Electric Smokers Make Smoking An Easy Barbq Option
Author: Ann Marier
If you're looking to take up smoking food in order to add a new depth of flavor to your meats and cheeses, you may be tempted to start with your grill. But while many smoking techniques can be practiced using your grill, your food will be so close to your heat source that you'll be barbecuing more than smoking. To really obtain the sort of great smoky flavor that's authentic, electric smokers are the tool the home smoker needs. Electric smokers help take some of the guesswork out of smoking and allow you to safely smoke the foods you want.
Control The Temperature
One of the biggest advantages to electric smokers is that they can control the temperature just as you'd control temperature in the oven. Rather than try to adjust a fire or heating element in a grill or in a homemade smoker, electric smokers are calibrated to allow you to preset a temperature and hold that temperature without a lot of maintenance. Some have enough control that you can use them for cold smoking, which is a technique that involves using smoke to flavor the food without actually cooking it, which is part of the process in creating foods such as bacon.
Safety
Many electric smokers accomplish the smoking process without actually creating a fire, which is also a lot safer than using a traditional smoker. Depending on the one you buy, some electric smokers will allow you to also control the amount of time it will be on and even the amount of smoke it creates for the food. All of this adds up to an appliance that is safer to use than a grill or a homemade smoker. Electric smokers are more like crock pots for outdoor cooking rather than ovens, and all the control that one offers adds up to greater safety when cooking.
Extra Capacity
Electric smokers exist for needs from small to large. Some are about the size of a household trash can, while others can be as big as a large grill. If you enjoy having people over for a barbecue or just plan to make a lot of smoked foods for freezing and later use, electric smokers allow you to smoke a lot of food. Some have multiple racks so you can place even larger portions of food inside. If you're trying to use a grill to smoke large portions of food, it can be difficult to keep some of that food away from the heat source, so an electric grill is definitely the way to go with large batches of meat. With extra capacity, enhanced safety, and greater control over temperature, electric smokers are the way to go if you are looking to create great food.
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Ann Marier has written many articles on health problems and useful house and garden Topics. More articles on BBQ Meat Smokers
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What is it about the French? They cook so well it is positively alarming!!!?
they seem to know so much …..and their minds seem to dwell in Shangri-La ….
everything they touch is 3X better than anyone elses …and so full of mysitque and smoke!
here, for fun, is a very nice French recipe which I found in The New York Times years ago
Potato Salad Dumas
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***a whole bunch of the freshest mussels you can find, scrubbed clean, rinsed, then steamed up in a little white wine ~ add a little water … if your local water tastes of chlorine at all, use spring water …
***sliced cooked potatoes ~ still warm
***a generous dressing of olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt & pepper, and a good lot of fresh chervil …
use garlic if you dare, but the mussels are quite enough by themselves
* put the dressing on the warm salad and let the flavors blend a little while at room temperature…
* serve with crusty bread and some wine, if you please…..
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Good recipe – thanks.
Healthiest stir fry oils?
I’m looking for the healthiest stir fry oils. I had been using EVOO even though I knew that it doesn’t have a high smoking point…but I’m gonna stop because the stuff is too expensive to waste, and it loses its benefits anyway when I cook it at high temperatures.
So I’m wondering what else I should use. I’ve heard bad things about Canola oil, especially when heating it. Peanut oil is OK but not too healthy. What about special cooking oils, like sesame seed and olive, that are refined for cooking? Does the refining process strip them of all of their benefits? Or is it still better to use than other oils? I just want to know which is best for stir frying – that is, cooking over pretty high heats.
I want something healthy though, not just effective.
Oh yeah, another thing I do is just drizzle my EVOO over the finished stir fry and sprinkle sesame seeds on top…that way I still get the healthy fats without frying them into oblivion.
Stick with peanut oil. Here’s why: Even though peanut oil is not the healthiest of the cooking oils, it can take the high heat that stir fry requires to be done well, not just properly. Also if your wok is hot enough and stays hot, then you should never use more than 2 Tbs. oil per wok full of stir fry. I use my turkey fryer burner for stir fry and love the way I can keep the wok hot after adding food to it. A regular kitchen stove burner is not hot enough to properly stir fry. that is why food sticks so much and you keep adding oil when using a wok in your kitchen on top of your stove. You need a GAS burner that has a heat output of at least 30,000 BTU’s and can go up to about 60,000 to keep things hot for a 12 to 16 inch wok. DO NOT USE ELECTRIC BURNERS TO STIR FRY they do not recover fast enough to keep your wok sizzling hot.
Most flavored oils like sesame or EVOO are made for flavoring only and do not do well with heat over 250 degrees. So, add them after you’re finished cooking the dish. If you are cooking over a regular stove top at home you can use regular vegetable oil, or what ever you want that can handle heat over 375 degrees. Ask your MD for advise on cooking oils or go to a dietician which your MD can referr you to. Good Luck! I hope this helps.
Can cooking oils hydrogenate from cooking at high temperatures?
I’ve read that cooking olive oil at a high temperature can render it toxic. I’ve also either read or heard that if you cook any oil past its smoke point that the fats will saturate and become trans fats. I am wondering if either of these are true. I saute with oils frequently but am not sure if I am cooking the oils past the state of toxicity or not.
When you get past the smoke point, the oil begins to break down into many (dozens? hundreds?) of different components. You’re definitely going to notice when this happens because the oil smokes, turns brown, and gives the food a burnt taste.
If you’re really concerned with using olive oil (smoke point around 375°F) you can use a higher smoke point oil like canola oil (475°F).
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The top five cancer-causing foods are:
1. Hot dogs
Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can’t live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.
2.. Processed meats and bacon
Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.
3. Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
4. French fries
Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams .
5. Chips, crackers, and cookies
All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.
BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS
1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.
This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
2. Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
10. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain
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The main causes of liver damage are:
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.
We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to ‘schedule.’
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