Editor's note: This is the second column in a series in which Reid provides advice to would-be barbecue entrepreneurs on "how to build the perfect barbecue joint." The first column addressed service ...

Get an exclusive first look at the Old Country BBQ Pits G2 Insulated Offset Smoker! We break down its features, build quality ...

The year was 1973, and the Houston oil patch was booming. Half-brothers Dickie Hartis and Lawrence Whitworth were working in the oil industry when they decided to start their own sheet metal ...

Michael Johnson Jr. makes his living by harnessing fire. He welds barbecue pits for his company, Cen-Tex Smokers, with his father, Mike, in their shop outside the Central Texas town of Luling. It’s ...

For one generous and lucky outdoor cook who bids high enough and wins it, there is just enough time to test out a new Texas pit smoker to make deliciously tender smoked corned beef and cabbage to ...

Just mere months after Jeff Gibbs assumed ownership of Smoker’s BBQ Pit, his business went up in flames. After acquiring the beloved barbeque restaurant in March of 2023, Gibbs was faced with an ...