What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Gman]

Another pork shoulder

[Great-Kazoo]

How well does that thing work?

I've been thinking of getting one of these for my buddy. I want to try smoking salmon and cheese, but he said he can't get his smoker cold enough for that, and from what I've seen, the A-MAZE-N smoker can be used to cold smoke stuff.

I use a smoke tube, only, for cold smoking. Been thinking of doing the cold smoking on the grill so i have room to do more at the same time.

[Irving]

Do you just tube the smoke from your smoker into your grill Kazoo?

[Great-Kazoo]

Do you just tube the smoke from your smoker into your grill Kazoo?

No, i use one of these. Cold smoked cheese, salts, tomatoes and onions for salsa. You can use a smoker or grill without needing to have ice trays to keep temps down. Unless it's like it's been here the last few day, of high 90's .

Place smoker tube on bottom of grill or smoker. If you want a heavier smoke keep tube on main or top rack of grill. It works best using a propane torch to get the pellets going. Or a cotton ball soaked in alcohol.

https://www.amazon.com/MAZE-N-OET-00...s%2C250&sr=8-4

[Irving]

For the record, I hot smoke my salsa ingredients (tomatoes, onions, garlic, and peppers) and haven't had any issues. I've even actually grown to prefer the taste of salsa hot off the grill as opposed to chilled salsa.

[Gman]

Do you actually smoke them, or do you char them?

[Irving]

Both actually. First I char each side on a hot, but dry, skillet. Makes your kitchen smell amazing. Then I pile them all up into a metal strainer and put them into the smoker for 1.5 hours at around 200-250 degrees. From there I pour the whole thing into a blender and add water, salt, sugar, lemon/lime juice, and cilantro and blend it all together. Everything seems to hold up well and comes out of the smoker in pretty much the same shape as when I put it in.

I stole the recipe from Eduardo Garcia on a Meat Eater episode and I really like it. If you're interested, I'll look up the exact episode so you can check it out (they smoke a bunch of game/fish meat as well). Meat Eater is on Netflix. It is Steven Rinella's hunting show and each season he has one or two episodes completely dedicated to cooking or prepping game meat.

[Gman]

Very interesting. I have Netflix. I'll see if I can find it.

[Irving]

Season 6, episode 13 Smoked Meats with Eduardo Garcia: Cooking Special

[Irving]

I'm positive I've posted about this particular recipe before. Here is a visual of making your kitchen smell amazing.