Build your own cold smoker

[Dave1970]

Hey Musher....check this out..... Is this for real?? £10 for the whole kit and caboodle inc delivery from Texas???

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pizza-Ove...=Barbecues_Grills_Smokers&hash=item3a80e063ae

"You're purchasing a professional quality CD with high pixel, color photo instructions"

 

[graysalchemy]

Back to cold smokers

Found this for something more substantial.

These seem to be the DB's in the smokin world. :thumb:

 

[graysalchemy]

Back to cold smokers

Found this for something more substantial.



Theseseem to be the DB's in the smokin world. :thumb:

or you could make one here

 

[graysalchemy]

I have moved all the posts about wood burning pizza ovens to a new thread as it seemed to be taking over.

My fault

You can see them here

 

[Brewbob]

Back to cold smokers

Found this for something more substantial.



Theseseem to be the DB's in the smokin world. :thumb:

or you could make one here

Yeah, if this box version works I'll look at something a bit more permanent like that. First though I'm going to with what I have. I'm going to finish these pesky night shifts that get in the way of my fun projects then get me some mackerel to experiment with, maybe some cheese as well....

 

[graysalchemy]

When I worked on the west coast of scotland i had ideas of building a smoker and setting up a business doing it, but then I moved south again, but iut has always been in my mind to make one.

Smoked bacon Uuuuuuuuuuuumm.

Cold make the bacon as well its not hard.

 

[Brewbob]

Apparently smoked black pudding is really good

 

[IPA]

Try the book by Keith Erlandson called Home Smoking And Curing.
Here is mine I built with ideas fromw the book.
http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/Lastf ... sort=3&o=0
My favourite is smoked quail but I also do bacon, fish etc.
The sawdust is in the bottom in an old Sky satellite dish and in between that and the smoke chamber is a plate drilled with lots of holes to disperse the smoke evenly. Hooks are screwed into the top of the smoke chamber to suspend the meat from.

 

[graysalchemy]

That looks fantastic IPA :thumb:

Just found this site here on my travels.

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[IPA]

That looks fantastic IPA :thumb:

Just found this site here on my travels.

:thumb:

I have added a pic of smoked bacon hanging in the smoker. Unfortunately you can't buy bacon like this in local grocers any more as Mum did when I was a kid.
http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/Lastf ... t=3&page=1

 

[graysalchemy]

That looks amazing IPA :thumb: :thumb:

I can smell it and taste it from here. :lol: :lol:

I am slavering as we speak :lol: :lol:

 

[alawlor66430]

That does look amazing !!

 

[Brewbob]

Oh yeah, that does look good. I can do something like that in my new Weber kettle. I fact most of the recipes I find are for hot-smoking, anyone got any good recipes for cold-smoking. If you cold smoke fish/chicken do you need to cook it afterward?

 

[IPA]

Oh yeah, that does look good. I can do something like that in my new Weber kettle. I fact most of the recipes I find are for hot-smoking, anyone got any good recipes for cold-smoking. If you cold smoke fish/chicken do you need to cook it afterward?

Cold smoked salmon/trout can be eaten if it has been brined correctly without cooking. Meat should be cooked. Keith Erlandson's book give you all the info you need.

 

[dolcevita]

Newbie throwing in a comment here, but if you're smoking meaty things like chicken or duck breasts, they're fantastic if you can get them vacuum packed and then cook the vacuum pack at a relatively low temp for a long time (Heston Blumenthal's sous vide method). As long as you can get the vacuum packing done, all you need is a large saucepan and a thermometer - cook at 60C for several hours (overnight for preference) and then leave to cool & bung in the fridge. The vac pac retains all those scrumptious juices and it should keep for a few weeks. I had some smoked duck breast done that way (they'd also put herbs & seasoning in, a little anise, I think) and it was very good.

Hubby will kill me if I build one of these in addition to all the brew kit I've just bought!