About r/smoking
In its own words:
A place to discuss techniques, tips, recipes, and pictures of smoking meats, vegetables, fruits, or anything else consumable.
Community guide
r/smoking (#988, about 1.1 million) is about flavoring food with wood smoke—techniques, tips, recipes and pictures of smoked meats, vegetables, fruit or anything else edible—not cigarette or smoke-inhalation talk.
What belongs
Cooks and pit photos (about 36 posts/day; galleries, text and images). The rules are short: no pictures of labels or prices, no pictures of charcoal bags, and no smoke-inhalation content.
Versus food, recipes and slowcooking
food, recipes and slowcooking overlap on home cooking. This room is specifically barbecue-style smoking.
Practical pointers
Share the cook, not the price tag or a bag of fuel.
The community was created on Jul 28, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,114 subscribers (+0.10%). Among the 20 communities on our cooking list it is number 11 by size. It sits just behind r/spain (#987) and ahead of r/weddingshaming (#989) in our ranking. Reddit files it under the “food” category and its main language is English.
What sets r/smoking apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 10.0× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/smoking climbed from 1,065,782 to 1,072,451 subscribers (+6.7K, +0.63%). That is about 152 new members per day. The chart shows 9 weekly subscriber counts.
What r/smoking talks about
We read the titles of 240 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “smoked”, “pork”, “brisket”, “smoker” and “turkey”. Other frequent themes are ribs, chili, smoke, beef, bacon and cold. Recurring phrases include “pulled pork”, “smoked turkey”, “beef rib” and “pork belly”. By format, 36% are galleries, 28% are text posts and 25% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/smoking gets about 36 new posts a day. The public archive holds 236,913 posts and 2,777,448 comments in total, about 11.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (48 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (17). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/smoking
The moderators of r/smoking list 3 rules. In short:
- No pics of labels/prices
- No pics of bags of charcoal
- No smoke inhalation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/smoking and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/smoking have?
r/smoking has 1,072,451 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #988 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,669 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/smoking?
r/smoking was created on Jul 28, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from May 18, 2009.
How active is r/smoking?
Very active: r/smoking gets about 36 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 236,913 posts and 2,777,448 comments. In a sample of 240 recent posts we counted 222 different authors.
When is r/smoking most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/smoking about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to discuss techniques, tips, recipes, and pictures of smoking meats, vegetables, fruits, or anything else consumable.” Recent post titles often mention smoked, pork, brisket, smoker and turkey. Most posts are galleries (36%).
Is r/smoking safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/smoking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/smoking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/smoking accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “No pics of labels/prices”; “No pics of bags of charcoal”; “No smoke inhalation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/smoking?
Communities with similar topics include r/JapaneseFood (1.4M), r/slowcooking (4.8M), r/recipes (3.6M), r/cookingforbeginners (2.2M) and r/burgers (1.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/smoking.