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Title: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 17, 2015, 07:38:01 PM: Read somewhere about smoking bacon(belly) in a traeger. This method said to put a large baking pan filled with ice directly on to the grills rack, then add another rack above the ice to put the belly on. Kind of a cold smoke idea. Makes sense to me so I am going to try it. Anybody ever try this?
Title: Re: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: jrebel on August 17, 2015, 07:53:49 PM: Tagging.....would love to hear how this works
Title: Re: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: Bucks2Ducks on August 17, 2015, 08:09:59 PM: Heard of guys doing that to smoke cheese in there Trager, seems like the ice would just melt instantly. let us know how it turns out.
Title: Re: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2015, 05:11:15 AM: I'm still going to build a contraption like you did jrebel 😀
Title: Re: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: Blacklab on August 18, 2015, 05:19:45 PM: Couldn't you just crack the lid with the lowest setting. This is my cold smoking tool for cheese and it's awesome.
Title: Re: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 22, 2015, 02:57:59 PM: Well I gave it a shot..not all that impressed. It did keep the temp down a bit, but not as low as I wanted. Refreshed the ice one time during a 3 hour smoke. The bacon turned out great, tried adding some cheese (mozz. & Cheddar) but after an hour or so it started to sag/melt. Oh Well
Title: Re: Semi-cold smoking in Treager with ice
Post by: Blacklab on August 23, 2015, 08:12:04 AM: Dang! that looks great :tup: