Backyard Chicken Dinner

• recipe

  Smoked Chicken

  Surprisingly, the trick to perfecting smoke flavor isn't getting the wood to smolder for as long as possible. It's just the opposite: knowing when to let it burn out.

• recipe

  Salt-Baked Potatoes with Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Butter

  What can 2 pounds of salt do to a potato that an oven can't?

• equipment

  Coolers

  The difference between a good cooler and a great one isn’t add-ons like cup holders and telescoping handles. The decisive element is much more fundamental: air.