Smoking spices

[Doc Drone]

wondering what temp and for how long to smoke spices like Paprika and Cumin? in a MES

 

[Parshooter]

Hmm, interesting. How would you do this ? In a foil boat ? Would you have to spread it out to get the smoke to hit all the product ?

 

[Brokenhandle]

I've only ever cold smoked them... Hard to do in a mes unless you have a tube for pellets or an amnps for pellets or dust. Any container will work... I've used coffee filters before

Ryan

 

[CRB]

wondering what temp and for how long to smoke spices like Paprika and Cumin? in a MES

I have done sea salt on a metal pizza pan with hickory wood. Kept temp as low as possible for a couple hours and shook the pan a couple times to turn the salt crystals over. Turned out good, use it for dishes when a lite smoke flavor is all I want. Never tried other spices.

 

[Fueling Around]

Are you smoking cumin seed and whole peppers or ground versions of both?
Never smoked cumin. I thought it adds enough of a natural smokiness.
I've smoked whole paprika peppers but never the powder.
As Ryan Brokenhandle suggests use just a pellet tube or pellet / dust tray for smoke. Don't need any heat

 

[Doc Drone]

Hmm, interesting. How would you do this ? In a foil boat ? Would you have to spread it out to get the smoke to hit all the product ?

was thinking spread out on a cookie sheet, chips in right away and when the smoke was heavy put the spices in and shut it down and wait maybe 30 minutes. I like the taste of smoked paprika but have never seen smoked Hungarian paprika.