Pit Barrel Cooker

Hang meat from hooks inside a steel drum, close the lid, and do nothing for four hours. The Pit Barrel Cooker turns the most intimidating part of barbecue — temperature management — into a non-event. The vertical hook design bastes meat in its own drippings while charcoal and smoke do the rest. Absurdly simple, absurdly good. At $349, it is 42% cheaper than the PK Grill Original and holds 40 pounds of meat, 33% more capacity than the typical vertical barrel smoker.