Grilling

When you come home from fishing with more than you can eat for supper, you might freeze your fish, can it, or give the extra to a friend. Better yet, why not smoke your extra fish? If you have a...

Many grilling enthusiasts have long written off gas grills as a means for smoking meat, siding instead with the more naturally flavorful method of charcoal grilling. However, with a bit of...

A simple homemade foil device joined with wet wood chips and indirect-heat grilling transforms propane grills into barbecue smokers at minimal expense. Anyone with a multiple-burner propane grill...

Do-it-yourself wood chip smokers are readily accomplished by using propane grills in conjunction with wet hardwood chips, foil and a bit of patience and planning. A do-it-yourself wood chip smoker...

Make you own grill into a homemade BBQ smoker. Take only a few a minutes after the wood chips have soaked to prepare yuor grill to burn the wood.

Whole chickens prepared in Brinkmann smokers bear intense, smoky flavor imparted by charcoal and natural hardwood chips. Brinkmann manufactures various smoker types, with the Smoke 'N Grill and...

An Upright 16 charcoal smoker allows the backyard chef to smoke meats in a compact space (the 16 refers to the smoker height), Although the size does not accommodate large cuts of meat for...

Masterbuilt manufactures a line of charcoal smokers for cooking meats outdoors. The vertical units produce maximum smoke with a small footprint on the patio or back deck. Adding wood chips soaked...

Like many fruit-bearing hardwoods, Bradford pear imparts mellow tones often best complemented by combinations of woods producing bolder smoke, such as hickory, oak and pecan. Bradford pear wood...

Venison is commonly known as deer meat but can refer to many types of wild game, including moose, elk and caribou. Smoking venison differs slightly from smoking other meats because wild game is...

The combination of smoking, airtight sealing and freezing ensures longtime preservation of flavorful fish. Any thick fish fillet--including salmon, white fish and yellow tail--is ideal for this...

Most smoked fish recipes call for soaking fillets in brine prior to smoking on charcoal smokers or grill-smoker combinations. However, if treated with dry-rub seasonings shortly after catching and...

Smoking whole yellow tail tuna requires proper cleaning and brining of freshly caught fish to lock in moisture prior to placement in the smoking chamber. Properly soaked woods chips imparting a...

You can use wet wood chips and foil or a special smoker box to smoke fish on your gas grill. This method will impart similar smoky tones to fish as charcoal grills and smokers achieve.

Hickory wood chips placed in a smoker flavor flavor the foods smoked in the grill with a slightly bitter nuttiness. Use hickory wood chips alone or in combination with oak or other woods when...

Nearly all outdoor cooking guides call for the grilling of steaks directly above flames or coals, but direct grilling is just one option. Slow smoking using indirect, low heat imparts the same...

Charcoal smoke imparts flavorful tones to barbecued meat, making it the preferred cooking method of many grilling purists. Gas grills effectively cook meat with more even temperatures than...

The mild flavor of whitefish makes it a perfect candidate for imparting subtle smokey tones using milder hardwoods, such as alder and cherry. The key to smoking whitefish is low, sustained heat...

Country style pork ribs are boneless and juicy. There are a variety of ways to prepare these succulent pieces of meat. They can be prepared dry or wet, smoked or grilled. This is a guide to...

Toss wet hardwood chips directly onto lit coals in a charcoal grill, and the smoking process begins. But gas grills require extra containment of the chips to produce the smoke, a task that's...

Smoking meat requires steady regulation of core smoking chamber temperatures to produce the desired tenderness and flavor. A variety of methods can be used to raise or lower temperatures as...

The convenience of a gas grill can still produce tender, smoky ribs, if you treat them properly. Like other tough cuts of meat, ribs require a long, slow cooking to get the most flavor from them,...

Smoking with any hardwood chips or chunks brings backyard barbecuing to a new level, incorporating low-temperature, slow grilling techniques with the natural, rich seasoning of wood smoke. Pecan...

Cold weather is no reason to put the smoker away until spring. With an extra helping of charcoal and wider vents, charcoal smokers can be kept hot and smoking all winter.

