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 ...

The current barbecue renaissance belongs to the "stick burners," cooks who turn off the propane in favor of woods such as pecan and oak, which burn cleaner and hotter. These cooks also often build ...

Last March, Coop’s West Texas BBQ in Lemon Grove almost closed its doors, but owner Bradrick Cooper came up with a new business plan to survive post-pandemic. Just over 14 years ago, Cooper, better ...

One of the most important inflection points in Texas barbecue occurred in 1974 when a company in Mesquite, J&R Manufacturing, began producing the Oyler barbecue pit. This cooking appliance combined an ...