Review of the Borniak Smoker

Borniak smokers are wood chip fed electric smokers that are designed and built in Poland. The smokers can heat up to smoke food up to 150C, plus, can also be converted into a cold smoker with the additional of the Borniak cold smoking adapter.

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Introduction to cold smoking

What is Cold Smoking Cold Smoking is simply the process of creating wood smoke without cooking or heating your food. The food is placed in a chamber and smoke is introduced and surrounds the food for a prolonged period of time, without heat.   During this time the smoke penetrates the food, the movement of the air

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A Guide to the different types of smokers

Smokers are not created equally. Each has their own unique strengths and weaknesses. A gas or charcoal grill can be used as a smoker for example, but it is entirely different from a pellet smoker, upright smoker, off-set smoker, etc

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What types of wood should I smoke with?

Smoking woods comes in a variety of forms: Dust, Chips, Chunks, Splits/Logs and Formed pellets/briquettes. Each of these different forms and sizes all have their own ideal uses when it comes to smoking food.

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How to set and control the temperature of your Kamado.

A kamado is a very unique piece of equipment and understanding its characteristics will help understand how to manage its temperature when cooking.  A Kamados ceramic shell holds and reflects the heat making it extremely efficient and its temperature can be accurately managed through the grills upper and lower air vents……

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What are the best types of BBQ thermometers for BBQ smoking?

Whether you’re doing a low and slow smoke of grilling steaks, a thermometer is an essential tool every pitmaster should have to help ensure a perfect cook.  There are various sorts of thermometers to chose from and it will depend on your specific requirements as to which type is best for the job.

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