Salt Block Take on Smoke?

jasonjax · Dec 9, 2019

Wondering if I run the smoker low and slow and roll some smoke for a while if it would permeate a Himalayan salt block.

Thinking adding a little smoke note on the surface and then searing some thin strips of beef might be pretty tasty.

BillN · Dec 9, 2019

Cowgirl Jeanie smokes salt so I believe it would be worth a try.

thirdeye · Dec 9, 2019

I was gifted a salt block for cooking on, but it needed some time to get up to temp, then you needed to rinse it after cooling and to be honest I used it 4 or 5 times and didn't really care for it..... I wound up asking around then passed it on to someone that wanted to play with it.

guero_gordo · Dec 9, 2019

Never noticed it taking on smoke flavor.
Whatcha could try is dissolving Himalayan salt in water, smoking that solution, then evaporating the water

sudsandswine · Dec 9, 2019

thirdeye said:
I was gifted a salt block for cooking on, but it needed some time to get up to temp, then you needed to rinse it after cooling and to be honest I used it 4 or 5 times and didn't really care for it..... I wound up asking around then passed it on to someone that wanted to play with it.

This was my experience as well. I didn’t really even notice any salt flavor from it either. More “show” than “go” IMO.

Kmm · Dec 9, 2019

Sorry, It really will not work. When the individual crystals are bonded into a solid block, only the exposed surface area is available for smoke adhesion. Further, when food is being cooked on a hot salt block, it is actually losing moisture and isn’t able to absorb much, if any, available salt until it begins to cool.

Hoss · Dec 9, 2019

ONE FAD that I am glad I did not pull the trigger on.

Salt Block Take on Smoke?

jasonjax

Babbling Farker

BillN

somebody shut me the fark up.

thirdeye

somebody shut me the fark up.

guero_gordo

is one Smokin' Farker

sudsandswine

Quintessential Chatty Farker

Kmm

Knows what a fatty is.

Hoss

Quintessential Chatty Farker

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