Improvised cold smoking

chriscw81 · 11-20-2012, 10:03 AM

So I'm visiting in-laws in North Carolina and they wanted me to cure and smoke them some bacon. I cured the bacon for a week while I was at home and today I'm gonna cold smoke the bacon with Apple pellets. The in-laws don't have any kind of smoker or BBQ so I'm using a cardboard box.

I took 2 left over pieces of quarter-round and ran them through the box to rest 2 cooling trays on them. I used my homebrew cold smoker and set it on another cooling tray and put foil under it so I wouldn't burn the deck up.

I'll be letting the bacon smoke for 8-10 hours. It's gonna be delicious! Thanks for looking!

Chris

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MS2SB · 11-20-2012, 10:05 AM

Very cool. Love the ingenuity.

aawa · 11-20-2012, 10:07 AM

Alton Brown style box smoker!

Swamp Donkeyz BBQ · 11-20-2012, 10:47 AM

Cool! Awesome looking yard too!

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chriscw81 · 11-20-2012, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Swamp Donkeyz BBQ

Cool! Awesome looking yard too!

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Thanks. And the yard is awesome, I only wish it was mine. These pictures don't really do it justice.

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cowgirl · 11-20-2012, 11:19 AM

Great way to improvise!

seadad9903 · 11-20-2012, 11:44 AM

that is pretty cool. how did you make the smoker part at the bottom?

Gore · 11-20-2012, 11:45 AM

Great cold smoker! I love it!

chriscw81 · 11-20-2012, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by seadad9903

that is pretty cool. how did you make the smoker part at the bottom?

I used some bent expanded metal that's wrapped in foil that has lots of little holes in it. I'm burning apple pellets in it. Here is a post of the first time I used it where you can see it better:

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=146356

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funman1 · 11-20-2012, 07:34 PM

Nice!!!

1MoreFord · 11-20-2012, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by aawa

Alton Brown style box smoker!

You beat me to it.

Hoss · 11-20-2012, 09:43 PM

Ez,pee zee. Lookin good.

Smokey Mick · 11-20-2012, 09:45 PM

Nice, Something I can rarely do In our winters, The lowest it goes in my area is 45f nights and 65f days all in 24 hours.
But when I do, I use a Pro Q cold smoke generator and sit it on the bottom of a WSM.
My fave is cold smoked salmon

11-20-2012, 10:03 AM	#1
chriscw81 is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-01-12 Location: Fredericksburg, VA	Improvised cold smoking So I'm visiting in-laws in North Carolina and they wanted me to cure and smoke them some bacon. I cured the bacon for a week while I was at home and today I'm gonna cold smoke the bacon with Apple pellets. The in-laws don't have any kind of smoker or BBQ so I'm using a cardboard box. I took 2 left over pieces of quarter-round and ran them through the box to rest 2 cooling trays on them. I used my homebrew cold smoker and set it on another cooling tray and put foil under it so I wouldn't burn the deck up. I'll be letting the bacon smoke for 8-10 hours. It's gonna be delicious! Thanks for looking! Chris Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 __________________ [B][I][COLOR=black]A Texan transplant[/COLOR][/I][/B] [B][SIZE=1][COLOR=black]UDS \| [COLOR=blue]Blue[/COLOR] Weber Performer Platinum \| Chargriller Akorn \| 22.5 Weber OTG \| WSJ Gold \| Mini WSM \| Maverick ET-73 \| [COLOR=blue]Blue [/COLOR][COLOR=black]Thermapen \| Maverick PT-100 \|[/COLOR] Gasser(charcoal chimney starter)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

11-20-2012, 10:05 AM	#2
MS2SB is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-28-10 Location: Bothell, WA	Very cool. Love the ingenuity. __________________ Traeger lil Tex, 2 Weber 22.5", UDS "Go Cougs!" They call me "Dave" [B]Original Noobian Warlord [/B]Loser of Known Space

11-20-2012, 10:07 AM	#3
aawa Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-03-12 Location: Virginia Beach, VA	Alton Brown style box smoker! __________________ ~Ren~ Fat Kids Club Founding Member

11-20-2012, 11:19 AM	#6
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Name/Nickname : jeanie	Great way to improvise! __________________ jeanie Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) RIP Ash, you are missed http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/

11-20-2012, 11:45 AM	#8
Gore Phizzy Join Date: 10-05-08 Location: Hiding out from blood suck ghost snake gods, Nazis and scrap iron chefs trying to harvest body parts Name/Nickname : Gore (surprise!)	Great cold smoker! I love it! __________________ Assistant to a Mad BBQ Scientist (and a squirrel): Primo Oval XL, Small Offset, Gasser, Optigrill, UBS "I love everything about the pig, even the way she walks." -- Spanish proverb (\__/) (='.'=) This is the rabbit baby. Invests him in yours signature, (")_(") and the help rabbit baby takes over control of the world! Hmmmm, I wonder, WWGALD? Avatar courtesy of Grillman and NorthwestBBQ Promoted by Bigabyte to "Idiot #1" , and dubbed "Phizzy" by Sir Ron.

11-20-2012, 10:47 AM	#4
Swamp Donkeyz BBQ is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 07-25-12 Location: Huntsville, Tx	Cool! Awesome looking yard too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

11-20-2012, 11:44 AM	#7
seadad9903 Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 06-18-12 Location: Virginia Beach, VA	that is pretty cool. how did you make the smoker part at the bottom?

11-20-2012, 07:34 PM	#10
funman1 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 09-03-12 Location: Sacramento, CA	Nice!!! __________________ Professional Pyro.. No really; I get paid to blow stuff up...

11-20-2012, 09:43 PM	#12
Hoss Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-31-09 Location: Hernando,MS	Ez,pee zee. Lookin good.

11-20-2012, 09:45 PM	#13
Smokey Mick Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 11-17-12 Location: Tweed Northern Rivers Australia	Nice, Something I can rarely do In our winters, The lowest it goes in my area is 45f nights and 65f days all in 24 hours. But when I do, I use a Pro Q cold smoke generator and sit it on the bottom of a WSM. My fave is cold smoked salmon