Abstract: An enclosed cooking apparatus for barbequeing meat in which a fire box is provided for the burning of charcoal and logs. A pan is supported over the burning area and is filled with water which is heated into steam. The steam entrains the smoke generated during the cooking process and provides for rapid heat transfer while the pan additionally serves to receive fat and grease drippings from the meat for subsequent removal. Meat such as ribs are supported within the apparatus over the pan by a plurality of removable skewer assemblies arranged in side-by-side relationship, each of the skewer assemblies includes upstanding skewers on which the ribs are impaled, the upper ends of the skewers being arranged to support one or more racks in a horizontally disposed position so that the smoke and steam circulating through the enclosed apparatus performs a cooking and smoking operation on both the skewered meat and the meat supported on the racks.