smoking!

[teddymouse]

has anyone made their own smoker?
i,ve just had ago at smoking salmon sides,i placed oak chips in the bottom of a10 gallon
tin bucket with air holes round the base,lite the chips on some small twigs of apple wood.waited till they started to burn well then covered with more chipps to make the smoke.placed another10 gallon tin with a biggest hole in the base on top,placed a rack with a salmon side cut in 2, skin side down,covered with another bucket.i let it smoke for about 2,1/2 hours,keeping an eye that the oak chipps did,nt flame up,i did salt the side for 2 hours 1st. the fish was tastie,but as i have never done any before,was wondering if anyone as an tipps?

[Lillia]

No, never did it before but it sounds like a fantastic idea!

[manda]

We hot smoke regularly but we have been getting together the bits for making a cold smoker (wine barrel etc) the only problem has been getting some tubing for the smoke to go through but we're hoping we may have cracked that one soon.