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Smokers and wood chips.

  • 11-04-2017 9:52pm
    #1
    devo75
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    I have decided to start smoking meats at home. I was wondering where the best place is to buy smokers and also wood chips. Has anybody got any recommendations?


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  • #2
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,523 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    guys making hurleys are a great scource of ash shavings. they dont usually use exotic timbers or man made boards. so the shavings are fairly clean and pure.


  • #3
    PanK
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭PanK


    this guys look like a good spot sausagehut.ie


  • #4
    shaywest
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭shaywest


    homebase have a good selection of barbeques with smoker attachments
    bit pricy though ,www.pintrest.com for great ideas


  • #5
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    I've done a bit of hot smoking (particularly fish) and very nice it was too.

    A few questions come to mind immediately.

    Do you want to do cold smoking or hot smoking?

    Your location may also be relevant as between a back garden in an urban setting, which might result in 'air pollution' issues vs a rural location where you have no close neighbours (in terms of proximity rather than friendship ;-) ) This will impact on the type of smoker and smoking process that is feasible.

    The types and cuts of meat: This will impact on the size of unit.

    Whether you're OK with additives or want a very clean organic process. This is self- explanatory.

    How scientific are you? This is very important as, if you don't understand what changes take place in the meat during the different types of smoking, with different (or no) chemicals, you may need to start very small, learn a lot and work your way into more advanced methods.

    HTH


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