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Barbecue Technology The article “Grilling and Smoking the New-Fashioned Way” in On Magazine was about a guy looking to find a better way to barbecue. The man was Robb Walsh and he traveled far and wide to find the best technology in the modern day to make better barbecue. He found new ways to grill and compared them to the old fashion way of grilling. During Walsh’s research he found the new generation of water smokers. They are tall cylinders with the fire on the bottom, a grill on the top and a pan of water in the middle, which diffuses the heat, catches drips and adds moisture. Water smokers were fueled by charcoal, but now you can get gas and electric ones too. In the electric version, you put wood chips directly on an electric coil. In the gas version, you put the chips on heated lava rocks. This cuts down on any actual participation by the griller, but the food stills tastes pretty good. Walsh also found a Maverick Remote Check, which has two temperature-sensing probes