Smoking food adds just a hint of a woodsy flavor, much like wearing camouflage or hiring Bob Ross to paint your portrait. Appreciate woodsy wonders with today's Groupon at The Original Rib Tickler in Tomball. Choose between the following options:

• For $7, you get $15 worth of barbecue from the regular menu.
• For $27, you get dinner for four people (up to a total $54 value). Click here for an overview of the courses.

The Original Rib Tickler's five generations of smoke sultans serve up a menu of slow cooked, wood-smoked meats along with homemade sides and desserts. A rib plate arrives accompanied by two sides or a baked potato ($9.75), and chicken-fried steak glistens between pillowy slabs of bread to form a sandwich ($5.25). Special dinners, such as seven-piece shrimp ($8.99), are breaded by hand and paired with an order of french fries, and a simple chopped-beef barbecue sandwich ($4) awaits a hug from hands. A children's menu invites tykes and toddlers to order smaller portions, and barbecue by the pound ($4.99–$11.95) inspires entire clans to share in the spoils.

Made-from-scratch sides such as fresh green beans ($1.75+) and crunchy fried pickles ($1.50) supplement entrees. Rather than guzzling a quart of barbecue sauce, guests can quash lingering appetites with a slice of peach cobbler made from a 100-year-old recipe passed down through generations.