Charcoal smoker recipes: 59 photos
15 Smoked Food Recipes for Summer Cookouts
FAQ
Best Cuts of Meat for Smoking. Our top choices are brisket, pork shoulder (for pulled pork), pork chops, and ribs. You can also give our St. Louis Ribs a try in your new smoker. Beef brisket, pork shoulder, and ribs are three cuts that offer sufficient fat to keep them juicy and tender when done.
The firebox: This is where you generate heat. The firebox is filled with coal; a standard 15-pound bag of charcoal can burn for upwards of 15 hours—more than enough time to smoke brisket. You'll add wood chips to the coal briquettes; these wood chunks provide a distinct flavor to each batch of meat.
Add the hot charcoal to the smoker.. It's important to set the charcoal up on one side of the smoker and then put the meat on the other side. Arranging your coals on one side and the meat on the other side of the smoker allows the meat to cook with indirect heat and smoke rather than with direct heat.
Charcoal and wood are two essential elements that we can use to smoke food. They both burn to create heat and smoke which imparts flavor and is used to smoke our meats and fish.
Charcoal has a certain charm when it comes to grilling meat even though gas grills are more consistent and convenient. Charcoal grilling takes meat to new levels of flavor, thanks to its smoky flavor ability to promote the Maillard reaction and flexibility in controlling temperature and infusing smoke.