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Here is the inside scoop, secrets, pearls of wisdom, and other stuff that will turn you into a super-chef who can offer gourmet meals to crowds without breaking a sweat. As a bonus, you will be able to provide off-the-cuff dissertations on a variety of highly detailed cooking issues to educate your friends and to bore otherwise innocent partygoers into a state of stupor.



Everything You Need to Start Smoking Food at Home

Smoking food at home allows you to create incredible meals that the best restaurants can't do. I've been smoking food since high school. I've been through a lot of smokers. My current philosophy is to make it as easy as possible and you will use it. Don't limit it to BBQ. I use for fish, roasts, turkey, leg of lamb, and steaks. The amount of smoke can be varied, so a prime rib can be slow cooked with just a hint of smoke.

1. Selection - I'll make this easy. Get a Masterbuilt digital, electric smoker. 30" is big enough for most folks. Look for sales, on the Walmart site. A window in the front is worthless, a remote control is nice for cooking in inclement weather but not critical and the ones with bluetooth seem to get mixed reviews. Charcoal smokers are cheaper, but a pain to use and controlling the temp is difficult. Pellet fed smokers seem to have more stuff to break and they really don't solve a real problem.

This one is no frills $220.

I really like the "cold smoking unit that attaches to the side of the smoker and replaces the internal smoke generator. It allows you to smoke at lower temps and to control the smoke a bit more. Do a search for master built cold smoking. It is much smaller than it looks.



Here is a cover on Amazon, more durable than the Masterbuilt brand

Get Applewood chips. Period.
Get a thermometer that can read the temp of the oven and the food like this

That is all you need to get started. Simple to use and and failsafe.