So I finally bought an Amazn smoker and lit 'er up with a load of pellets. It faithfully produced a lovely thin stream of smoke for hours, though for how many hours I don't know because I fell asleep. I expected to get 11 hours, but I am guessing I got maybe half that. Too much draft probably. But that's another topic.
In the morning my andouille and hot links were 2/3's smoked, because I had not dried them properly to form a pellicle all the way around. They sat on a pan, and their backsides were moist going into the smoker and picked up ZERO smoke. That was Sunday morning. They've been in the fridge ever since.
My question is: can I dry them properly and stick them back into the smoker for a second go? I made them with the proper amount of cure #1.
First cold smoking attempt - advice needed
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Re: First cold smoking attempt - advice needed
Too much draft will certainly accelerate the pellet-burning. They can ignite & suddenly your small stream of smoke can become a small fire. I lost a batch of summer sausages that 'fatted out' when, unattended, this occurred.Cabonaia wrote: I expected to get 11 hours, but I am guessing I got maybe half that. Too much draft probably. But that's another topic.
My issues have been not getting ENOUGH air at times, causing the A-maze-n to go out.
I cold-smoked bacon overnight (in the upper 50's) & it came out just fine.
Kevin
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