Has anybody tried smoking there fish at home , using a DIY kit ?

I used to bush-smoke trout - reduce a fire to dull embers, pile on appropriate foliage (green and damped manuka/tea-tree leaves in my case, stripped off the twigs), and cover with a wet sack.

I've used a small 'hot smoker' quite successfully on a number of occasions but this is a form of cooking and what I'd like to try at home is 'cold smoking' that cures the flesh rather than cooking it.

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Yes, what do you want to know? I cold smoke fish but have to take care, I'm on the point of getting an ASBO for it.
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Mark

I've used the small 'Abu' hot smoke and oak chips for years and the results are very tasty indeed, but it's rather small so have to just do a couple of fillets at a time.

I've often fancied moving on to a larger cold smoker but I'm the only fish eater here at home !

i also have the small abu smoker which i bought only a couple of months ago from gac for £19.99. only used it once so far for smoking a rainbow trout fillet but it did taste delicious.

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I have built my own and it works pretty well. I have 2 chambers - 1 above the other with the smoke created in the lower one and rising through the top chamber through the fish. I have trouble getting a good smoke flow however.

The one way I have seen of getting this to work, without a smoldering fire is to get a can full of chips and plug in a soldering iron, stick it in the can and off it goes smoking the fish. I am yet to give this a try but it should produce the right results!

I have a smoke generator for cold smoking if you're looking for one.it is powered by a small pump to get the smoke into a smoke chamber. Bought it off a member here and have never used it. let me know and you can have it for the same price I paid for it.
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There was a chap televised who had converted a Del Trotter 3 wheeler into
a home smoker ,insulated the inside ,had hangers ,massive pipes coming out it.Bit big for most everyone but really great

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Cold smoking is the way forward:

My notes on my hot smoking course here:
Home (hot) Smoking and Curing course notes | Beer and Ice Cream

My cold smoker here:
Smokey Joe Mk. V in action | Beer and Ice Cream

Any specific questions please just ask away.

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