Re: [CH] recommend a "pepper smoker" anyone?
Chad A Gard (gard@indy.net)
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:13:34 -0500
>Just curious if anyone can recommend a reasonably priced smoker so I can do
>up my abundance of Jalapenos and orange habs this year. I am sick of
>borrowing one from my neighbors, but it appears that there are tons of
>diffferent ones on the market available, plus lots of different options
>(i.e., do I buy electric or charcoal?).. Any help would be muchly
>appreciated...
I have one of the round charcoal ones, and must say that if I were buying a
new one, I would go with electric. It's very challenging/annoying to smoke
any large item, as keeping the charcoal burning hot enough to maintain the
correct temperature yet keeping the smoke in is very difficult.
I helped a friend automate a homebrewed smoker made out of an old
refrigerator and some old stove parts. If I were to do a new smoker, I
would probably build one simmilar to his - it's not pretty, but produces
great results inexpensively and it's very easy to get predictable,
controllable results. Also, you can choose whether you want to hot-smoke
or cold-smoke with no modifications to the smoker.
Chad Gard, CTS KB9WXQ
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