Everything you need to know about home smoking.\ In Smoking Food, Chris Dubbs and Dave Heberle assure us that smoking is an art, not a science, and they fearlessly reveal that art's essentials—and how simple they can be. They explain how to choose the best fuels (you can use corncobs!), how to build smokers from old refrigerators and cardboard boxes, and, of course, how to smoke everything from turkeys to turtles. Their advice is as ingenious and cost-conscious as any given by Alton Brown....
Everything you need to know about home smoking.
Introduction 1Smokers and Their Fuels 9Equipment and Materials 29Cures and Marinades 45Smoking Fish and Seafood 63Smoking Butcher Meat 77Smoking Poultry 99Smoking Wild Game 109Making and Smoking Sausage 125Smoking Cheese, Nuts, and Eggs 137AppendicesRecipes 145Troubleshooting Your Smoking Problems 161Spices, Herbs, and Blends 163Tips on Handling Game Meat 169Glossary of Terms 175Index 179
\ Kansas City Star“Smoking Food by Chris Dubbs and Dave Heberle takes the fear out of putting smoke on meats....They cover all the bases: how to build a smoker, what fules to use, how to make your own sausage and design your own cures and marinades. Smoking Food also will teach you how to dress a fish, cure venison and smoke everything from snapping turtles to pheasants to chestnuts.”\ \