Bacon!

[Kit-brewer]

Thinking of buying a cheap smoker for bacon, but can only afford about £50. Any recommendations? I normally make streaky bacon, so a belly joint size about 2.5kg is as big as I go at any one time, so not huge. But might also try smoking salmon.
Thanks in advance!!

 

[MashBag]

Get a scrap filing cabinet and steal an oven tray. Seen one work. Stunningly simple.

Google "metal filing cabinet smoker"

Hot or cold smoking and loads of change from £50 to buy malt & hops

 

[starseeker]

My smoke generator cost about £35 , and you could put that in a BBQ etc :)

 

[fluketamer]

Finished curing my bacon, and it is better than I would have imagined. No salt taste whatsoever when using this cure. Two jowls vacuum packed and put in the freezer.
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My first proper bacon for a couple of years along with home made black pudding egg and beans. Delicious.
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that looks divine

Thinking of buying a cheap smoker for bacon, but can only afford about £50. Any recommendations? I normally make streaky bacon, so a belly joint size about 2.5kg is as big as I go at any one time, so not huge. But might also try smoking salmon.
Thanks in advance!!

i had a masterbuilt digital smoker for many years. i bought a smoke tube on amazon for 9$ for for cold smoking salmon and when my masterbuilt went i found that the smoke tube on the grill with an indirect burner going does just as well as my digital smoker ever did.

https://www.amazon.com/Pellet-Premi...kmv7TBD8it1q0PhCLzV7gGiXJuwaAvpOEALw_wcB&th=1