How To Choose the Best Beef for Your Steak

Tomahawk Ribeye Steak

If you are a steak lover, you probably know that not all beef is created equal. There are different grades of beef that indicate the quality, tenderness, juiciness, and flavor of the meat. In the United States, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) is the agency that inspects, and grades beef based on several … Read more

How to Build and Manage a Fire in an Offset Grill

Fire in Offset Smoker

One of the most difficult components of smoking meat to master is controlling the fire in an offset BBQ Grill. This article will teach you how to build and manage a fire in an offset grill. An offset smoker is a type of barbecue smoker that consists of a horizontal cooking chamber and a firebox … Read more

BBQ Resources and Tools that I Love

Tools for smoking and grilling BBQ meat

As with aspects of life, you must use the right tools and continuously learn. This page offers my favorite BBQ resources and tools that I love. I have also provided a link for where you can purchase the product. I have not included everything I use, I tried to include the must haves and a … Read more

Why Does Brisket Stall, and how to expertly manage it?

Sliced Smoked Brisket

What is the stall and why does brisket stall? If you’ve smoked meat for any length of time you’ve either heard of it or experienced the stall without knowing exactly how to manage it properly. So, why does brisket stall, and how to expertly manage it The stall is when you smoke a large piece … Read more

How to Tell if your Smoked Meat is Done

The internal temperature method The following table contains a noncomprehensive list of recommended temperatures for smoked meat both for the smoking chamber and the done temperature. This table will help answer the question “How to Tell if your Smoked Meat is Done?”. I highly recommend you use a digital thermometer to accurately measure the temperature. … Read more