Help! Cold smoking when the temp outside is 110 degrees

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 12:01:42 PM

Is this even remotely possible (even with the BS full of ice)? Anyone else live on the surface of the sun like I do and tried it?

Mr Walleye · July 20, 2007, 01:14:46 PM

Hi La Quinta

We are in a big heat wave here in Saskatchewan as well. I have limited experience with cold smoking but the link below has information on successful cold smokes when the outside temp is over 100 degrees.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=5571.0

Mike

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 01:29:37 PM

Thanks! I'm a "newbie" still trying to find my way around!!!

Mr Walleye · July 20, 2007, 01:43:00 PM

I think everybody is a Newbie in one way or another! That's the best part of Smokin'! :D

Good Luck.

Mike

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 02:04:48 PM

Thanks! By the way nice fish! Have you smoked it!!!?

Mr Walleye · July 20, 2007, 02:24:01 PM

Thanks

No I didn't smoke it. We do alot of catch & release on walleye here so she is still swimmin'. It was a 13.1 lb walleye. We do keep a few smaller 1.5 to 2 lbs for eatin' though.

Mike

Habanero Smoker · July 20, 2007, 02:33:41 PM

Someone on this board had recently posted he had great success cold smoking while the ambient temperature was in the triple digits. I can't recall who, or where he posted. I didn't have any luck finding the thread.

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 02:34:26 PM

Sorry to sound stupid...is 13 pounds a big one? I'm from Florida and transplanted to California...but I love smoked mullet dip! No freakin mullet in California! It"s a cheap bait fish that smokes up fabulous!

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 02:39:39 PM

I read that posting (I think from someone in Phoenix or Vegas) load up the smoker with ice. Mine melted! Perhaps I'm doomed to wait until January. If so that's ok...I'm new to cold smoke so I need to understand the limitations and then cold smoke like a mad woman from Jan - March!

Gizmo · July 20, 2007, 02:41:21 PM

La Quinta,
Have you read the posts about using the offset smoke generator method?

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 02:52:31 PM

I have. To be honest I'm not sure I get it! In my head I'm thinking it"s like attaching a dryer hose to both units so they"re seperated and the smoke can "cool off" over it"s journey from the generator to the tower?

Gizmo · July 20, 2007, 02:59:51 PM

Yes and the puck heater is not in the box where the meat is, therefore not adding heat to the box. Placing ice in the box (with the smoke generator) and ice in the box where the meat is helps keep the temps down. I live in the San Diego area but I have not tried smoking in that amount of heat. Might want to wait until the sun goes down. Where in CA are you? Sounds like the desert lands.

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 03:04:33 PM

Yeah out near Palm Springs (in La Quinta...thus the name!!) You shouldn't need that attachement in SD? Right?

Gizmo · July 20, 2007, 03:08:47 PM

Yes I have used it a few times. Here is a link to one of my posts showing the setup with ice.
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=4313.msg37472#msg37472

La Quinta · July 20, 2007, 03:22:07 PM

Ok. I get it now...it"s close to what I thought! (More elaborate with the box in between) and more ice. Very inventive! Since I'm less then handy with this stuff (and a newbie!) I may wait until winter! You're obviously way more experienced then I! Thanks for the link! I'll save it and try to do it when I'm have have more cold smoking "under my belt"! I gotta tell ya...cold smoked salmon is screaming my name tho!