I had this cold smoke ring from forever ago and decided i would try it on some bacon I hot smoked.
I cured and smoked on my pellet smoker at 180F till IT was 145F. Let it sit in the fridge overnight and tested it and the taste was good but there was very little smoke flavor in my opinion. So the next evening i pulled out this smoke ring filled it with hickory pellets.
Lit one end let it burn out start smoking and put in the smoker with the bacon and had a decent bit of white smoke with one inlet air valve open and one exhaust open all the way to create air flow. It lasted about an hour and went out.
So i opened both air valves and exhaust and also lit the center as well as one end. That fixed it and i had thick white smoke for over 3 hours. This was at night and i got no pictures of it.
Pulled it out and the bacon hard a strong smoky like not a good smoky smell to it. I let it rest a day in the fridge hoping it would mellow out and it seemed to a little bit.
I have NOT tasted it yet so i dont know if its ruined for sure yet but looking for suggestions on eliminating it because i know that thick white smoke probably isn't good and what caused the bad smell. Would making dust from pellets work better... or cracking the door open to the smoker... or possibly just shorten the time . Like i said i haven't tried the bacon yet and im not sure if giving it more time to possibly " mellow " out will help but i will update soon as i taste it.
Thanks
I cured and smoked on my pellet smoker at 180F till IT was 145F. Let it sit in the fridge overnight and tested it and the taste was good but there was very little smoke flavor in my opinion. So the next evening i pulled out this smoke ring filled it with hickory pellets.
Lit one end let it burn out start smoking and put in the smoker with the bacon and had a decent bit of white smoke with one inlet air valve open and one exhaust open all the way to create air flow. It lasted about an hour and went out.
So i opened both air valves and exhaust and also lit the center as well as one end. That fixed it and i had thick white smoke for over 3 hours. This was at night and i got no pictures of it.
Pulled it out and the bacon hard a strong smoky like not a good smoky smell to it. I let it rest a day in the fridge hoping it would mellow out and it seemed to a little bit.
I have NOT tasted it yet so i dont know if its ruined for sure yet but looking for suggestions on eliminating it because i know that thick white smoke probably isn't good and what caused the bad smell. Would making dust from pellets work better... or cracking the door open to the smoker... or possibly just shorten the time . Like i said i haven't tried the bacon yet and im not sure if giving it more time to possibly " mellow " out will help but i will update soon as i taste it.
Thanks