Cold Smoking with an Egg

Dragonwmatches

I bought a pork belly recently and put in the "the be dealt with later/bulk food storage" freezer.  I don't know a lot about making it into bacon but enough - I did corned beef last year with a brisket and still have some of the cure (nitrate, nitrites, nitrous - too technical for my brain right this minute but I'm smart enough to look it all up and not just assume when it's time for action with the meat).  

the question I have is for Egg users - *can* you really cold smoke with the Egg, given it has the fire right underneath it?  I mean I've held close to 200 on it for hours but cold smoking is supposed to be quite a bit lower than that from the bit of research I've done.  I don't have another grill or device to use instead.  

Could you pipe the flavored smoke from the top of the Egg to another box of some sort?  Is there a minimum temp you do have to get to even with cold smoking?  

thanks, all!

DMW

There are lots of options for cold smoking on the egg. Here's how I do it:
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1158809/a-maze-n-smoker-tutorial/p1

milesvdustin

Google a thing call the A-MAZE-N smoker. I have the 5x8 pellet smoker. Will do 12+ hours cold smoke easily on one load of pellets. 

GrateEggspectations

Get an Amazen tray and read Meathead's website (amazingribs.com) about smoking bacon, cold smoking, etc. 

littlerascal56

Today’s cold smoked cheese turned out fantastic.  Light blue smoke and cheese stayed around 50 degrees!

vcool

littlerascal56 said:

Today’s cold smoked cheese turned out fantastic.  Light blue smoke and cheese stayed around 50 degrees!

What sorcery is this?

The_Stache

Kinda like this:


without the minimax

blasting

If any of you have an old kettle kicking around, it does well with the A-MAZE-N smoker tray.  It is less efficient than an egg, so the heat generated dissipates.

Pizza screens from RD are cheap and work well as cheese / nut smokers (keeps the cheese clean)

Canugghead

Stormbringer

Yes you can. These blog posts should help you:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2016/10/14/enhancing-flavours-with-cold-smoking/

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/11/03/smoke-your-own-cheese/

JethroVA

Thanks to you guys I Just bought A mazing Smoker for $22 on Amazon. Comes with 1 lb of pellets.  My wife hates you all.  Now all I need is a bigger storage cabinet for all my Egg toys. 

The_Stache

JethroVA said:

Thanks to you guys I Just bought A mazing Smoker for $22 on Amazon. Comes with 1 lb of pellets.  My wife hates you all.  Now all I need is a bigger storage cabinet for all my Egg toys. 

That's what your gasser is supposed to be used for!!!

hardwoodcooker

I cold smoke w/ my ex large and my lg. to me it might be a little over kill for cold smoking. 
Chek into amzn smokers or call Todd at his place in Minn.If you you want to cold smoke really cheap, get you self a cardboard box the size you need. Temps for cold smoking are in the 80 to 100 degree range. I do this for belly bacon often.