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    “Creosote” build up.

    Thanks. I think I don’t have enough top ventilation. Out with the drill!
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    “Creosote” build up.

    Great replies. Thanks. As I am so new to cold smoking I have many questions. I may well put an additional adjustable vent in the top of the cabinet. Thanks so much for your help.
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    “Creosote” build up.

    i have cold smoked a couple of sides of salmon. The second much better that the first! Getting ready for the third using a different cure process. The inside of my cabinet is well covered by this “creosote”. Should I wash this out? Does it cause any problems if left. If so what’s the best method...
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    Hi there. Getting there slowly! Bought the smoke generator in photo 3. Much better. Controlable. Found I needed the copper pipe extension to keep the temperature right down. The black cabinet on the left I have modified putting a blanking off piece in ply where originally there was a place for a...
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    No salmon!!!
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    Ah well.....if at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again! An absolute disaster !!! Dried out wood chips of alder in the microwave that wouldn’t smoulder. Oh ha ha ha.....the entire maze smouldered through in 2 hours not the 12 as Is predicted. Plumes of smoke, angry wife, smoked house...
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    A whole side cut in half across its width. As this will be my first effort I didn’t want to wreck a whole side!
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    Thanks for that tip. Yes I should have thought of that! It will also avoid the wife’s bleat about wood smell in the kitchen! Going to do that in a few minutes. Cured my half side over night with salt sugar and dill. This morning good colour washed off to go back into fridge for 24 hrs. Read...
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    Hi there. Well I live about 50 miles north of London UK. I included the item number on eBay so you can see exactly the design. Interestingly I have this morning heated the wood chips in our oven....but don’t tell the wife!....for 3/4 of an hour at 100 Celsius then allowed them to cool right down...
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    Thanks. The company that supplied the smoker also supplied the smoke generator and the chips!
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    Difficulty getting sawdust or chips to smoulder

    Hello I am a new member. I have hot smoked for 50 years, now branching out to cold smoking. I have bought a simple metal “tower” smoker with a maze burner at the bottom. Item 263425752632 on eBay. Simple and well built. I just can’t get the supplied chips or my oak sawdust to smoulder for very...
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