BBQ Smoker Guide is a UK site about choosing and using a smoker: offsets, kamados, pellet grills, bullets, electric smokers and the kettle you might already own. It covers fuel, British wood, UK butcher cuts, cook planning and cooking in the weather we actually get.
Why this site exists
Most smoking advice online is American. The recipes assume a Texas back yard, a butcher who sells "packer" briskets, hickory on every shelf and a dry, still afternoon. Plenty of it is excellent. Much of it doesn't translate when you're standing in a Leeds garden in a stiff westerly with a rolled brisket from the supermarket.
This site is the translation. Cuts by their British names, temperatures in °C first, woods you can buy here, and advice that assumes it might rain.
What we cover
- Choosing a smoker. How each type works, who it suits and what to check in the spec. Start with the smoker quiz or offset vs kamado vs pellet.
- Cooking. Brisket, pulled pork, ribs, chicken, salmon and the Christmas bird, with UK cut names and cook plans that work back from dinner time.
- Technique. Fire control, the stall, wrapping, resting and the mistakes everyone makes once.
- Weather and kit. Smoking in rain, wind and winter, and the kit that's worth owning.
- Calculators. Cook timing, fuel, brine, how much meat to buy and a weather check. Each one shows its working.
Who we are
The site is written and edited by the BBQ Smoker Guide team. We don't put personal names on articles. Every page carries the same byline and the same standards, set out in our editorial policy.
BBQ Smoker Guide shares ownership with a small group of UK guide sites, including garden and outdoor-living titles. Where we link to one of them it's because the page is relevant, and we link to a sister site at most once per article.
What we don't do
We don't claim to have cooked on kit we haven't, and we don't hand out star ratings. Comparisons are built from published specs and independent sources, with the criteria stated. How we compare explains the method.
How the site is funded
The site may earn money from affiliate links and, later, from adverts. Paid links carry a visible Ad label, and money never changes how we compare things. The details are in our advertising disclosure.
Get in touch
Spotted a mistake? See corrections. Anything else, the contact page has the details.
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