Smoking black pepper and salt

[deestafford]

My memory ain't what it never was and, like the Turtle, I sometimes have a tendency to disremember things.  I want to smoke some black pepper and some salt and would 'preciate some tutoring on how not to screw it up and make it come out gooder.

Dee

[Pam Gould]

Dee..put them in coffee filters..and smoke the crap out of them. Hickory is real good, but you can use any kind. The longer the smoke, the more flavor you get. I have even smoked them more than once..if your smoker is going..go for it. Throw in some cheese while your at it.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ

[mikecorn.1]

Ditto. I use the coffee filter method also. Works great.


Mike
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[Ka Honu]

If I have rack space left over on a smoke I'll put a on filter paper of pepper or salt. Most of the time I resmoke whatever salt or pepper I have on hand and add what I can to fill out the filter paper.

... and, like the Turtle, I sometimes have a tendency to disremember things.

At least that's what I think I do if I remember correctly.

... Throw in some cheese while your at it.

dee - Don't try the cheese if it's a hot smoke. It makes the salt clump up.

[deestafford]

So cold smoking with the Amazn Smoker is the way to go if there is nothing else in the smoker except maybe some cheese? Dee

[Pam Gould]

So cold smoking with the Amazn Smoker is the way to go if there is nothing else in the smoker except maybe some cheese? Dee

Dee..if your gonna do cheese..ya wanna keep it cold..you don't have to do that if you are hot smoking salt and pepper...throw in some eggs, bologna, paprika all kinds of stuffs. If the cheese gets warm it will melt. You can almost freeze the cheese because your only gonna smoke it for about 2 hours..I find that this is perfect..then let it sit for a while, blot with paper towel and vac seal and date it for a month. I usually wait till it's cold outside, which is happening fastly now. I use a smoke daddy for mine, homemade.  Enjoy..do it now for the holidays..now is a good time for Thanksgiving. It will be ready then.  Pam .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ

[tlg4942]

 Glad you brought this up Dee. I have been wanting to smoke salt for a long time and just never have done it.  Never even thought of pepper.
  My neighbors brought me some smoked salt a while back and it is awesome.  I use it in my "Black Magic Rub".
I did understand that it can be hot smoked right?  Say 200 degrees ? 

[deestafford]

Terry,  I think you can put it in when you are smoking something else.  I did some yesterday when I smoked ribs at 225.  Dee

[rexster314]

I started 2 racks of cheeses today and put in a rack of sea salt to smoke as well in my Bradley. I line a rack with foil and stir every so often to expose more of the salt. Using an AMNS and hickory dust, not using the smoke generator to avoid the extra heat

[Ka Honu]

I line a rack with foil ...

Try using something more porous like a coffee filter for better smoke adhesion/penetration/whatever.

[teesquare]

Glad you brought this up Dee. I have been wanting to smoke salt for a long time and just never have done it.  Never even thought of pepper.
  My neighbors brought me some smoked salt a while back and it is awesome.  I use it in my "Black Magic Rub".
I did understand that it can be hot smoked right?  Say 200 degrees ?

Cold smoke it Terry. The Amazen smoker you got from Tommy, and no other heat form the smoker will do the trick for you.
The coffee filters Turtle mentioned work great.

[Ka Honu]

Cold smoke it ...

I smoke salt and/or pepper on the top shelf whenever I have room - cold or hot.  More than one session makes it even better.

[teesquare]

Cold smoke it ...

I smoke salt and/or pepper on the top shelf whenever I have room - cold or hot.  More than one session makes it even better.

Yep sometimes more is actually better!

The only reason I recommend cold smoking is that  - depending on the weather conditions where you are, you may get a "condensing" if you have hot smoked. As the salt cools - it can attract condensation. It may/may not be a problem for everyone. We have high humidity virtually year-round. I have noticed my salt stays drier and more free-flowing when I cold smoke.

Your mileage may vary....