help needed

[Ian Wright]

Can anyone give me advice? I will be trying a cammon joint in the bradley this weekend can any one tell me how long it will have to be in the hot smoker for its a small joint will i have to cook it in the oven first and then give it some smoke in the smoker .

[jpj]

this is too late, but with hot-smoking it's essential, really, to get a meat thermometer as time taken will vary a lot more than a standard oven.

[saucisson]

For a joint of pork:

Smoking Method
Preheat the Bradley Smoker to 90�C (200�F). Using Apple flavor bisquettes and leaving the damper closed smoke/cook for 6 to 10 hours depending on the size of your roast.

And therein lies the problem, as jpj pointed out:

To cook meat safely so that E.Coli 0157, Salmonella and Listeria are killed, the centre of the meat must reach a core temperature of at least 70�C for 2 minutes or the equivalent.

Equivalent Core Cooking Time / Temperature

60�C 45 minutes
65�C 10 minutes
70�C 2 minutes
75�C 30 seconds
80�C 6 seconds

Hope this helps,

Dave