BBQ Smoker Calculator
Get exact smoking times, wood quantities, and resting times for any cut of meat
| Meat | Pull Temp (°F) | Rest (min) | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisket | 200–205 | 60–120 | Wrap in butcher paper |
| Pork Shoulder | 195–205 | 30–60 | Wrap in foil or paper |
| Baby Back Ribs | 190–200 | 10–15 | 3-2-1 method |
| Whole Chicken | 165 | 10 | No wrap needed |
| Pork Belly | 165–170 | 15 | Slice when cooled slightly |
| Beef Short Ribs | 200–205 | 30 | Probe-tender test |
| Smoker Type | Per 2 Hours | Chips or Chunks | Replenish Every |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offset Smoker | 2–4 wood chunks | Chunks recommended | 45–60 min |
| Kettle / Charcoal | 2 cups chips | Soak 30 min first | 30–45 min |
| Pellet Smoker | Auto-fed pellets | Pellets only | Per hopper capacity |
| Electric Smoker | 1–2 cups chips | Dry chips work fine | 60 min |
| Cabinet / Box | 2–3 cups chips | Chips or small chunks | 45 min |
BBQ smoker is about slow cooking of foods, where one bathes them in smoke, that gives the meat deep smoky taste. Foods that one smoked, take on the flavor of that wood that one uses in the process of cooking. One gets such wet meat that falls off the bones and has wonderful flavor.
There are several kinds of smokers. Charcoal smokers, electric, propane, bullet grills, offset smokers, kamado-style cookers, drum smokers and gravity-fed models, all they exist. Each of them works somewhat differently.
Different Kinds of BBQ Smokers
Bullet smokers simply load up with pellets, one sets the time and they just keep the heat and smoke until the pellets end. Gravity-fed smokers give richer smoky smell than bullet models and also they are very easy to use. Offset smokers with stick burners create strong smoky taste, but they need constant attention.
Pellet grills can serve for smoking and grilling at the same time, although the flavor is not as strong as with charcoal or offset smokers.
The Weber Smokey Mountain is a famous charcoal bbq smoker that one gets in three sizes. One can charge it with coal and wood chips, even it can reach low temperatures between 145 and 175 degrees for making beef jerky. The Oklahoma Joe Bronco Professional is a drum smoekr from thick steel, that is easy to use.
Oklahoma Joe also makes the Longhorn Reverse Flow Offset Smoker with removed vents, that allows the cook to choose between reverse and traditional offset smoking.
Lone Star Grillz makes custom smokers by hand in Texas. It offers offset tube smokers, vertical offset, cabinet offset type and 20-inch pits in various sizes and costs. Masterbuilt makes a 40-inch Digital Electric Smoker with vertical body, that helps smoke and heat spread evenly inside.
A 30-inch Masterbuilt Electric Smokehouse one finds four a bit more than hundred dollars.
Cookshack sells home smokers and bullet grills, among them the Smokette Elite and AmeriQue models. Reverse flow smokers and oversized ones also get made from fresh steel in United States by other makers.
A good starter bbq smoker one can buy from around hundred dollars, so it does not pay to spend everything. Big models, like 250-gallon types, cook whole day without much burning carbon, when one feeds them with sticks. Hamburgers get deep, smoky flavor, if one lays them on a bbq smoker instead of a regular grill.
Meatloaf also works well on a bbq smoker. Some cooks shape the loaf without a box and lay it right on the grate. Grilling and smoking are two totally different things, although the wordgrilling is often used for both.
