BBQ Pitmaster Hats

Barbecue is the only hobby where the main ingredient sets the schedule for everyone. The brisket goes on in the dark, the smoker holds its temperature through the morning, and the question of when anybody eats is answered in exactly one way: when it is done, and not a minute earlier. These BBQ hats are for the pitmaster who takes that seriously — the title self-awarded, as it always has been, and earned at the smoker before sunrise. For the person who has declined a wedding, a birthday and a perfectly good Saturday with the same five words: I have a brisket on. For the one who will not be opening the smoker to check, however many guests ask, because every peek costs heat and time and everybody standing around the yard knows it. Low and slow is not a slogan here; it is the operating procedure. The hats are embroidered on unstructured dad hats in colors that hold up to smoke, charcoal dust and a long day at the pit, and they make a good gift for anyone whose backyard has a smoker in it and whose weekend plans are written in hours rather than times.