Re: [CH] dehydrated chili
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:32:36 -0600
> Hobby brings up a good point here
> about moving the lid back a bit-
> You need to remember that you are not
> 'smoking' your chiles. You are 'smoke
> DRYING' your chiles.
It is a good point. And I wired a $3.46 rheostat into the cord in order to lower the temperature.
This $59 smoker took a lot of experimenting with to get things just right & I was fortunate to have input from others with similar outfits. It was an inexpensive outfit to play with and worked better than my Ducane gas grill & Weber charcoal kettle. Certainly isn't a commercial unit. My best results were when I smoked the halved pods in the smoker for 8-10 hours and finishing up in my dehydrator if I wanted them for powder and flakes. It actually doesn't take long at all to impart a smoky flavor.
JohnT
----- Original Message -----
From: jim@wildpepper.com
To: Hobby Farmer
Cc: chile-heads
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] dehydrated chili
Hobby brings up a good point here about moving the lid back a bit-
You need to remember that you are not 'smoking' your chiles. You are
'smoke DRYING' your chiles. Smokers are not set up to have the air
exchanges necessary to do a good job. For the best results, you should
occasionally remove the lid entirely to allow the excess moisture to
escape. This allows you to dry in a fraction of the time and also to
smoke at lower temperatures.
-Jim C
Mild to Wild