On 2011-03-15, Omelet > wrote:

> It has a brief blurb on it. Secret seems to be distancing the smoke box
> from the smoke generator with a long conduit to allow the smoke to cool.

That seems to be true if one is using a small smoking area, like an
old refrigerator, which I know some friends who do jes that.

Our smoking was a dedicated crud shed, about 15'x15 feet (remember,
600+ lbs). The sides were such that you could see light between most
vert wall boards, so it was far from airtight. A small pan (garbage
can lid) held a couple smoldering branches of dried fruit tree wood,
which was maintained around the clock. In short, in the dead of
Winter, the shed was at ambient outdoor temps for Jan in CA, probably
highs of 40-45 during day and near freezing or jes below at night.
The pan of wood and the enclosed space provided jes enough smoke w/o
the danger of adding any heat.

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