New cold smoke generator designed in the UK

[Richierich]

I bought some dust from hotsmoked.co.uk not sure if they ship overseas, had to grind the dust down to get it to stay lit, but the maple I got from them was great, in fact probably burnt slower than the oak I got with it.

UK shipping was £5.95, the price on the package was £3, so they don't add that much for admin in that case.

[Ianinfrance]

Hi guys,

We're surrounded by local artisans and oak - we have huge forsets of it, grown to provide it for wine barrels. Limousin oak is one of the major types.

However, between chippy and smoked mackerel, there might just be a couple of steps too far for me. We'll see once I've got the smoker, seen the dust and tried an experiment or two. I'm uncertain as to whether Jacquie will have a high opinion of my spice/coffee grinder being used on oak chippings. Drying could always be done in the Bradley, I guess.

Good thinking though. I wonder whether walnut is a good smoking wood. I know that Pecan is (hickory).

[Batman]

Ian, you could get a piece of oak and use a small drill and use what comes out, shouldn't take too long to get 100g and might be small enough when dried to need no further processing.

I haven't tried it but walnut is said to give a heavy smoke and apparently can give a bitter smoke taste if used on its own.

[Deer Man]

Don't even think of using chainsaw dust. The oil on the chain is rubbed off onto the wood.

I use Bio oil so that would not be a problem but the chips are probably way to big.

[wallie]

I just remembered a few days ago that I had quite a large roll of mahogany veneer in my loft. (Aquired from a late employer)
When I unrolled it I found it was quiet brittle and practically unrolled in pieces.
Its the real stuff and was used for bonding onto chipboard for furniture, no adhesives or anything on it.
Now the question is can I turn this into sawdust? I have been eyeing my blender up, or through the mincer.
I read once that mahogany was an excellent timber for smoking but was not used much now being too expensive.
Has anyone came across this timber as a smoking fuel?
I might try crushing a bit and trying it in the CSG

wallie

[Zulululu]

I know that Pecan is (hickory).

So you learn there are quite a few Pecan nut trees around me that I can get wood from.Ian I even Googled it to make sure because I have always bought Hickory and here it is growing right under my nose.

[Batman]

I think you need to be a little bit careful re hickory and pecan. Whilst they belong to the same plant genus, they seem to have reasonably different smoke characteristics:

pecan - moderate smoke, slightly sweet
hickory - strong pungent smoke, bacon flavour

Both are considered good smoking woods.

[Zulululu]

Thanks Batman,
A friend of mine is using it to smoke his fish, he has offered some to me and will try it out.

[Jaunty]

Hi guys just found this thread and info. Am I right in thinking I can stick this thing in the bottom of my Bradley and get a cold smoke 1) with no faffing around removing the heat source smoke generator and 2) for a lot less than 10 hours of briquettes?

Thanks

[Batman]

Yes, (although I do tend to remove the Bradley smoke generator) and,
Yes ( 3 10hr CSG smokings will save the equivalent cost of the bisquettes)

[Jaunty]

Thanks Batman. Removing the generator is easy enough, think this may be the next present to myself.

[Jaunty]

One is now on the way to me .

Busy day today dry rubbing ribs and curing salmon for a slow and low hot smoke tomorrow. Should have my hand back in for when the CSG arrives. And nothing to do with BBQing, but an octopus stifado too and mustard roast gammon for sliced ham.

The sun comes out for an hour and suddenly I'm all action!

[saucisson]

Me too, BBQ for the last two nights, just in case this is summer

[Batman]

The CSG is a great gadget but the one thing that annoys me is that most of the tea lights I have or see in the shops are too big to go in the holder and you have to mess about cutting wax from the tea lights to make them fit

I've just bought some tea lights from Tesco which look a good 5mm less deep so will give them a try next time I do some smoking. Has anyone else come across a source of tea lights that fit?

PS
Mac you need to look at the design to make this better.

[wheels]

Our local Co-op sells them. Wilko's had some as well.

Phil