o.k. here comes a dumb question

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dono

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Oct 7, 2007
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St-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
what's a cold smoke?
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Smoking at low temps - below 100 degrees.

Cheese, hams, bacons, fish - things that are smoked but not cooked to eat right away.

Not a dumb question - just lack of experiance hon!
 
Cold smoking is done at a temperature range of 50* or 60* up to a temp no higher than 90* or 100*...

One example would be cheese...

When smoking cheese you'd have to do so at a temp that would not melt the cheese...
 
DonO, DonO, DonO, How many times do we need to tell you, there are no dumb questions.
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You have received some good information, so you probably already have the idea.

I just might add that most of the time it is very difficult to get your smoker to generate smoke and run at those low temps. So, not always, but most of the time, the smoke is generated in a seperate smoker or seperate device of some kind, and then piped or funneled into the container that is holding the food. For example the easiest and cheapest example of this is to use your smoker to generate the smoke and pipe it through some dryer vent hose, into a card board box that has been duck taped so it won't leak. Put some sort of rack or shelf in the cardboard box to hold the food. You will have cut a small hole in the box, so the smoke can vent out, after passing over the food. The box will need to be far enough from the smoke generating source, so it will be cool before entering the box. This will give you, what is referred to as "Cold Smoke".

You may have to fine tune the length of hose so you get the desired (under 100F) temp. Just play with it, using a thermometer to help you determine distance and thus length of hose.

Hope this makes sense. If not, PM me and we can discuss it in more detail.

Good Luck,

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dono, I am new here and thank you for asking. A lot to learn from these folks. I just wish I had more time to try things.
 
Don, please excuse these replys, these people obviously didn't understand your question. I will give you the correct answer at the end.

DeejayDebi;120561 said:
Smoking at low temps - below 100 degrees.
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ColeySmokinBBQ;120570 said:
Cold smoking is done at a temperature range of 50* or 60* up to a temp no higher than 90* or 100*...

true to all of you, how ever, you forgot to mention that you were talking about the temp, INSIDE THE SMOKER, Don, the answer to your question, "What is a cold smoke?", is, when the outside temp is below 20 degrees, your standing beside your smoker in a T shirt, shorts, and flip flops, with a beer in your hand, watching Hawiiain beaches specials on the travel channel.
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BigArm's smokin;121608 said:
Don, please excuse these replys, these people obviously didn't understand your question. I will give you the correct answer at the end.

DeejayDebi;120561 said:
Smoking at low temps - below 100 degrees.
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I get the feeling you are a joshin us
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Terry-
you been hitting the barley pops again?
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Scotty-
I'm not sure how you'd do it in your little smoker - or have you gotten anther one?
 
My smoker is adjustable from off to 350 degrees but the smoking feature is just a go no go and i believe that the heat used to make smoke would be too high.
The thermostat range is more to acomodate a keep warm feature i guess.
I dont expect to do anything like cold smoking in the toy smoker.

Right now im buying a slicing machene, a meat mixer, a food saver and a color lazer printer.
Some speed equipment for my suzuki too.

A real smoker is not in the too nearfuture.

I know i will have to upgrade soon though.
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Well save that box from the printer! I cold smoked in cardboard boxes for years! Just need a box a drop light and a pie pan and you got a cold smoker!
 
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Yes, just joshin
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, just trying to bring a smile to you.
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DeejayDebi;121629 said:
Terry-
you been hitting the barley pops again?
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No sweetie, wish I had that excuse. I just had to razz you a bit before me and son # 2 went hunting.
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o.k. so I get it cold smoking is giving the flavour of the smoke without actually cooking the food as in cheese, cool

as for the second answer I live in Montreal, Canada the forcasted temp for this Sunday is -7 degrees celsius ( for all my american friends 0 degrees celsius is freezing) and I'm planning on smoking a couple of turkeys for the family, so I have a couple more questions.

#1 how much longer should I exspect it to take to smoke the birds, I'm assuming due to the cold it will take longer to get the smoker upto cooking temp and more fuel to keep it there

#2 since I'm 14 years sober, is it ok if I just hold a coffee in my hand? I'm willing todo the t-shiet , shorts and flip flops if it's really a requirement but I have to draw the lone at my sobriety :-)

I'm including a pic of my homemade smoker just so you have an idea of the type of smoker I'm using

#3 am I actually nuts to be planning on doing this on a cold december day in the great white north? eh, or does this mean I'm hooked and will go to any means to have smoked food :-)
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