smoker for chipotles?

[POTAWIE]

I want to smoke a lot of chiles this year and want to know what type of smoker is best. Ideally I'd like to build an outdoor smoker or an outdoor oven/smoker like the one on www.fatalli.net http://www.juuri.org/growing/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=55
For now I'm considering a cheap double-barrel smoker since it sees to be a good way to slow smoke. Most other inexpensive models have charcoal or electric heaters which burn wood chips. (trash can smoker) It would seem to me that with these units it would be more difficult to control the heat since heat naturally rises and some require you to open and remove everything to add more charcoal/wood. With the double-barrel, you don't have to disturb food or temperature when refueling. Up here in Canada, good smokers are hard to find. Most people only smoke fish and sausage and that's pretty rare. To get a good smoker, I think I'd have to order from Southern States and that equals a lot of shipping dollars. I looked into The Big Green Egg (where's the ham), and it looks awesome and is available locally but comes with a heafty pricetag

Anybody have any comments on making chipotles? I've heard hickory and pecan are good woods to smoke chipotles with, and mesquite is awful (but somewhat traditional). I live in a maple forest and was wondering how maple smoked chipotles would taste. Its supposed to be "a mild smoke good for fish and vegetables"

[Tina Brooks]

I want to smoke a lot of chiles this year and want to know what type of smoker is best. Ideally I'd like to build an outdoor smoker or an outdoor oven/smoker like the one on www.fatalli.net http://www.juuri.org/growing/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=55
For now I'm considering a cheap double-barrel smoker since it sees to be a good way to slow smoke. Most other inexpensive models have charcoal or electric heaters which burn wood chips. (trash can smoker) It would seem to me that with these units it would be more difficult to control the heat since heat naturally rises and some require you to open and remove everything to add more charcoal/wood. With the double-barrel, you don't have to disturb food or temperature when refueling. Up here in Canada, good smokers are hard to find. Most people only smoke fish and sausage and that's pretty rare. To get a good smoker, I think I'd have to order from Southern States and that equals a lot of shipping dollars. I looked into The Big Green Egg (where's the ham), and it looks awesome and is available locally but comes with a heafty pricetag

Anybody have any comments on making chipotles? I've heard hickory and pecan are good woods to smoke chipotles with, and mesquite is awful (but somewhat traditional). I live in a maple forest and was wondering how maple smoked chipotles would taste. Its supposed to be "a mild smoke good for fish and vegetables"

Save yourself some money, Potawie, bring us your peppers, we'll smoke them for you.

Just another service we're able to offer our customers. :)

T

[darthcarl]

I saw some incredibly expensive smoked roma tomatos. If you get your smoker, run a test a let me know what you think.

[thehotpepper.com]

Smoke some cheese too!

[darthcarl]

Smoke some cheese too!


If I ever have a rock band, that is going to be our first album...

Now playing their smash number one hit from their new album "smoke some cheese too" is Carl and the hottones!!

[POTAWIE]

I'd like to smoke all kinds of vegetables, fish, meats and cheese and maybe even nuts. I'm thinking of making a chili out of all smoked ingredients to see how it would taste. Tina, I'd like to know more about your chile smoking and other services provided. Can you smoke any chile? Which ones are best?

[P_Schneider]

I just use my brinkmann vertical smoker. nothing fancy but it gets the job done. Less than $200 too. I don't use the smoker to dry the pepper either. I leave them in long enough to get that nice smokey flavor (couple hours) then off to the dehydrator they go for finishing.

[P_Schneider]

Smoke some cheese too!

Have you done this? If so how exactly do you do it? It really sounds like it would be good and I have never tried it.

[thehotpepper.com]

Have you done this? If so how exactly do you do it? It really sounds like it would be good and I have never tried it.

Nope. Eaten lots! Smoked none. I believe it has to be cold-smoked.

[Tina Brooks]

I'd like to smoke all kinds of vegetables, fish, meats and cheese and maybe even nuts. I'm thinking of making a chili out of all smoked ingredients to see how it would taste. Tina, I'd like to know more about your chile smoking and other services provided. Can you smoke any chile? Which ones are best?

From what I've been able to tell, thich skinned chilis are best, but really, any chili can be smoked.

The trick is not letting them slip around while you're rolling them up in the little papers. ;)

Okay... bad joke... Seriously, I don't think there is a chili that can't be smoked.

We don't do cheese or meat, though.

Are you coming for the BBQ friday night?

T

[POTAWIE]

Don't think I can make the bbq, hopefully I'll be watching an Oilers victory! Would they have the game on there? Hot food and hockey, sounds like a winning combination.

[bubbaschili]

sorry potawie......canes in 5...tonight lord stanley's cups gonna be raised high in north kakalaki

[Tina Brooks]

Don't think I can make the bbq, hopefully I'll be watching an Oilers victory! Would they have the game on there? Hot food and hockey, sounds like a winning combination.

Would they have the game on??? I'm within a 45 minute drive of the heart of hockey country... Of course they will have the game on. I expect that the place will be jumping, even if the BBQ were to get rained out again.

