Smoking Food: Useful Methods Of Smoking

A great innovation in smoking food took place so far and different types of food smokers available in the market include hot smoking, cold smoking, flavored smoking and simple smokers etc.

Food smoking is different than normal smoking and hence it requires wood chips and charcoal briquettes to produce large amount of smoke. Almost all types of foods can be easily smoked today including fish, vegetables, poultry and meat and more.

Types of Smoking Food
Hot Smoking

Hot smoking got its title because of increased temperature during this cooking method. The temperature require for this process is around 160 degrees. The food cooked under this method is ready for consumption right off the oven. This is because the fire from the wood chips cooks the food and the smoke comes out of the chips truly take care of the smoking part of hot smoker and allow you to relish with varieties of delicious food. The demerit of this smoker is the cooked food has to be consumed quickly otherwise it will dry fast and this will create inconvenience to you. This is the reason some people start looking for wet smoking their food.

Wet Smoking

The wet smoking technique is similar to hot smoking but it use wet wood chips or add steam to the setup by including a small try of water. Finally it gives you food that is moist, smoked and well stays fresh for a long time.

Cold Smoking

Cold smoking does not mean the food needs to smoke using ice cubes. This method of smoking is usually done at a lower temperature, around 30 degrees C. It’s because the food is not actually cooked using this process but simply flavored and preserved for longer period of time. The lower temperature is used in this process because it allows the smoke to penetrate deep into the food. You are free in executing this process anywhere but it takes many hours or days. However, you need to make sure executing this process in winter seasons when the cold breeze is blowing around. It is essential to cure the food rubbing salt over the food before taking it for the cold smoking. The smoke come out from the smokers itself makes its way into the food, which gives the food the flavor and preservation capabilities.

Flavored Smoking

Flavored smoking needs to add wood chips or wood dust to add new component to your smoking. Wide range of flavor food can be used for this smoking method include apple, cherry, beech, oak and whiskey oak. If you keep bit knowledge about wood flavors then as well are advised to go for some experiment.

Different brands, quality and price range of smokers are available today in the market which allow you to execute different functionalities including smoking food, roasting and barbecuing etc.