Before buying cooked ribs from your grocery store, consider smoking ribs on a gas grill. Cooking your own ribs requires the knowledge of using the "low and slow" technique. Ribs have to cook under...

Hickory wood chips are among the best all-around chips for seasoning meat with natural smoke in smokers or grill-smoker combinations. Proper preparation of the chips, meat and fire take barbecuing...

Unlike charcoal grills, where wood chips sit directly upon hot coals to impart smoky flavors to meat, smoking with hardwood chips in gas grills requires a few extra steps. Simply throwing wood...

Famous for the natural sugars and sweet overtones alder wood chips impart during the smoking process, alder wood chips are most complementary to fish and poultry. Proper preparation of fish or...

If you enjoy eating barbecued ribs, then making your own ribs on a charcoal grill will be a rewarding experience. Create tender ribs by grilling and smoking the meat for several hours. The...

Weber kettle-style grills allow grill masters to prepare meat using charcoal fires--the purist's form of barbecuing. Using Weber grills as smokers takes barbecuing to a new level, offering...

Smoking meat requires strict regulation of core smoking chamber temperatures to produce the desired tenderness and flavor. A variety of methods can be used to raise or lower temperatures as...

Wood chips are the key to imparting flavor during the smoking process and are most effective in charcoal and wood-fueled grills and smokers. Different types of hardwoods provide varying flavors...

Grilling out requires a grill, correct utensils, charcoal or gas as fuel, and meat as the source of your meal. To create a more interesting and full taste, some grill enthusiasts use wood chips to...

Smoked meat is a great barbecue treat that takes less consistent monitoring than grilling and offers more flavor. Smoke created by wood chips cooks the meat indirectly and imparts the extra...

While a chain saw will make a lot of wood chips if you are cutting down a tree, the best way by far to make wood chips for your smoker is by buying or renting a wood chipper. There are a variety...

Gas grills are great because they do not have the clean up that is involved with a charcoal grill. They also allow better control of the cooking temperatures according to Healthy U published by...

Fewer things taste better off a charcoal grill than smoked spare or baby back ribs, with meat that falls off the bone. With proper patience and equipment, side firebox ribs will taste as good or...

Use this easy recipe to make delicious chips on the grill. Add your own favorite flavorings to adjust to your liking. This recipe is just my favorite flavors.

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Native Americans are credited with developing and perfecting the art of using wood as a means for flavoring fish, game, poultry and red meat. Because they understood that nature provides...

Pork is a meat that when cooked over a fire should be given plenty of time to cook at a low to moderate temperature. This allows the fat tissue inside the pork to start to dissolve and any...

Preparing meat with a Brinkman Smoker is a task that can be easily accomplished, but you will need a large amount of time, as smoking meat is a slower process than direct grilling. There are two...

The smoke from burning oak or the juices from wet oak flavor grilled food without overpowering it. Grilling with oak works especially well with red meat, port, fish, and heavy game. Also, oak...

If it's too cold to grill or you don't have a grill, you can still enjoy the taste of juicy grilled burgers made at home in your oven. These hamburgers are packed with flavor, juice, and you can...

Cooking meat in a smoker takes outdoor cooking to a level way beyond the barbeque grill. For truly scrumptious melt-in-your mouth ribs or brisket you simply cannot beat the low and slow smoking...

Smoking food on a charcoal grill takes a little more effort, but produces great results. Smoking involves cooking food at a lower temperature over indirect heat for a longer period of time than...

Until recently, many people used grills just to cook hamburgers, hot dogs and an occassional steak. Thanks to the popularity of cooking shows on television channels such as The Food Network,...

Do you want to come off as a grill master? Well, you can make your friends and family think you are a master of the barbecue when they taste this beer can chicken that you smoke on your grill. The...

Including smoked foods such as meats, poultry, fish, cheeses and snack foods in your diet can diversify your eating options. Using a homemade cardboard smoker makes these goods available at a low...

There is nothing more appetizing than pork ribs so tender they fall off the bone. Smoking pork ribs long and slow with the right materials will almost guarantee success every time. From the type...