It make seem ridiculous to put cream cheese in your smoker, but doing so adds huge flavor the the classic Southern appetizer duo of cream cheese and pepper jelly.

Summer is synonymous with outdoor cooking — warm weather calls for firing up the grill for burgers and hot dogs. But your grill is also an ideal tool for an often-overlooked use: cold smoking.

You can cold-smoke or hot-smoke food. Hot-smoking is the easiest for the home-smoker to start with, and produces food that is fully cooked. Sign up to the Cook the Perfect newsletter, or subscribe ...