| If you've ever had the pleasure of tasting barbecued | | | | oak, and different varieties of fruit wood; apple, |
| ribs cooked in competition, then you know what real | | | | cherry, etc. But DO NOT use any wood from needle |
| barbecue cooking tastes like. Don't get me wrong, | | | | bearing trees such as pine or spruce, they will make |
| there is nothing wrong with the weekend warriors | | | | you sick! For the same reason, don't use scraps from |
| that fire up their weber charcoal grill to throw on a | | | | the lumberyard, as they may be treated in some |
| couple steaks. But for unparalleled flavor and | | | | way and give off noxious smoke. |
| tenderness, there is no barbecue grilling that can | | | | Ordinary grills such as a weber charcoal grill can be |
| match the heavenly fare that comes out of | | | | used to smoke meat, but it involves incorporating an |
| barbecue smokers. | | | | indirect heat. The charcoal is burned in a ring, and the |
| The main difference between barbecue grills and | | | | meat is cooked above the center. This works fairly |
| smokers is the time and the temperature the meat is | | | | well with a two burner propane grill, but with a |
| cooked at. In barbecue smokers, meat is cooked all | | | | charcoal grill, because of the long cook time, the |
| day; until it just falls off the bone. Grilling, on the | | | | charcoal has to be constantly replenished, meaning |
| other hand, is just using a fire to heat meat quickly. | | | | the lid has to be raised a lot; and there is an old |
| The difference is like night and day. | | | | saying among seasoned smokers, "if you're looking, |
| Smoking meat involves cooking the meat in a lower | | | | you ain't cooking!" |
| (very controlled) temperature for a longer period of | | | | If you are serious about smoking meat, you can pick |
| time. In addition, different types of wood are added | | | | up a starter smoker grill to try your skill. Then if it |
| to the heat source to give the meat different flavors | | | | seems like something you like to do, you can always |
| depending on the type of wood used. Examples of | | | | move up to a larger, more expensive smoker. |
| woods used are: Hickory (the most widely used), | | | | |