Beef

Smoked beef ribs, tri-tip, brisket, and more.

Beef

How to Smoke Beef Chuck Short Ribs

How to Smoke Beef Chuck Short Ribs (The Practical Weekend Masterclass) If you love the intense, rich beef flavor and bark of giant plate ribs but don’t want to baby a smoker for 9 to 10 hours on a Sunday, your solution is sitting right in the chuck section of […]

 
Smoked beef ribs
Beef

How to Smoke Beef “Dino” Plate Ribs

If you want to serve the absolute show-stopper of backyard barbecue—a piece of meat that makes everyone stop what they are doing to pull out their cell phones and take a picture—you don’t buy a brisket or a pork shoulder. You buy a three-bone slab of Beef Plate Short Ribs. […]

 
Beef

The Ultimate Yoder YS640s Brisket Guide

Smoking a whole packer brisket is considered the ultimate test in backyard barbecue. Because it is a massive, tough muscle made of two distinct parts—the lean flat and the fatty point—it requires precision to keep it juicy while building a dark, crunchy bark. If you are cooking on a thin, […]

 
Smoked pulled beef
Beef, Smoked

Smoked Beef Chuck Roast

Recently, after smoking a beautiful pork butt, to produce some tasty pulled pork, I began to wonder if I could do the same with a less tender cut of beef like a beef chuck roast. The pork butt and the beef chuck roast have one thing in common. Cook’s Notes […]

 
reverse sear ribeye steak
Beef, Reverse Sear, Smoking Tips

Reverse Sear Ribeye Steak

Nothing better than a reverse sear ribeye steak. It combines the benefits of smoking with the advantages of grilling. Tender and juicy on the inside. A great, smokey char on the outside. So much of cooking a steak is about the challenge of getting it done to your liking. Or […]