Hi James, new on here but I have seen a video for doing this on the tube cant find the link sorry.... slit the ripe red jalapenos then smoke for 4 hours.... low temp preferred then they will need dehydrating... if you live somewhere hot easy, shove em in the sun if not you'll need a dehydrator.... et viola dried chipotles. I'm going to be growing some myself this year now I can get in the greenhouse..... #houserebuildstore i bought a big bag of ground chipotle from Firefly BBQ