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  1. munsterfan

    getting ready to smoke my chili harvest Chapter 1

  2. munsterfan

    Success! Cold smoking garlic bulbs and garlic chips for seasonings YES!

    Cold smoked for 48-hours over a Mixture of chipped Olive & Almond wood, mixed with Carob pods, Rosemary and Bay Laurel leaves. Bulbs ...at last!
  3. munsterfan

    55-gal., drum cold smoker..draft/ventilation...from total newbie

    Do I understand correctly that I need to create 3 to 5, 1+ inch sized holes in both the top and bottom of my smoker-unit (the vertical positioned 55-gallon drum) to create a  'draft' for good cold smoking? I'm smoking, salt, garlic and chilis. Will this reduce the wet drops inside? Will it...
  4. munsterfan

    Cold smoking branches with bark.

    I know that I must remove the bark from the wood I cut for chipping, correct?  I'm using Olive, Almond and Carob wood here in Portugal. Also is it OK to chip the small branches with their respectively thin bark? 
  5. munsterfan

    homemade cold smoker...struggling to achive & maintain heat

    Here are two photos of my homemade Cold Smoker. Is there something obvious that I'm doing wrong? It takes nearly an hour to get the temperature right IF not 2-hours....hmmmm all advice and questions welcome. Buring at the moment with Almond chips tomorrow with Olive and Carob not mixed.
  6. munsterfan

    My first Weber Cold Smoker HELP NEEDED!

     I have just built my first Cold Smoker ...(I hope) and I need help!!!!!  THE SMOKING SYSTEM An old Weber,with 3-meters aluminum dryer flexi-hose attached to bottom of clean 55-gal barrel (the smoker) I built it this way in anticipation of smoking in the heat. It's peaking at 18C-20C now in...
  7. munsterfan

    HELP NEEDED.Cold Smoking Ques: Which woods? & green or dry chips?

    We live in Portugal. There are NO single species chips to buy here.  We are ready to smoke: garlic, salt and chili 1st QUESTION: We don't know which trees and herbs would be good, sweet smoking wood or herbs.  Trees order of their abundance: CarobAlmondOliveOrange and LemonFigPersimmonVine...
  8. munsterfan

    Hello from Portugal....newbies Cold Smokers with lotsa questions

    Hello everyone, We are a happily retired couple (Irish Munsterfan husband & Oregon Ducksfan wife) living in Portugal in the Algarve. We are newbies at cold smoking. Love hiking, music: blues, western and classical, Rhodisian Ridgebacks, our 12 grandchildren, dancing, cooking (eating) & sitting...
  9. munsterfan

    Hi folks smoking newbie here... need help with cold smoking types of wood

    Hello everyone, We live in Portugal in the Algarve and are newbies at cold smoking We have several trees on our land and actually lots of trees and wild herbs on all the lands around us. We built a cold smoker from an old Weber BBQ and a clean 55-gal drum. We're now preparing to smoke...
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