I have no problems getting a clean smoke during a hot smoke, but I’d like to be able to cold smoke the bacon I have curing, a little extra smoke for jerky on the days I don’t want to fight coals and chips, and cold smoke some cheeses this fall and winter. So I figured I’d try the A-Maze-N smoker out… Attempt 1 through 3 have all been a terrible campfire smell, and acrid taste…
Attempt one, I just threw the device in and let it go. Which notably choked itself to death in the fire pan without enough oxygen.
Attempt two, I dropped the fire pan down, and raised the A-Maze-N onto a weber to-go-grill grate to allow more air around it.
restarting the flame...
Attempt three I moved it right next to the air vent, less acrid but still the worst smelling/tasting smoke I’ve ever had in my smoker…
Would a mailbox with a short run actually help the airflow and clean up the smoke by plumbing it into the side vent above the burner plate? or should I chuck this thing and figure out another plan? I’d hate to go get the parts and it not even help the situation.
I currently have a door gasket I can install to potentially help keep the draft upward, albeit not much is leaking out the door on the cold smoke. I can also rig a small raised computer fan to a battery and variable potentiometer to help pull out the smoke out in an attempt to draw clean air into the lower chamber...
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Attempt one, I just threw the device in and let it go. Which notably choked itself to death in the fire pan without enough oxygen.
Attempt two, I dropped the fire pan down, and raised the A-Maze-N onto a weber to-go-grill grate to allow more air around it.
restarting the flame...
Attempt three I moved it right next to the air vent, less acrid but still the worst smelling/tasting smoke I’ve ever had in my smoker…
Would a mailbox with a short run actually help the airflow and clean up the smoke by plumbing it into the side vent above the burner plate? or should I chuck this thing and figure out another plan? I’d hate to go get the parts and it not even help the situation.
I currently have a door gasket I can install to potentially help keep the draft upward, albeit not much is leaking out the door on the cold smoke. I can also rig a small raised computer fan to a battery and variable potentiometer to help pull out the smoke out in an attempt to draw clean air into the lower chamber...
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