“I haven’t actually told anyone about this,” Aaron Franklin said on the KCRW Good Food podcast, “but I really want to start making little backyard pits.” He was speaking to Evan Kleiman and the late ...

Aaron Franklin. You likely know the name, even if you don’t own a Big Green Egg or stress out over “the stall” every time you smoke a brisket in the backyard. Franklin is the guy who created Franklin ...

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Aaron Franklin, master barbecue pitmaster and owner of Franklin Barbecue, has designed and released his own smoker. The pit is an offset smoker (the firebox, where the fuel burns, is attached to the ...

Before you put the brisket on, Aaron explains how to modify and season your smoker. Before you put the brisket on, Aaron explains how to modify and season your smoker.