Smoking

[Helsbells]

Hi everyone,

I was very pleased with one of my Christmas presents this year. My lovey husband bought me a smoker!!

This is it:

http://www.hotsmoked.co.uk/hot-cold-smo ... od_67.html

Havent smoked anything yet, but garunteed, once we have got it up and running every pieve of food we eat will have been smoked. I am very excited!!

(Hubby said the lady from this website was very helpful, so a good place to go for a smoker if anyone is thinking of getting one)

I think he was quite keen for one for himself, so husband is also very pleased!

[oldfella]

Hi Helsbells,

I have been smoking for a while but a lot of folk give up because the taste is stronger than the stuff you buy in the shops, be it be bacon ( belly of pork) or fish, but of course it depends on what smoke medium you use. I have a smoker that I built and normally use Oak logs so it depends on many factors, IE the density of smoke, the temperature, but believe me you will soon get to prefer your own smoked products rather than the insipid wet smoked product you buy from the shops, but do try and make your own sausages to smoke, its fun and believe me once you get it right you will enjoy a new and tasty treat.

Good Luck and happy smoking

[Minnesota]

Helsbells,
I've been using this smoker grill for almost 20 years.
this style is known as a "Texas grill" in the US.
typically fire on one side and food on the other for indirect cooking.
I learned from an old friend, who is now passed away, that Hard Maple was the best wood for smoking food. But as you probably know you can use any wood from a nut or friut bearing tree. In a pinch, I use Oak which is most plentiful in my neck of the woods. I use this grill year round even on a cold day like today, it is 0 deg F. right now and as you can see, I keep the snow shoveled from around it. one of my favorite things to cook on it, which may seem a little weird, is smoked Beets. you roast is like a potato or a beef roast, do not cover it with foil. The smokiness with the sweetness of the red beet is a wonderfull combination.

[StripyPixieSocks]

WOW that's quite awesome, you're very lucky :D

[Helsbells]

Ooh smoked beets, that sounds good.
I am sooo excited about everything I can do, definately going to try sausages, in fact I am now keen to get a a sausage stuffer thing, so I can make my own.
A ham and some smoked salmons are top of my list though.

[fruitcake]

ooo H, how exciting! My OH keeps talking about trying to build one - thanks for the link (could be birthday pressie sorted for later this year) - apparently OH had a mate who converted an old wardrobe into a smoker and smoked fish in it, yum.

[Helsbells]

I think you can turn almost anything that doesnt burn into a smoker.
Hubby likes his gadgets and gizmos though!! Also much less effort for him to buy me one than for him to make me one!!!

Right now I am cold smoking some sausages, gammon, cheese and garlic. I am looking forward to lunch!!

[Green Aura]

What a great present!

We've got a stovetop hot smoker and I love it. We often have hot oak smoked fish for dinner. I'd love to do my own cold smoking but it always looks to use up so much dedicated space which we just haven't got.

I did toy with putting a door in the stainless steel chimney from the boiler, but I'm not sure I want coal-smoked food

[fruitcake]

H
How's it going with the smokin'

OH's birthday next month so I'm swithering re getting him one