About Homemade BBQs Grills and Smokers

Many people choose to make their own BBQ grills and smokers in order to save money and to add a stylish and unique element to their property's landscaping. Grills and smokers can be made from a variety of common household materials.

BBQ Grills

Few people realize that there is a significant difference between a BBQ grill and a traditional grill. Traditional grills are used to cook food quickly and efficiently; BBQ grills on the other hand are used to cook food slowly at a temperature that is higher than that of smokers, but is significantly lower than the temperatures encountered with most traditional grills.

BBQ grills can be built from materials such as steel drums, but most people choose to modify a regular charcoal grill for the purpose instead. This is done by making changes to the grill that allow you to place a smaller charcoal basket to one side of the grill, and a container that is used to hold hardwood chips on the other side.

BBQ Smoker

Smokers are well known for producing food that is both tender and very flavorful. They accomplish this by cooking food very slowly over long periods of time and by adding chips of oak, mesquite, or hickory wood to the smoker in order to influence the food's taste.

A homemade BBQ smoker can be constructed from several types of metal containers, such as steel drums, trash cans and barrels. Smokers are slightly more difficult to build than BBQ grills.