Editor’s note: This is the first column in a series in which Reid provides advice on becoming a proficient backyard pitmaster. The column will focus on products, ingredients and services specific to ...

Smokers take your barbecue to the next level.

Ferdinand Graham wants his business plans to go up in smoke. Graham, 52, a native of Anthony, is a self-taught maker of grills – from small backyard and tailgating kettle smokers to large "offset" ...

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 ...