My " mini " experiment

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

I know Case cold smokes with his mini but stacks pots. I dont know if anybody else colds smokes in the mini.

So I got a 6" tube smoker from Todd.

I didnt have another pot so I am trying it just the way the mini is.

Air temp = 42 degrees

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pc farmer
Mar 8, 2014

She puts out some smoke. LOL

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pc farmer
Mar 8, 2014

Hard to see out the top vent

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pc farmer
Mar 8, 2014

Probe right on the steamer diffuser.

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pc farmer
Mar 8, 2014

Kind of breezy today so I insulated her.

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pc farmer
Mar 8, 2014

The highest the temp got was 75 degrees.

A rise of 33 degrees on the diffuser.

Temp difference between diffuser and cooking grate only varied by 3 degrees.

I am sure you could put frozen water bottles on the diffuser to help with the temps.

So the mini can be used to cold smoke in the fall, winter, and spring.

I will have to see what this summer brings.

I will keep updating this tread as I try different stuff.

I am open to ideas too.

I had fun doing it, maybe it will help some of you out there. Or maybe not.

fwismoker · Mar 8, 2014

Good experiment and frozen water bottle would be a good idea i think. That mini is looking pretty clean, you must not be using it much. )))

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

Your eyes must be bad.

I will try the bottles next time.

dirtsailor2003 · Mar 8, 2014

So how dies that smoked air taste? Shoulda thrown some cheese or hard boiled eggs in there!

fwismoker · Mar 8, 2014

dirtsailor2003 said:
So how dies that smoked air taste? Shoulda thrown some cheese or hard boiled eggs in there!

Show's how much you know....Adam was bottling TBS. It's a more natural version of liquid smoke! :)

dirtsailor2003 · Mar 8, 2014

Does that make him a TBS farmer, or a TBS hoarder.

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

dirtsailor2003 said:
So how dies that smoked air taste? Shoulda thrown some cheese or hard boiled eggs in there!

I like to test run things so I dont ruin any food.

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

dirtsailor2003 said:
So how dies that smoked air taste? Shoulda thrown some cheese or hard boiled eggs in there!

It smelled great, I just used oak pellets.

Where do you set your vents at Case?

dirtsailor2003 · Mar 8, 2014

For cold smoking all of them wide open.

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

I had one intake vent closed. Get better smoke with both open?

dirtsailor2003 · Mar 8, 2014

I like lots of good airflow. Especially since the smoker is so small.

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

Ok, thanks.

texastiger · Mar 8, 2014

Thanks for sharing! Good stuff! I smoked some cheese a couple of months ago on the mini with my AMNPS. I didn't use water bottles or anything to hold the temp down - it was in the 50's outside and the smoker temp stayed in the 70's. I have a terra cotta saucer as a diffuser. I also set all the vents wide open. It was my first experiment with cold smoking and I was pleased with the results.

fwismoker · Mar 8, 2014

My smoke comes from the outside in but if i used something like a amts in it i'd put a solid mass in between the tube and what i'm cold smoking.

pc farmer · Mar 8, 2014

fwismoker · Mar 8, 2014

c farmer said:
Why?

Just because heat that is generated by the tube will be shielded by a mass. It's not gonna block and absorb all the heat but it would help.

mdboatbum · Mar 9, 2014

I cold smoked a few things in my mini with my homemade tube smoker and noticed the same, about a 20-25 degree rise over ambient temp. I think I remember reading that the original Amazn smoker using dust puts out less heat, so maybe as the weather warms that might be the way to go. I like the frozen water bottle idea too.

dirtsailor2003 · Mar 9, 2014

Adam,

If you use a frozen water bottle make sure that you have something solid between the water bottle and the AMNTS. The bottle will sweat and that liquid dripping on the AMNTS will put it out.

disco · Mar 9, 2014

dirtsailor2003 said:
Adam,

If you use a frozen water bottle make sure that you have something solid between the water bottle and the AMNTS. The bottle will sweat and that liquid dripping on the AMNTS will put it out.

Bearcarver turned me on to putting the bottle in a pan and then it doesn't drip. I call it my Bear Cooler.

pc farmer · Mar 9, 2014

Disco said:
Bearcarver turned me on to putting the bottle in a pan and then it doesn't drip. I call it my Bear Cooler.

Sounds like a plan.

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