I stood next to a steel smoker outside a small barbecue joint several years back while watching a pitmaster retrieve the meats I’d just ordered. He opened a door on a smoking cabinet to fetch the ...

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama has served legendary smoked meats and white sauce since 1925 — a true Southern ...

I ordered a tray of meat at Big Boy’s Bar-B-Que in Sweetwater, 40 miles west of Abilene, and didn’t ask for brisket. I’d been to the joint many times before, and wanted to enjoy the cuts I thought ...

David Calkins, co-owner of Urban Bar-B-Que, called this afternoon to tell me that the Rockville location of the two-store chain had just installed a XLR-600 Southern Pride smoker, which is a ...

Looking out through the small, square take-out window at Montgomery’s venerable Brenda’s Bar-B-Q Pit, Donetta Bethune often sees a long line of familiar faces patiently waiting their turns to pick up ...