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Does anyone beside me use Louisiana Red Hot/Frank's Hot Sauce/Tabasco as sticking agent for rubs? I tried yellow mustard, mayonnaise and vegetable oil, but I have been using hot sauce since recommended by a friend. It does not have the stickiness of the others, but it works well enough and...

I like a strong smoke flavor, but I am not getting one on my WSM with bagged chunks. I have some recently cut hickory wood and am considering splitting and sawing it into chunks. Does anyone else make their own, and if so are the results better?

I picked up a Master Touch grill at Home Depot Saturday and injured only two fingers putting it together. I had seen a You Tube video in which a guy strongly recommended smoking franks, which had never occurred to me as being a good candidate for barbecue. We had family coming over for a late...

Has anyone found a good carry bag or case for the Jumbo Joe? I haul mine in the basement of my motor home, and I need something to keep the ash and grease contained. I have tried a garbage bad and a cardboard box, but neither is satisfactory.

I've seen several references to closing the top damper to kill the fire and save charcoal. In my first smoke I used a full load of charcoal and cooked a pork butt for 10 hours. I was surprised at the amount of unburned charcoal was left after I killed fire and am sure I could have gone another...

I joined recently after buying a Weber Smoky Mountain 18.5" smoker, and I'm just now getting around to introducing myself. I took up barbecuing seriously after retirement and started with a New Braunfels Longhorn Deluxe horizontal smoker using mainly stick wood for fuel. I have had good luck...

I just bought a WSM and assembled it. However, I have a question about attaching the heat shield to the legs (the first step in the assembly). Is the heat shield supposed to be firmly attached? Mine sits on the tabs and comes off very easily. I am doing an initial burn to cure it and...