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Guide to Purchasing a Smoker

essential skills food storage home food preservation Nov 10, 2020

If smoking food seems like a great mystery, wait until you are inundated with all the possible choices of what to purchase. There are so many smoker products on the market. Additionally, there is a huge variety of smokers based on fuel source, size, shape, and capabilities. This is enough to completely confuse any one.

Reviewing all the features and designs of the various products on the market could be an endless process. Consequently, I think it is more productive to break this information down into three sections. The first two sections are basic information that will help to narrow down your choices. The last section gets into reviewing the pros and cons of specific types of smokers.

1) CHECK LIST FOR PURCHASING A SMOKER

2) 6 TYPES OF SMOKERS BASED ON FUEL SOURCE

3) PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF SMOKERS

4) FINAL WORDS

5) ADDITIONAL POSTS OF INTEREST

Check list for purchasing a smoker

Price

This is likely the bottom line for most

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Guide to Cold Smoking

essential skills food storage home food preservation Nov 10, 2020

When most people think of smoking foods their mind goes straight to firing up the smoker, throwing in some meat at 160℉ and letting it sit for 4 to 12 hours. However, there is a completely different world to experiment with and it’s called cold smoking. Just about anything imaginable can be smoked in one manner or another. But cold smoking greatly extends those boundaries.

1) WHAT IS COLD SMOKING?

2) WHAT ABOUT FOOD POISONING? IS COLD SMOKING TOO RISKY?

3) PEOPLE THAT SHOULD AVOID COLD SMOKED FOODS

4) FOODS TO TRY FIRST

5) CURING BEFORE COLD SMOKING IS VITAL

6) SUMMARY OF THE COLD SMOKING PROCESS

7) TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL COLD SMOKING

8) FINAL WORDS

9) RELATED POSTS OF INTEREST

What is Cold Smoking?

The normal process of smoking involves moderately low temperatures and a long, slow cooking process. However, cold smoked food is not cooked at all. In fact, cold smoked food is still raw. Consequently, it must be cooked prior to consuming.

Because of t

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