I made a smoker a few years ago which I have used with some success. Its basically a metal box which I fill the bottom with wood chippings. It has a shelf for the fish. I then place the box ontop of the gas bbq on a really low heat.
Its best described as a semi warm smoker! , it does stay reasonably cool but it certainly isn't a cold smoker.
I want to build an improved version for next year. 1st idea was too build on an old wheeled bbq frame a fire box , and connect it to a cool cooking box with some foil ducting. The idea being to try and create something reasonably compact for ease of storage.
Then some web searching I found someone smoking cheese with a smoker that used a soldering iron in a tin of sawdust to produce the smoke. This was placed inside a bbq kettle and the cheese smoked. This would produce I think a very cool smoke without ducting. See youtube link.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sivMMDnUEpc]YouTube - Build A Cold Smoker[/ame]
Anyone got any views on this as an idea. My plan would be to build an Oak Box as I have access to materials at work and create a smoldering tray at the base with a fitted soldering iron heating filament. I'd also fit a temp gauge to monitor the temp of the smoking box. Can anyone see any flaws in this idea or able to suggest how long a fish fillet would have to be smoked?
Thanks.
Its best described as a semi warm smoker! , it does stay reasonably cool but it certainly isn't a cold smoker.
I want to build an improved version for next year. 1st idea was too build on an old wheeled bbq frame a fire box , and connect it to a cool cooking box with some foil ducting. The idea being to try and create something reasonably compact for ease of storage.
Then some web searching I found someone smoking cheese with a smoker that used a soldering iron in a tin of sawdust to produce the smoke. This was placed inside a bbq kettle and the cheese smoked. This would produce I think a very cool smoke without ducting. See youtube link.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sivMMDnUEpc]YouTube - Build A Cold Smoker[/ame]
Anyone got any views on this as an idea. My plan would be to build an Oak Box as I have access to materials at work and create a smoldering tray at the base with a fitted soldering iron heating filament. I'd also fit a temp gauge to monitor the temp of the smoking box. Can anyone see any flaws in this idea or able to suggest how long a fish fillet would have to be smoked?
Thanks.