> I dry mine entirely in the Little Chief. Kris, Do you finish up with a period of dry heat? (no smoke) As I mentioned before, I had problems getting thicker walled pods dry enough to powder when I use continuous smoke. One problem I've had with the Little Chief is that when I put too much wood in at once the temperature can get a lot higher than I like. Am thinking that putting the wood in a closed iron container with air holes would stop the wood from rapid burning and keep it just smoldering. Anyone have thoughts on this? JohnT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Boyle, Kris To: chile-heads Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:10 AM Subject: RE: [CH] Smoked Chiles / Powders Folks, > I dehydrate my pods at 95 or 105°F first & then put them in > the smoker. My Little Chief smoker is used only for peppers > so as to not impart a meat taste. I dry mine entirely in the Little Chief. Takes between 1-2 days (depends on outside air temps, chile types, smiling gods, etc.) Usually I use apple, cherry or hickory for the wood with a slight preference for apple over the cherry and the hickory if I have nothing else. I've never had a problem doing it this way. Wondering if the remaining Chocolate habs have a chance to ripen .... Cheers, Kris ======================================================================= Kris Boyle Vetronic Systems mailto:kris.boyle@gdcanada.com General Dynamics Canada (613) 596-7040 ======================================================================= >