Charcoal Water Smokers

Charcoal water smokers provide for a wide range of cooking possibilities. If you want to cook an entire meal on the smoker, you can cook your meat low and slow and add quicker cooking vegetables and other dishes for quick, high heat cooking at the same time. Water is an excellent choice for long, slow cooking processes. It keeps the food tender during the cooking time.

Most models of charcoal water smokers have a completely removable lid as well as a door on the front. This allows you to easily access the food, add water or add charcoal during the cooking process. A separate tray that holds the charcoal is also handy, allowing you to maintain the cooking temperature while adding or checking the charcoal. The cooking chamber on most models has one or two grills in addition to the water pan.

Additional grills allow you to cook more food and to separate foods with different cooking times or temperatures. Lift off lids also help in the cleaning process. Wood chips or chunks can be used in charcoal water grills to enhance the flavor. Experiment to find the best wood flavors for the types of meat you enjoy cooking in your smoker.

There are many wonderful books filled with recipes, cooking techniques and helpful hints for smoking foods. Though meat, and pork in particular, is most popular for smoking, almost any food can be cooked on one of these units. The most important skill for cooking with charcoal is maintaining temperature. Once you master this skill, the sky is the limit.