Couldn't figure out the best place to post my excitement so i placed it here to be safe.
Last weekend i finally acheived true cold smoking with a brisket peice from spareribs i cured. The particular rack i purchased had quite a bit of the hind belly area on it and i couldn't just "smoke" it. This conincided exactly with a cold smoker design idea i had so i jumped into action. The setup is very basic and i'm not touting something special. I'm just proud i actully smoked the bacon at 50F for 5 hours or as long as i wanted to. The recipe was just as simple, salt, cure and honey for 3 days(small bacon <1lb)
The cold smoker was a smoke generator hooked up to the chip loading hole on my masterbuilt electric. A single burner hotplate, cast iron skillet, cake pan and dryer duct created smoke and funnled it into the smoker. The whole thing stayed at ambient temps the entire time and allowed me to use large chunks so i didnt have to babysit it all day.
More pics and info about cold smoking
http://foodartisan.net/making_sausage/cold_smoking.php
Blog post about my trial and error
http://blogs.foodartisan.net/food_artisan/
Last weekend i finally acheived true cold smoking with a brisket peice from spareribs i cured. The particular rack i purchased had quite a bit of the hind belly area on it and i couldn't just "smoke" it. This conincided exactly with a cold smoker design idea i had so i jumped into action. The setup is very basic and i'm not touting something special. I'm just proud i actully smoked the bacon at 50F for 5 hours or as long as i wanted to. The recipe was just as simple, salt, cure and honey for 3 days(small bacon <1lb)
The cold smoker was a smoke generator hooked up to the chip loading hole on my masterbuilt electric. A single burner hotplate, cast iron skillet, cake pan and dryer duct created smoke and funnled it into the smoker. The whole thing stayed at ambient temps the entire time and allowed me to use large chunks so i didnt have to babysit it all day.
More pics and info about cold smoking
http://foodartisan.net/making_sausage/cold_smoking.php
Blog post about my trial and error
http://blogs.foodartisan.net/food_artisan/