Comments on: Cold smoking at home: Convert your Weber for $10

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:04:18 +0000

I have (warm) hickory smoked sweet yellow onions that turned out great. I think cold-smoking onions or garlic would be good, but I like having them cooked and smoked (takes about an hour).

I live in Montana in the northern US and we have snow on the ground right now, so my 1960s-era Little Chief electric smoker won’t get up to temperature for regular smoking. Instead, I ended up sort of accidentally cold smoking some pork for the first time. I am definitely going to try out your can and soldering iron method once it warms up around here. Thanks for a great post!

By: paul anthony jackson

paul anthony jackson — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:41:27 +0000

how long would you leave bacon for on cold smoke?

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:21:04 +0000

I smoked garlic cloves. I bought a large Costco tub of peeled whole garlic cloves. tossed them with some pickling salt and laid them on some foil that I had spread over the smoking rack. I poked small holes all over the foil to let the smoke thru. i smoked them for about 8hrs and then finished drying them in a dehydrator. they turned out excellent. i think I will try smoking them overnite to completly dry in the smoker as the smoke flavor was not very intense.

By: Dick Down Under

Dick Down Under — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:12:16 +0000

Anyone tried smoking garlic bulbs?

By: A Cajun Down Under

A Cajun Down Under — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:07:09 +0000

Thanks for this idea. I used this method to cold smoke some home-cured bacon on the weekend. This price of soldering irons has gone up though as I paid $15 for mine. However, I was trying the smoke the bacon for at least 6 hours, but after 5 hours the soldering iron died and tripped the circuit breaker. Guess I will have to go for a better model next time.

BTW, bacon was delicious!

By: marg

marg — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:46:41 +0000

Just wondering if any one has had a chance to smoke jalapenos yet? How long did you smoke them , what type of wood did you use, did you dry them after? Want to try this but would like some direction.

Marg

By: Terri

Terri — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:16 +0000

Phil, did you smoke any salt? What other things have you tried out w/this very unique technique?

By: Phil Lees

Phil Lees — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:01:35 +0000

Terri – The can was about a 1lb size. I think that the trick is to keep the soldering iron in contact with the side of the can, so that radiant heat also burns some of the sawdust. I’m not sure if there is a concern in keeping a soldering iron on for that long.

By: Terri

Terri — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:02:32 +0000

Awesome idea! About what size is the can you used, as in 1 pound size or larger? I had no cans available, so am trying to make use of my metal smoker box, but have to keep moving sawdust down periodically as even w/it at a tilt, can’t get the osmosis working for me as well as using can wd. (BTW, cheapest I could find soldering iron out here in California was $13.50, so you got a bargain in Australia.) I’m attempting to smoke jalapenos now. Also, is there any concern w/keeping the 25watt soldering iron on for hours and hours? Thanks, Terri in CA

By: Phil Lees

Phil Lees — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:07:20 +0000

I feel exactly the same way - I was as surprised as when I found out how to make mayonnaise with a stick blender. I'm looking forward to smoking butter, tofu, trying to cold smoke some salt.