Bull wrote: Have had that issue with a new hot smoker before. Had a real chemical bitter taste. Having successfully used hot smokers for years I had no idea what the problem was. I ended problem shooting it down to one of two things. I was either getting a burnt meths taste or the metal was coated in chemicals from being built in China. I went to putting it on the BBQ instead of using meths and secondly I put it in a BBQ full bore for a while to burn off any residual chemicals. Seemed to fix the problem. Manuka may make it slightly bitter but not tI had trouble smoking ko the point of ruining the fish. |
Big Manly Yaka wrote: Cheers, hopefully I get something this weekend to experiment with. My cold smoking I don't usually have any heat at all, just smoke for 5-6 hours then turn the heat on (80-90degs) for another hour. My smoke comes from one of those UFO smoke generators attached to the side of the box, it blows pretty much cold smoke. |
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