Jo the maker

Microwave, Kenwood blender and finally an extra grind in the coffee grinder and its smoking happily away for hours Hurrah! Thanks guys, your help has been much appreciated

Thanks so much Wade. Good to have well equipped kitchen then eh 😉

Hi Martin and Wade. Thank you both of you for your advice. Microwave is brilliant idea! Someone also said perhaps my oak chippings were not fine enough, so have blended them in my Kenwood! Interesting that you speak of sawdust, rather than chippings. So maybe dry sawdust is the way to go Warm regards Jo

I have just entered the world of cold smoking! Started small with a home made cardboard box, old cooling rack on two dowels nearer the top. Bought a cold smoke generator, the round snail design type. Using fine oak chips. I tried using tealight to get smoke going, but found it went better using my small cooks blowtorch. All is fine for a while, then the smoke dwindles and stops completely. I wondered if air flow was the problem, so have waited for a windy day, which today was. Delighted to have steady stream of smoke for a whole hour, then it went out yet again. Relit after a while, another hour of smoke the stopped. At that point it rained, so experiment over for today. I have raised the generator on an upturned roasting tin, so it is fairly level with airflow holes. 3 x 2 cm squarish holes on one side, 1 hole on opposite side and 2 similar on the back. In the top I have a toilet roll chimney! Any help will be appreciated. Many thanks Jo