Usually, do-it-yourself projects are limited to little things around the house like painting or replacing broken faucets. Alton Brown, no stranger to reducing cardboard waste, has brought DIY to new ...

Start off by taking a sheet of foil (six to eight inches long) and lay it flat on a work surface. Then, fold it in half so three sides are open. Then, turn the foil toward you and close the first side ...

Talk about upcycling! I took an old compressor and gave it a whole new life as a smoker. Watch how I cut, welded, and customized it to create a unique DIY smoker that’s perfect for slow-cooked meats.

Good smokers often come with serious sticker shock, with the prices of top-rated brands hitting $1,000 or more before you can say “brisket and ribs.” But even if you have the cash, sometimes you don’t ...

This article is about how I built my vertical brick BBQ smoker. It wasn’t very difficult to do, it cost me only about $200, and it works quite well as a medium-large-capacity BBQ (does 50–75 pounds of ...

The late Waylon Jennings sang, “We’ve been so busy keeping up with the Jones. Four car garage and we’re still building on. Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.” He was writing about ...