Cold smoking food

[SwanJack]

I've been hot smoking for a few years and always wondered about cold smoking. Found this piece of kit as a cheap and easy way of getting into it.

http://www.forfoodsmokers.co.uk/acatalog/ProQ_Eco_...

Anyone got any experience? It seems that home cooked smoked salmon for x-mas might be on the cards !!!

Edited by SwanJack on Friday 8th October 10:29

[muppetdave]

Link doesn't seem to work?

Friend of mine made a cold smoker but cutting up an old propane bottle! (can't remember the ins and the outs of it, but am inclined to get him to make me one!) - it was large enough to put all sorts in there and I believe they've had some real successes.

[SwanJack]

muppetdave said:

Link doesn't seem to work?

Friend of mine made a cold smoker but cutting up an old propane bottle! (can't remember the ins and the outs of it, but am inclined to get him to make me one!) - it was large enough to put all sorts in there and I believe they've had some real successes.

Seems to work for me

[muppetdave]

Working now

[juice]

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/coldsmoker.html

Loved this note

"The pie pan will (hopefully) prevent the smoke wood from bursting into flames and burning down the cardboard box. See the note below about having a fire extinguisher handy"

Look at it ! Its properly Blue-Peter-tastic !

Edited by juice on Friday 8th October 15:45

[otolith]

30 quid for the smoke generator + 25 quid for a cardboard box with some racks in it + enough sawdust for two smokings @ £2 a go.

Hmm.

I like the convenience of it, but I reckon 55 quid and some ingenuity would build you a much better cold smoker that would work happily on any sawdust/chippings/twigs (and could probably be designed so you could hot smoke in the smoke generation chamber).

Example plans:

http://www.coldsmoking.co.uk/