I pulled into the gravel lot in front of M&M BBQ Company’s fabrication shop in Tool and saw four offset smokers piled behind a chain-link fence like old muscle cars in a scrapyard. They’d been ...
Texas-style offset smokers have been the traditional “go-to” for quite a while, but other designs have been gaining ground. New technology, like digital control systems to manage temperature and ...
Inside a Michigan company where defense-level engineering, American steel, and seasoned pit knowledge are reshaping how serious barbecue equipment is built. SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 20, 2026 / PRZen / In ...
The steel offset smoker is ubiquitous in Texas barbecue. Its torpedolike cooking chamber, with a tall smokestack on one end and a low-riding firebox on the other, is the symbol of Texas-style barbecue ...
For years, I smoked briskets and ribs and pork butts in my back yard using an offset wood smoker I got for free off of Craigslist. And I’m proud to say I made some killer barbecue with it, before it ...