We've been around the barbecue block, sampling smoked meats and cheeses, drooling over cedar plank salmon, diving into juicy ...

To avoid over-smoking your barbecued meats, follow the advice of a professional chef. Here's how to do it, and how to save ...

When most folks think of barbecue or smoked food, they immediately think of hickory as the standard wood. In reality, it's not. Oak is the most ubiquitous wood in barbecue because some varieties ...

also known as cabinet smokers, are a type of offset cookers. What this means is that the heat source (in our case, wood pellets) and the food to be cooked are separated by some distance.

Tabletop smokers are larger and more powerful, making them ideal for commercial use or larger gatherings. Another important factor to consider is the type of wood chips used in the smoker.

There are two main types of wood used for smoking: fruit hardwoods and nut-bearing hardwoods. As far as wood chips, fruit hardwoods such as cherry, apple, peach, and plum are great to use if you ...

So, we've compiled a list of our favourite smokers that use gas, wood pellets and electricity, and have included a separate section further down for smokers and barbecues that just use charcoal.

But which wood to choose? Most of us have heard of several types used for smoking, such as hickory, but what distinguishes ...