What is a barbecue smoker?
A barbecue smoker is similar to a conventional barbecue grill but with a closeable lid on the top designed to trap the smoke. There are basically two types of smokers, direct and in-direct. Direct smokers are essentially a single unit with a closeable lid. Food is placed on the grill as per usualy, then aromatic wood chips are added to the charcoal which in turn smoke within the cavity which infuses the flood with a glorious flavour. In-direct smokers consists of two units. The grill unit with a closeable lid, just like the direct smoker, but in addition to that, it has a seperate box which contains the charcoal and woodchips. The wood chips are added into the smoker unit, located usually to one side of the grill. When hot, the smoke travels through into the grill compartment where the smoke then flavours the meat on the barbecue.
