Stopped at a roadside pit in Lockhart Texas last Thursday

The guy running it used nothing but post oak and a homemade cinderblock pit, and his brisket was better than anything I've had from a $10,000 offset. Has anyone else found that simpler setups sometimes turn out better food?

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the_gavin1mo ago

Buddy of mine had some guy smoking ribs out of an old oil drum and they were literally the best he ever ate.

perez.barbara1mo ago

@the_gavin, must've been an old Weber or something similar, not a plain oil drum. Those barrels have that coating inside that's pretty bad if you cook in it. Your buddy's guy probably cleaned it out real good first.