secret to smoking on a kettle grill is not a gadget. It is managing airflow, indirect heat and fuel so the fire burns steadily instead of racing.