smoking

  • Grill Tender Vegetables Right on Your Charcoal Chimney

    Grill Tender Vegetables Right on Your Charcoal Chimney

    If you cook with charcoal, you need a charcoal chimney. It’s not that you can’t get your coals hot without one, but using one really speeds up the process, and ensures your coals are consistently scorching every time. Even with a chimney, it takes about half an hour to get them white hot and ready…


  • Stop Soaking Your Wood Chips Already

    Stop Soaking Your Wood Chips Already

    To grill is human, but to smoke is dad-like. Smoke is the so-called “third leg” of BBQ. It adds flavour, and helps build that sought after bark, and is what makes BBQ taste like BBQ. To make smoke, you need to burn some wood (or pellets), and nearly every smoking tutorial will tell you that…


  • Smoke Your Turkey the ‘Wrong Way’ on a Charcoal Grill

    Smoke Your Turkey the ‘Wrong Way’ on a Charcoal Grill

    Smoked turkey is not uncommon. Mention it in conversation, and most people will respond positively. “Oh, I love smoked turkey,” they’ll say. “My dad/grandfather/brother-in-law/uncle smokes one every year.” I have yet to hear someone praise their mother’s, grandmother’s, sister-in-law’s, or aunt’s smoked turkey, and I suspect it is because the women are busy doing everything…