My First Time Smoking/Drying Peppers

dbCooper

I had some extra Serrano and Jalapeno peppers from the garden, decided to give the Egg a shot at them.  LBGE set up indirect at 190-200' with maple wood chunks.

After 11 hours the Serranos were dryed nicely, the Jalapenos still had a ways to go.  But it was midnight and I was ready for bed so shut down the Egg and took the peppers inside.  Finished the Jalapenos this morning in the oven, 190' for about 3 hours.  Some pics......

On the Egg:

After 11 hours:

All done:

lousubcap

Been down that road several times.  The below link may provide some useful info for the next round:

The annual hi-heat low-temp pepper smokedown 

You are going to be quite happy with your outcome. 

lkapigian

Awesome , time for some flavored salts and home made chili powder 

Mattman3969

Nice job.  Like @lousubcap says you will enjoy the outcome.   I followed his lead and still have chili powder up to my ears.   Lol

dbCooper

lousubcap said:

Been down that road several times.  The below link may provide some useful info for the next round:

The annual hi-heat low-temp pepper smokedown 

You are going to be quite happy with your outcome. 

Thank you lousubcap, that is a very helpful link.

fence0407

Looks awesome. I've never used the egg or oven to dry peppers. I have a dehydrator with multiple levels though. I throw jalapenos, serranos, cayennes, and ghost peppers in there to dry and then crush them up for "crushed red pepper flakes" that are actually hot!