Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Information Concerning Custom Built Smokers

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By Nora Jennings


Smoking is a method used for preserving, flavoring, and cooking food by using smoke. The smoke normally comes from smoldering or burning material like firewood. A smoker is the appliance used for the process. Increased technological knowhow has resulted in the production of custom built smokers for utilization on different kinds of foods. The most commonly smoked foods are meat and fish. Certain beverages like beer are also produced from ingredients that are smoked.

To gain fully from buying a customized smoker, one needs to pay close attention to a few aspects. Type of fuel used by a product should be the first aspect to consider. Common fuel options include charcoal, wood, propane, electricity, and wood pellets. Each fuel option comes with its own disadvantages and advantages. The choice should be based on food flavor, cost, fuel, size, and versatility.

Of all the models that use different fuels, those that use wood are the best in terms of imparting flavor in food. They also are the cheapest because they incorporate few parts and production costs are low. They are also easy to maintain and parts are cheap and can be easily accessed. The major disadvantage may be that, they are comparatively slower, dirtier, and more involving.

Electric smokers are the most convenient model but they are also the most expensive. They require electricity to warm heating elements that in turn produce smoke. The latest models have computer interfaces that allow one to set up the device to smoke food and automatically turn itself off when the food is ready. The main disadvantage is that food smoked using electric devices does not have a great flavor.

Wood pellet devices use two types of fuels, that is, wood pellets and electricity. They require electrical energy to heat the heating elements and wood pellets to produce smoke. The wood is placed on the heated elements to form smoke. They are a better improvement of both wood and electrical models because they have both convenience and great food flavor. Propane consuming devices are the fastest in terms of preparing food. Some models give a good flavor too.

Custom devices come in many different sizes to suit varied needs of different people. There are large models that can prepare food for large families of more than twenty. Large products can handle meat for an entire party for the whole day while small ones only satisfy the needs of a few people. Frequency of use and bulkiness of occasions should determine the size to be bought. Orders for customized sizes can also be placed to most manufacturers.

The level of versatility in a product is also another feature to consider. A nice smoker should do more than just what it is built for. For example, incorporating a grill and a cooker is a good idea. It would be good if the product can concurrently smoke several kinds of foods without mixing them.

The final factor to consider is the cost. The question to ask here is whether features in a product are worth how much it goes at. One should choose a product that has the best combination of features and cost. Several elegant brands in the market go at really low costs.




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