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Leah, I will have to mail order some. The grocery store in town only has frozen Talapia, frozen salmon, and frozen pre-cooked lobster(still havent figured that one out yet)
Looking forward to your report.
We were messing around at work today, and wonder if the dry ice could cause a
reverse draft type situation in a smoker? kind of like the way dry ice in a bowl "smokes"
just over the top, then down to the ground? If the current from the dry ice(down) is greater...
Oh!! I love liver, brown it up, make gravy out of the drippings, throw the whole thing
into a casserol dish and bake for about an hour. serve with some mashed potatoes
and you have a slice of heaven.
Dont eat too much or you are sure to bloat!! (as i have done too many times )
I would think it would work, depending on the smoker.
Since dry ice is frozen CO2 I would think it would suffocate the smoke
if there is not enough oxygen available to keep your smoke burning.
A fairly airtight smoker would not work.
Just my humble opinion
Ed
I usually smoke mine for 12-14 hours but I just started curing 2 bellies today, when they are ready
I am going to try 12-hours smoke, rest in fridge 24hrs then another 12hrs smoke.
A friend of mine tried it this way and said it was really good.
Looks good to me Summers.
One of the next things you will want to "invest" (thats what I tell the wife) in is a good thermometer.
The one on your smoker that has the "ideal" range is liable to be way off. Mine read about 50 degrees
cooler than actual temp.
Just run with it. It will dry down pretty fast if its that thin.
Take it out it is still more flexible than you want it, it always seems to keep
drying while it cools. Also I have found if you use real heavy smoke it can
make your jerky bitter.
Wow!!! Nice build. Now i have to keep my eyes open for an old fridge.
If i could end up with a smoker half as nice as yours i would be tickled sh@tless