I Wish My Parents Taught Me About…Smoking BBQ

Smoking BBQ looks simple until you’re standing beside a smoker wondering why dinner was supposed to be ready an hour ago.

I Wish My Parents Taught Me About… Smoking BBQ is a practical, funny guide for anyone who wants to start smoking great food without getting buried in complicated techniques, expensive equipment, or BBQ science.

Inside, you’ll find straightforward advice on choosing a smoker, temperatures, seasoning and rubs, planning your cook, resting meat, dealing with weather, troubleshooting problems, and smoking favorites like ribs, wings, turkey, sausage, and more. We even cover appetizers and sides because nobody should have to stare at a smoker for eight hours on an empty stomach.

Mom, Dad, Chad, and Anthony are along for the cook with useful tips, questionable BBQ wisdom, and a few lessons that are much cheaper to learn from us than from ruining a perfectly good piece of meat.

No competition-BBQ rulebook. No pretending there’s only one “right” way to do it. Just practical advice to help you understand your smoker, make better food, and have some fun figuring out what works for you.

Funny enough to buy. Useful enough to recommend.

Your parents taught you plenty. They just didn’t cover this one.