AMNPS USE IN A KETTLE...
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Yes many times. You need to keep the AMNPS and the food as far apart as possible to minimise the warming affect of the smoldering pellets. I used to smoke mostly at night when the outside air temperature is cool.
Yes, place the AMNPS on the charcoal grate above the bottom air vent. and position the top air vent over what you are smoking. When smoking things like nuts or salt then temperature is not a problem however when smoking cheese, butter or fish then you can place it on a wire rack over a tray of ice.
NO HEAT !!!!!!!! the cheese will melt.... You may have to smoke the cheese first thing in the morning to have cool enough temps... Like Lemans says... Vents wide open....
The AMNPS doesn't work too well if you have briquettes going in the kettle.... the charcoal burning consumes all the oxygen and the pellets won't burn.....
Gotta be cool outside . Under 50 degrees if it's too warm outside you will end up with cheese whiz
Sorry. I was asking if you had used it for smoking meats, briskets, chicken etc. in place of charcoal and wood chunks. I'm not ready for cold smoking yet. Still trying to learn warm smoking still. Thanks again for everyone's help.
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Dave has given you the honest truth above - the AMNPS does not work well in a situation where oxygen levels are low. I tried to use it a couple of times in my Weber when hot smoking when I first got it but without success. You do not need one though as you can place the pellets directly onto the coals.
When cooking for an extended time on the kettle for, say, pork shoulder or brisket, you will probably be using the minion/snake method to give you those long controllable low temperatures. You just need to distribute the pellets evenly on top of the unburned briquettes and they will continually give off smoke throughout the cook. 1.5 Kg (3.3 pounds) of good quality briquettes will give you up to 8 hours of good cooking temperature in a Weber.
You can see more detailed information here - http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/171812/coconut-briquettes
The AMNTS can be used with greater success than the AMNPS in the Weber but I found that it burns away quite quickly.
I hope this helps.
Dave has given you the honest truth above - the AMNPS does not work well in a situation where oxygen levels are low. I tried to use it a couple of times in my Weber when hot smoking when I first got it but without success. You do not need one though as you can place the pellets directly onto the coals.
When cooking for an extended time on the kettle for, say, pork shoulder or brisket, you will probably be using the minion/snake method to give you those long controllable low temperatures. You just need to distribute the pellets evenly on top of the unburned briquettes and they will continually give off smoke throughout the cook. 1.5 Kg (3.3 pounds) of good quality briquettes will give you up to 8 hours of good cooking temperature in a Weber.
You can see more detailed information here - http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/171812/coconut-briquettes
The AMNTS can be used with greater success than the AMNPS in the Weber but I found that it burns away quite quickly.
I hope this helps.
Got it. Thank you for the great info.
brandeeno
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- Nov 22, 2016
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i just did half a belly in my weber kettle with the AMNPS... i wish the profile was more narrow. as a square, sitting on the charcoal rack, it takes up a heft proportion of the availble square footable, where you don't want the meat to be on top of it. it would be cool to have a AMNPS that followed the contour of the weber :-)
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