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    Need help making jerky on Electric Smoker

    Some, but not all, galvanized coatings have a small amount of lead so not good in direct contact with food.  At smoker temperatures nothing bad will be released except in direct contact with the food. Some folks avoid trash cans for home built smokers as a result of this urban legend but there...
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    Dr. Baker's Famous Cornell Chicken Extension Bulletin.......

    A BBQ is not hot enough to generate zinc fumes.  The zinc actually has to melt and generate vapour which then condenses into fine particles in the air to be a concern.  This really only happens in foundries and during welding.   A bigger concern is that most galvanizing processes use lead which...
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