johnmeyer
Master of the Pit
I think he used a 2nd-hand blender that he bough for the purposes. He got a used one because the pellets can be really tough on a blender or food processor -- I broke mine trying to pulverize some regular wood chips.
So a while back I was in the site and raised the question of wanting to clean my smoke going to my MES30. As luck would have it a fellow site member “Mr. T – Tom “responded. Recently he gave me some good info on cheese smoking so I was glad he responded. We then discussed upgrading to a more efficient cold smoke box.
I have a friend at work that is good building things so I was also talking to him about it, and he built a bigger box. The build took a couple weeks as it was at work and was being done as time allowed.
New Cold Smoke Box below – Painting to be done when it warms up outside.
I ran 4 tests total
Rob, MI
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You can buy sawdust from Todd instead of the pellets. That way you don't have to do any grinding or sifting, and you get wood that hasn't had any binder added.
Having said that, I think someone did a test that indicated the sawdust didn't produce as good a result as the crushed pellets, but having not done that test myself, I continue to be somewhat skeptical. One thing for sure: converting the pellets to dust is not a small or trivial task.
I too have posted my skepticism about 20+ feet of pipe between the smoke source and the smoker. If it was such a good thing, you'd see it on competition builds. I found that with just two elbows between my mod and the smoker, I get a huge amount of smoke deposition inside the can and on the first elbow. I then have a filter stuffed in between the two elbows. After that filter, the second elbow doesn't have much gunk at all. As a result, I have not once been tempted to add more tubing.Haha.. The people with those 10 foot + pipe vents from smoke to smoker, all think it's more pure. <snip>
Edit: I would probably put a big tube on my mailbox mod though, if a panel of tasters agreed it was better flavor after the long trip. Seems like more junk to have to clean out though, negating the benefits.