
The Kalamazoo Artisan Fire Pizza Oven ($6,895) takes everything you love about brick-oven pizza and crams it into a beautiful, portable, stainless-steel box. The Smaller, Better Pizza Oven (Kalamazoo)įor those who dig the feel of a backyard food-centric party but are burnt out on burgers, here is your solution. And the battery allows you to cook in the shade or at night. The newer and larger GoSun Grill-the centerpiece of a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign-has the same futuristic design but the ability to cook larger meals just as fast. The backpacker-friendly GoSun Sport ($249) looks like something that will be on the ship that finally takes us to populate Mars and cooks a meal in less than 20 minutes.
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The masterminds behind GoSun have harnessed the power of the sun with their new line of portable solar stoves. Based on traditional Indonesian smokers, the Big Bad is a ceramic grill and smoker with auto temp control and 12 square feet of grilling surface. The Weber Smokey Mountain (aka “the bullet”) ($200) is probably all you need for the occasional backyard barbecue ($300), but the Komodo Kamado Big Bad 32 ($5,900) is what you want. It takes patience to smoke-24 hours’ worth, at times-but the result is succulent, fall-off-the-bone barbecue. It cooks meat slowly with indirect heat while endowing said meat with smoky goodness.

The smoker is the grill’s older, more thoughtful brother. Great for: Exceptional pulled pork and beef brisket In the spirit of besting your nemesis or neighbors, here are five alternatives to the standard grill. I piled my portion on a paper plate next to a slice of humble pie and, as I ate, pondered the lesson here: It’s best not to get hung up on one method. One day recently I went to Victor’s house for a backyard party, and the man was cooking a goat. It’s in this arena where I reign supreme over Victor. I’m from the South: Cooking meat over an open flame while drinking cheap beer is what we do.

Not to brag, but I’ve thrown down in barbecue competitions. If there’s one situation where I have Victor beat, however, it’s the domain of barbecue. I don’t even want to talk about our Strava times. Victor, who has a bigger backyard, a taller climbing wall for his kids, greener grass… Victor. Let me tell you about my nemesis, Victor.
