Re: [CH] Smoked Chiles / Powders
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:16:01 -0500
> 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
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----- 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
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