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I've been weary to use a briquette over a lump charcoal, but it seems a lot of people have been recommending Stubb's or some other "natural" briquette, Whats the noticable difference between a lump and a briquette, I know briquettes will ash up more, but my only experience with briquettes are...

I have no Idea where to find better charcoal, I don't want to use the Kingsford briquettes and the only all natural lump charcoal I can find is bags of the "CowBoy" brand and the "best of the west 100% natural lump charcoal". Seems like at best I can only get about a chimney and a half out of a...

I did my first smoke this past Monday (spare ribs) and they turned out amazing! My horizontal offset (obviously) tends to be hotter by the firebox, its only about a 50 degree difference.      I've been reading a ton of different threads on here about adding a baffle and some tuning plates. I...

sweet, thank you for the info. When using chunks are you still separating them from the coals in some way or do you set them right in with the coal?

Total newbie question here (and I do realize that this has been asked a billion times, but my question hasn't been 100% answered yet) I did a "dry run" with my Offset Charcoal smoker the other day, just practicing keeping the temps up and consistent. I noticed that when I was tossing chips in...

what mods do you recommend? I jumped on this not only because it was $50, but because I noticed it already had a chimney at grate level, two thermometers at grate level among a few other things I would of had to do to something like a entry level Char-Broil. The person I bought it from was a...

Stupid question, but is there a particular way to pop the thermometers out without damaging them or the grill? Like I said stupid question, I assume you just pop them out, but rather be safe than sorry...

Thanks everyone for the help. I was really leaning towards the Weber Kettle grill, when I checked out craigslist and was able to secure a nice Brinkmann. Can't wait to start smoking

Hello, I'm Shawn, Hailing from the Ann Arbor, MI area. I'm totally new to the smoking scene. I'm a huge BBQ fan and love outdoor grilling, so getting into smoked meats was the next logical step for me I guess. I do a lot of hunting (waterfowl mostly) and fishing, So I'm looking forward to...

I am totally new to the whole smoking scene, I'm quite familiar with direct Charcoal grilling, but for my birthday my wife wants to buy me a new grill. I've had my eye on a Barrel style with a fire box to do both grilling and smoking (the char-broil, Char Griller etc. Whatever is at every Home...