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If you’d like to enjoy real barbeque with traditional flavor and style, consider building a BBQ pit. When you cook your meat in a BBQ pit, there’s a greater concentration of smoke and heat. The taste is out of this world.

This method of cooking outdoors is ideal for larger cuts of meat such as a roast. If your pit is big enough, it’s possible to cook a whole pig or a section of beef. Just remember that it will take a long time to cook this much meat, anywhere up to 10 hours.

You have two basic choices in open BBQ pits, modern and traditional. The traditional BBQ pit is essentially a hole in the ground. You then lay in your wood or charcoal and light it.

You can cook your food by placing it on a skewer and holding it over the fire. You can also lay a grill over the flames to hold the meat. Another option is to wrap the food in foil and lay it in among the coals after the fire has died down.

The modern open pit is usually an above ground BBQ. Stone, brick and concrete are the most common materials used for building such a structure. There’s a firebox in which charcoal or wood can be set on fire. You’ll likely want to attach a grill to the pit. Just make sure it’s far enough away from the source of heat so your meat won’t become overcooked.

With an open pit BBQ there are two ways of cooking your food. You can choose either direct or indirect heat. Direct heat cooking means that your food is cooked directly over the flame or heat of the burning coals. In order to manage the cooking temperature, many people locate the coals at one end of the pit and the food at the other. This method cooks your food relatively quickly and is perfect for tender cuts of meat.

Indirect cooking is also known as pit cooking. Cooking with indirect heat involves using a very low temperature to cook the food. First you build up the fire until the pit has stored up a lot of heat. The objective is to store up a lot of heat in the sides of the BBQ pit.

The fire is then put out and the meat is placed onto the grill. You then need to cover up the pit. The heat that has been absorbed into the sides of the pit will do the job of cooking the meat. With this style of cooking, it takes a long time before your meal is done. But it’s ideal for tougher cuts of meat. Many people believe this is the best BBQ method for authentic flavor.