And I just won't even comment on Lord Stanley's cup... I'm from Montreal, we have two teams here... the Canadiens and whoever is playing Toronto.

T

[bubbaschili]

make whatever weekend plans you want.....canes will take the cup on the ice tonight.
ive got the stanley cup scheduled to appear at greasy corner next week.
should be a hoot.

[DEFCON Creator]

Go Edmonton!

[Tina Brooks]

make whatever weekend plans you want.....canes will take the cup on the ice tonight.
ive got the stanley cup scheduled to appear at greasy corner next week.
should be a hoot.

You missed the bit about "I'm from Montreal"... Around these parts, when the Canadiens are out, there's nothing left to do but to cheer for whoever is up against Toronto, assuming they're still in. Once they're out... We play golf.

T

[imaguitargod]

Once they're out... We play golf.
How does that work, one would think that the white ball would get easly lost in the wall of white snow...

[Tina Brooks]

We use orange balls in the snow, silly.

[POTAWIE]

Looks like cbc wants the next game on Saturday, which means the cup should come home to Canada Monday night or Tuesday morning. Sorry Bubba, can't let you have the cup without a fight. Oilers in seven

[bubbaschili]

We use orange balls in the snow, silly.

i still need a "tina has said somthing that i can make a perverted comment about" smiley

[bubbaschili]

canes in 6 insted of 5....we won a game in Canade eh... we can win another one in Canada......eh

[POTAWIE]

canes in 6 insted of 5....we won a game in Canade eh... we can win another one in Canada......eh
Ya maybe if they injure our goalie again. Like you said in another post "with a nickname like bubba you gotta remember im not the sharpest knife in the drawer."

[DEFCON Creator]

Ahhh, I see a game 7! I want to see revenge for the "taking out" of the Edmonton goalie. Hell, they did the same thing to Brodeur.

[bubbaschili]

Ya maybe if they injure our goalie again. Like you said in another post "with a nickname like bubba you gotta remember im not the sharpest knife in the drawer."

yea i said it in jest you are saying it with ill will i feel like.

[POTAWIE]

yea i said it in jest you are saying it with ill will i feel like.
All in good fun my friend
The big win has me allfired up

[Tina Brooks]

Well now that the big win is all said and done and Kakalaki has smoked Edmonton... Let's get back to smoking peppers.

T

[POTAWIE]

I've had my Senators smoked and my Oilers smoked , but I'm still looking to smoke some Habs!

[DEFCON Creator]

I've had my Senators smoked and my Oilers smoked , but I'm still looking to smoke some Habs!

Man, what a visual!

[imaguitargod]

Man, what a visual!
Ya, I got a smile on my face from the visual...

[Tina Brooks]

I've had my Senators smoked and my Oilers smoked , but I'm still looking to smoke some Habs!

You realize, of course, that only you and I completely understand that reference. But on a note of the secondary, less important to life, but more important to this topic, meaning...

The new smoker arrived today. :)

T

[DEFCON Creator]

You realize, of course, that only you and I completely understand that reference. But on a note of the secondary, less important to life, but more important to this topic, meaning...

The new smoker arrived today. :)

T

Tina, Tina, Tina, I understand the term "Habs", it's the Canadian hockey team that was bought by a US company a few years back.

[POTAWIE]

Anyone try smoked habaneros? For some reason the chocolates and reds sound soo good smoked. What a sauce or chili it would make.

[Tina Brooks]

Anyone try smoked habaneros? For some reason the chocolates and reds sound soo good smoked. What a sauce or chili it would make.

I'll let you know when the first batch is available for sale. :)

T

[P_Schneider]

Anyone try smoked habaneros? For some reason the chocolates and reds sound soo good smoked. What a sauce or chili it would make.

They are good. I've smoked the orange habs and some caribbean reds and they both turned out excellent. You just have to be careful on how long they smoke since they're such thin skinned peppers. They will burn up easily.

[ChefEx]

You realize, of course, that only you and I completely understand that reference. But on a note of the secondary, less important to life, but more important to this topic, meaning...

The new smoker arrived today. :)

T

How's the new smoker?

[Tina Brooks]

How's the new smoker?

WE've been out of town all weekend, haven't had a chance to try it out, but it looks beeoootiful.

It's even got a child proof latch on it.

T

[bubbaschili]

i was gonna ask to borrow it but if it has a childproof latch i won't be able to get into it to use it:(

[Tina Brooks]

lol, you and me both! I am usually quite adept at such things, but this one gave me pause. I finally got it figured out, it's pretty obvious, but unless you realize the latch is there, you wonder why it seems stuck.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

"It's even got a child proof latch on it."

T

Nope, not even gonna walk thru the door on this one.

[Tina Brooks]

You're far too large a man to walk through the door on this smoker.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Perhaps, but at least I can open it. :lol:

[Tina Brooks]

Ya sure, now that you know there is a trick to it. Who couldn't? Well, okay, maybe Bubba. ;)

[ChefEx]

Child proof latch! Too bad, I've found that with my Smokey Sear-Acha it needs just the right amount of smoked kid. :evil:

[DEFCON Creator]

I understand Smoked Sapien is quite a delicacy in parts of the Amazon.