“I haven’t actually told anyone about this,” Aaron Franklin said on the KCRW Good Food podcast, “but I really want to start making little backyard pits.” He was speaking to Evan Kleiman and the late ...

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 year was 1973, and the Houston oil patch was booming. Half-brothers Dickie Hartis and Lawrence Whitworth were working in the oil industry when they decided to start their own sheet metal ...

What's more summery than cooking outdoors? For a new twist, think beyond the grill this summer and try your hand at a smoker. These three mouthwatering recipes will get you started. Make a dry rub by ...

The scale of barbecue output required to run a restaurant is a whole lot different from what the average backyard cook deals with on a weekend. It might seem like an entirely different process, but ...

A smoker in the backyard changes the whole mood of the day. It becomes less about getting a meal on the table and more about giving people a reason to stick around. Friends and family wander over to ...

You know what really gets Dave Schaefer going? A bad piece of meat. Not just bad, actually. A nasty, gnarly piece of meat. The kind of meat that sits shrink-wrapped in your grocery store meat ...

For many, the backyard barbecue is a summertime staple. But achieving fall-off-the-bone ribs and juicy, tender brisket requires more than just a bag of charcoal and an open flame. Enter the smoker, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start of backyard cooking season, and for many of us that means entertaining. Entertaining ...

Two giant Texas-style beef plate ribs have been placed in the massive smoker in the backyard of Nick Garcia’s house in North Hills. He pushes a button to set the temperature to 285 degrees, and soon ...