Abstract: A barbeque oven wherein meat is suspended on a perforated food rack within an enclosed, heat retaining housing, and heat and smoke from a firebox adjacent one end of the housing is directed along the length of the housing within a tempering passageway and then up, around the meat, and along the length of the housing in the opposite direction to an exit flue fixed to the top of the housing adjacent said end of the housing. A baffle divides the housing into upper and lower portions for directing the above-described flow of smoke and heat, and insulation located intermediate the food rack and the opening connecting the firebox and the lower portion of the housing prevents direct radiation from the firebox from striking meat on the food rack. Warming closets with a flue for controlling the temperature within said warming closets are provided adjacent said end of the housing above the firebox.