Maganda Umaga, smokin' in philippines....

[carlo olivares]

Got myself a BWS competitor clone.

Beauty pare. Charcoal at the bottom?

 

[carlo olivares]

Hi All,
Havent been on for quite a while but my impending move to the Philippines is coming soon.
So really looking at some advice from anyone that wishes to help.

First I wanted to know if it is worth shipping a smoker to the philippines as i know you can't really get them.
I have read about making them too but to start I think i will look at a pre-made one.

Any suggestions on what smoker would be good.
I currently have a weber charcoal smoker which does the job.

I am also looking at the Bradley Original smoker which uses flavored bisquettes.
My concern would be when i run out of these what I can use for this.

Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks in Advance
Rick

Rick, i shipped a weber smokey mountain 18.5 using a forwarded (check out LBC Shipping Cart).

I use regular coal (now) but started using kingsford. I bought kingsford at a couple hardware stores.. There are really only 2 stores-- ace hardware and true value.

Dont worry about smoke wood... Theres way more wood than there are buyers.

Enjoy!

Carlo

 

[kayab]

Hi guys! I've just finished reading all the pages in this thread. Last post was almost a year ago.  I wonder how everyone is with their smoking. I have finally ordered my smoker and will use it as soon as it arrives (June 10) and I am so excited to finally try it.  Good thing I found this forum, and finding a thread with Pinoys is even better!

 

[kettlesmoke]

Been reading this forum for a while just joined up.. I live in Manila and use a Weber Kettle. Been a while since I smoked anything but gearing up to get going again.. Looking at making my own bacon soon...

 

[jsterr1]

i will definitely be in need of your services. I am moving to PI(quezon) in 10 days. I also plan on smoking some meats for a carry out business i plan on starting. definitely could use a heads up on where to find wood chips. in its absence, i may be interested in discussing prices if i can buy in bulk from you, once i get the ball rolling.

 

[smokensweet]

i will definitely be in need of your services. I am moving to PI(quezon) in 10 days. I also plan on smoking some meats for a carry out business i plan on starting. definitely could use a heads up on where to find wood chips. in its absence, i may be interested in discussing prices if i can buy in bulk from you, once i get the ball rolling.

Haven't been able to log in lately for some reason. If you are in town look me up on fb. Jack ruivivar or smoke'n sweet. Shoot me a msg or think i have posted my number on here somewhere also. Busy time of year but i try to make time.

 

[NewbieShark]

Hi good day to every meat smoker out there! Im new to this part of cooking. There is just one thing that is stoping me to start smoking meat. Its the wood chips.. Any advice where to see one? Or substitute of local wood?

Location: cebu ph.
Age: 26
Skill in smoking: zero ( but doing some research) but i know how to bbq and grill.

 

[Heitynn]

Hi All,

Newbie here and an occasional smoker.. just started to smoke last year. Was able to do this only when I come home to the Philippines during my annual vacation. Im having a hard time lookin for a constant supply of wood chunks. Im based in Laguna and fortunately my supplier delivers it to me for a decent charge.

Anyone on planning to purchase woods online and share the total expenses?

Good day to all!

 

[Deeez]

Ok applewood, wifes in the shower so i can tell you quickly where i get some apple chunks and they may have chips also. True Value hardware, they have a number of different woodchips etc. depending on your smoker one bag should last a while. I bought a bag of mesquite and apple wood chunks two weeks ago and still have half of each after smoking 40 kilos of bacon. My smoker isn't so efficient so i lose a lot of smoke right now but it is presently going through a modification to hopefully capture more of that sweet sweet flavor. At present my products are only available directly from my wife, We can't seem to keep it in stock and we are charging 500 pesos for 500 grams. I know it seems a little criminal but they are going crazy over it and i have to keep it at that price just to be able to provide enough for those who want it. I am also doing smoked salmon, its a little different for the local taste here, they aren't sure what to do with it really, You can text me if you like my number is 09083680430, if you really want to try some of the bacon i can have my wife set aside a bag for you or two. She is a hearing officer at LTO on east avenue and you could just stop by and pick it up there. She should have about 20 kilos on friday. but whatever you do if you meet her, don't tell her i told you were to get the chips. As for them running out, i saw a post online dated 2009 stating that was where someone was getting their chips so i checked it out, so for the last three years it seems they are resupplying the shelves and the price is pretty reasonable compared to having it shipped. Enjoy the holidays and let me know if you need anything.

Hi Smokensweet. I just got to Manila and found your post hear. I tried calling you, but I couldn’t through. Would to get some more insight about sourcing local wood.
I have a bullet smoker and my friends wants to try low n slow cooking so we are using his yard to smoke by the pool. I would be more than happy to try your place as well.

 

[Deeez]

Hi All,

Newbie here and an occasional smoker.. just started to smoke last year. Was able to do this only when I come home to the Philippines during my annual vacation. Im having a hard time lookin for a constant supply of wood chunks. Im based in Laguna and fortunately my supplier delivers it to me for a decent charge.

Anyone on planning to purchase woods online and share the total expenses?

Good day to all!

Hi Heitynn,
I’m in makati, how we work it out?

 

[Deeez]

Hi everyone, just returned to Manila and shipping my Napoleon bullet smoker back and looking forward to smoking here. Any tips on wood products, great meat source(usda) pork and beef ribs and belly as well beef belly, would be highly appreciated. I’m happy to share my contact, just PM me. Thanks again everyone.