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Every turkey number on one page: thaw and brine times, smoking times by weight at 325F, the 165F doneness check,...

Pork belly burnt ends get you brisket-level payoff in about a third of the time, and the fat does most...

The best birthday gift for a griller depends on how they cook. Ten picks matched to smokers, griddles, brisket obsessives...

Pepperoni is the pizza everybody actually orders, which makes it the honest test of a backyard setup — there's nowhere...

Dry smoked turkey is almost always an overcooking problem, not a smoker problem. Nine fixes, in the order they matter.

Why smoked turkey skin turns out rubbery, and the nine things that fix it, starting the day before the bird...

Whether to brine, which kind of brine to use, how injecting is different, and how to layer both without ending...

Smoking times by weight for whole and spatchcocked turkeys at 325F, why the thermometer beats the clock, and how to...

Seven ham glaze recipes with actual measurements, the wood pairing for each, and the timing that turns glaze glossy instead...

A time-by-weight chart for smoking a fully cooked spiral ham, plus the complete double-smoked recipe and the temperatures that actually...

Apple, cherry, pecan or hickory? A wood-to-glaze pairing chart for double-smoked holiday ham, and why mesquite is usually the wrong...

Twelve better uses for leftover holiday ham, plus storage, reheating and the one thing you should never throw away.