Small Smoker ???
I'm getting ready to push off and full time and one of the things I will really miss is my smoker. I've been using a Brinkman electric water smoker for many years and I love it but it takes up a lot o...
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Tom N wrote:SWMO wrote:Tom N wrote:
You can easily smoke in a cardboard box and a small electric hotplate.
-Tom
Not really, not if you want to finish meat.
When I think of smoking, I think of COLD smoking. Cooking meat requires a higher temp.
Me, too...I think the box is a great idea. Brown paper withstands much higher temps than those required for cold smoking, as anyone knows that's ever baked using brown bags.
One caveat, though:
I'd be selective as to the box itself...if one can acquire one made of virgin pulp it would have far fewer contaminants than one made of a high proportion of recycled materials which can outgas unpleasantly and possibly flavor the meat.
