Abstract: A wood smoker comprises an outer cooking container, an inner cooking container, and a cover for the inner cooking container. The outer cooking container is provided with a bottom wall which receives wood chips and the like thereon and the inner cooking container is provided with a bottom wall with smoke flow apertures therein wherein pre-portioned foods are placed on the bottom wall of the inner cooking container, the bottom wall of the inner cooking container being spaced from the bottom wall of the outer cooking container. Wood chips and the like which are ignited provides smoke which flows up through the apertures in the bottom wall of the inner container and along with the heat being generated by the bottom wall of the outer container and the ignited wood chips provides the smoke and cooking heat for the pre-portioned food products on the surface of the bottom wall of the inner cooking container.