This article is about how I built my vertical brick BBQ smoker. It wasn’t very difficult to do, it cost me only about $200, and it works quite well as a medium-large-capacity BBQ (does 50–75 pounds of ...

Houston's housing market is red-hot. In fact, a house currently for sale in Garden Oaks comes with a built-in indoor barbecue smoker. Photos on HAR show a large chimney detail on the wall in the ...

Looking to buy a brand new BBQ smoker? Whether you're hunting for an upgrade or getting your first one, here's how much you should actually be spending.

This DIY outdoor kitchen has it all - running water, a built-in grill, and a clean custom frame. Learn how Jamison from Rogue Engineer tapped into indoor plumbing, used frost-proof spigots, and framed ...

Editor’s note: This is the first column in a series in which Reid provides advice on becoming a proficient backyard pitmaster. The column will focus on products, ingredients and services specific to ...

The shop itself doesn’t look like much, just two guys (or, usually, one) hacking away at metal tanks and fusing the pieces back together with some keen welding chops. At well under 800 square feet in ...

Michael Johnson Jr. makes his living by harnessing fire. He welds barbecue pits for his company, Cen-Tex Smokers, with his father, Mike, in their shop outside the Central Texas town of Luling. It’s ...

If you’ve never tried it, the art of smoking may appear intimidating from a distance. Maintaining the fire to hold a consistent temperature, and making sure you've got enough fuel to imbue your food ...