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This week's featured story comes from IEEE Spectrum.
How to Build a Better Barbecue Pit
Engineers use technology to demystify the black art of barbecue
BY Erica Westly // July 2010
About six years ago, Bill Karau, an engineer who has worked for the U.S. Navy and Motorola, decided to build his own barbecue pit. What started as an annual barbecue tour with friends had quickly turned into a full-fledged hobby. "I’ve probably had the opportunity to eat at somewhere between 120 and 130 barbecue joints over the last decade," says the Texas native, "and one of the things we always did on these trips, in addition to sampling the meat and talking about it, is we always go visit the pit boss and look at the pit. And me being the engineering geek in the crowd, I always wanted to try to understand the science behind what appears to be a black art."
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