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Editor's Note June 13, 2025: We reviewed this article to ensure its contents are accurate and our product selections are still available and worth standing by. In the world of outdoor cooking, the ...

If you’re looking to make the most flavorful brisket and ribs at home, the best pellet smokers can take your barbecue game to the next level. By generating smoke and heat as the wood pellets burn, ...

If you’re looking to cook your meat slowly and give it a smoky flavor, pellet grills are the way to go. These brands are ranked highest by Consumer Reports’ testing team. What are pellet grills? How ...

T3’s review of the new Weber Searwood XL in a sentence: a versatile powerhouse pellet grill-cum-smoker that takes the unpredictability and associated anxiety out of outdoor cooking. US barbecue ...

Since they first showed up in the 1980s, pellet grills have been bridging the gap between two approaches to outdoor cooking that were once thought to be mutually exclusive: propane grilling, with its ...

You can cook all your favorite foods on a pellet grill and it is especially designed to smoke regional barbecue including brisket, ribs and pulled pork. I have long loved pellet grills. I think of ...

Even the most experienced cooks can find themselves daunted by grilling in smoking. Fortunately, the best pellet smokers offer precise temperature control and hands-off ease, so you can take the ...