Dale Hartwell's Cookbook Targets Dry Meat and Bitter Smoke in Barbecue

Dale Hartwell’s new cookbook, *Pellet Smoker Mastery: 50+ Foolproof Recipes to Fix Dry, Bitter Barbecue*, combines recipes with guidance on preparing a pellet smoker, managing a clean-burning fire, choosing wood pellets, and troubleshooting problems such as dry meat and bitter smoke. It advises cooks to manage startup smoke and grease, treat cooking times as estimates, and use a thermometer to check internal doneness. The book also explains how smoker settings, airflow, temperature, pellet choice, wrapping, and resting can affect results.