cold smoked belly smells like ashtray

[daveomak]

Yep ... A hunk of meat that is not dry on the surface, smoke and water make acid rain... acrid stuff... smells bad...
Getting a good pellicle and having the meat above ambient temperature, insure there will be no condensate form on the meat....

 

[hawgrider]

Stale smoke= smoke is moving to slow.

More vents in at the top and in extremely cold weather add some heat with a few briquettes or a small propane burner on super low. This method will get rid of a moisture problem as well.

 

[solman]

Stale smoke= smoke is moving to slow.

More vents in at the top and in extremely cold weather add some heat with a few briquettes or a small propane burner on super low. This method will get rid of a moisture problem as well.

my plan is to use a 100w incandescent light bulb to generate some heat in the smoker box the next time i do this. something like this:

 

[indaswamp]

I would be careful with the light...light will cause fat to go rancid which is why it is not recommended for a curing/drying chamber.....