I am going to smoke a turkey this year for Thanksgiving. Uh. 'Smoke' like a brisket, not 'smoke' like a cigarette. Any advice? [more inside]
posted by dirtdirt on Nov 11, 2009 - 8 answers

Big Green Egg. Worth it? [more inside]
posted by fixedgear on Sep 3, 2009 - 6 answers

I have an electric smoker grill, with 2 setting - on / off. Is there a way to regulate how hot the heating element gets, in order to control the cooking temperature? [more inside]
posted by savagecorp on Aug 6, 2009 - 9 answers

I've just figured out how to use my gas grill to smoke things. It's really working well. Any ideas or suggestions about great things to smoke? Meat, veggies, cheese? Different woods? Recipes? [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Jun 6, 2008 - 18 answers

Apartment life. The smoker downstairs is making it very difficult for me to breathe! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 13, 2008 - 17 answers

Need a smoker for both salmon and pork shoulder. [more inside]
posted by charlesv on Jan 13, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I seal my home-made steel smoker? It's made out of a never-used oil drum, shaped like a giant flask. The problem is that the hatch, while large enough to cover the opening, doesn't form a perfect seal because of the body's curvature. Imperfect seal = imperfect smoking. What kind of material can take the medium heat of smoking, is non-toxic (no fiberglass!), and is slightly soft, to mold itself to the surface?
posted by paul_smatatoes on Mar 22, 2006 - 15 answers

Life insurance: When my husband and I got our term policies years ago, he was a smoker and paid a higer rate. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 13, 2005 - 7 answers

This weekend I intend to construct a Custom Corrugated Vapor Colloid Applicator to smoke some fish. Now I've seen Alton Brown do this on my DVD of the show a dozen times, but I'm still a bit iffy about 1) not burning the house down 2) creating something non-food poisonalicious and 3) getting it done in time for a BBQ on Sunday. Any MeFi homemade smoker veterans have any tips for a beginner?
posted by robocop is bleeding on Jun 30, 2005 - 9 answers

Pregnant chainsmoker. I just found out that there's a baby onboard and will see my doctor next week, I'm probably only 3 weeks. As soon as I knew I put my cigarettes down, but now a few days later I really, really want to smoke. Any suggestions that don't involve nicotine patches that may help me stay off the cancer-sticks?
posted by anonymous on Feb 1, 2005 - 25 answers

I am a smoker who works at home. Now that the cold weather is here there isn't much air circulation and I stink the place up good. Have you had any success eliminating tobacco odors short of buying an expensive air purifier?
posted by Cryptical Envelopment on Dec 3, 2004 - 21 answers