home smoking

[jonesr116 1]

Anyone have any ideas on how to make a home smoker and whether smoked rabbit and pigeon is any good?

[thurso jack 3]

Anyone have any ideas on how to make a home smoker and whether smoked rabbit and pigeon is any good?

 

 

the best ones are old metal filling cabinets, cut a hole in the roof for the smoke to get out of and that it, all you need is wood chips and a product to smoke.

[FJager 0]

A small corrugated iron shed with dry hardwood sawdust in a line on the floor, light from both ends, let it burn itself out and then replace. The metal cabinet sounds like it would do nicely though.

[jacob 28]

Anyone have any ideas on how to make a home smoker and whether smoked rabbit and pigeon is any good?

 

 

the best ones are old metal filling cabinets, cut a hole in the roof for the smoke to get out of and that it, all you need is wood chips and a product to smoke.

feckin brilliant idea

[thurso jack 3]

Anyone have any ideas on how to make a home smoker and whether smoked rabbit and pigeon is any good?

 

 

the best ones are old metal filling cabinets, cut a hole in the roof for the smoke to get out of and that it, all you need is wood chips and a product to smoke.

feckin brilliant idea

buy a small gas canister to get the chips going, much easier than other methods.

 

drill holes across the sides and thread wire through holes so you have a shelf or haging facillity, and you have a smoker for nowt.

 

if smoke comes out of the doors then selotape them when shut.

[Guest WILF]

the best ones are old metal filling cabinets, cut a hole in the roof for the smoke to get out of and that it, all you need is wood chips and a product to smoke.

 

Is it best to burn off the powder coating from the cabinet 1st mate.........will that not effect the flavour?

[thurso jack 3]

the best ones are old metal filling cabinets, cut a hole in the roof for the smoke to get out of and that it, all you need is wood chips and a product to smoke.

 

Is it best to burn off the powder coating from the cabinet 1st mate.........will that not effect the flavour?

 

 

it shouldnt do the one i have, i have never bothered doing it, you run it a few times and it gets coated in soot anyway so it doesnt effect it.

 

plus if your doing a cold smoke on trout or salmon the temp is not so hot that it could burn/melt the paint, the cabinet i used is about 4 foot high and 3 foot wide.

[thurso jack 3]

also the most important thing in smoking fish is the pre smoke brine, basically cover it in salt for half an hour, this enables the smoke to penetrate the fish better.

[Edgar 1]

There was a bit in seatrout fishing by Hugh Falkus and he smoked seatrout in a tin. Can't remember how exactly and it was a library book.