Good books on smoking for beginners?

[Barry LaZar]

I have a collection. Smoke and Spice, Chris Lilly's, Myron Mixon's, and a few others. When you get down to it almost all of them except Myron's use essentially the same technique. Myron's is a real variant. I suggest Smoke and Spice for the recipes and Myron's for technique. However, the best thing to do is just cook and learn to use your cooker and find out what tastes good to you.