Wanting to learn how to Cold Smoke

nutshellml

nolaegghead said:

Don't know how long a minimax will go in low and slow mode, but I have cold smoked with a number of different techniques, including a rig I built with refrigeration so I could smoke fish/cheese/whatever at sub-ambient temps.  I don't have an amaz-n-smoker but I basically built one and copied the design.

Living in Southeastern LA, you can really only cold smoke in the cooler months unless you have refrigeration.

Just to bring this back up - using the amazen I smoke for 10hrs over two nights.  If using my minimax as the source w dryer tube  (and as you mentioned would get better smoke) would I equally have to go 10hrs like on the amazen? 

nolaegghead

nutshellml said:

nolaegghead said:

Don't know how long a minimax will go in low and slow mode, but I have cold smoked with a number of different techniques, including a rig I built with refrigeration so I could smoke fish/cheese/whatever at sub-ambient temps.  I don't have an amaz-n-smoker but I basically built one and copied the design.

Living in Southeastern LA, you can really only cold smoke in the cooler months unless you have refrigeration.

Just to bring this back up - using the amazen I smoke for 10hrs over two nights.  If using my minimax as the source w dryer tube  (and as you mentioned would get better smoke) would I equally have to go 10hrs like on the amazen? 

Not sure how smoke intensity changes smoke time for the same effect on the food you're smoking.  I would think you are getting alot more of the good stuff using the minimax (and less soot/creosote).  So the color may not change as fast, but that may balance out or you may even accelerate the process.