I receive several e-mails each week from readers seeking information about bbq smokers. Many readers inquire about plans for building a bbq smoker as a do-it-yourself project.

Here's a list of resources for building bbq smokers--some are low cost and some are very expensive.

Steel Smoker from Propane Tanks Welding sk  ...Read More

Economic Impact of BBQ Contests Two festivals in Charleston, SC held in 2000 generated $43 million in economic impact to the city and surrounding area according to a study by the University of South Carolina. The newspaper in my local community ran a front page story a few months a  ...Read More
Barbecue Competitions 1. American Royal Championship 2. Memphis in May 3. Jack Daniels Invitational BBQ 4. Best of the Best BBQ	Cabela's Bar-B-Que Challenge in Dundee, MI 7/8/06      1st Place in Brisket Won Using My New - **Southern BBQ Rub**

Henry Ford invented charcoal briquettes as a by-product of the automobile manufacturing process. Ford created the briquette from wood scraps and sawdust at his car factory. E.G. Kingsford bought the invention and put the charcoa  ...Read More

Eat Beef License Tags
Profess your loyalty to the beef cattle production industry and to eating beef with an "Eat Beef" license plate tag. "Eat Beef" tags are available for $10 each from Kansas State University's Animal Sciences Department at the following address: CCW  ...Read More