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Hah, it's times like these I wish I still had my old anti-smoking icons I used so often on LJ.

Hark gas powered smoker.  Seasoned the smoker with a shallow covering of chips in the tray.  After an hour on low about 1/4 of the chips had smouldered.  So I figured, let's just keep going and try smoking tomatoes.  At least it doesn't matter if they're not "cooked properly" unlike meat, which will require a lot more patience and care.

1. The burner turned off twice when I went to adjust the heat.  Apparently I need to have the door OPEN when I do that.  Noted.
1a. Smoke in eyes stings worse than onions, but passes more quickly than onions when the smoke goes away.
2. Heat seemed to fluctuate a lot, but maybe that was due to unexpected flame outages.
3. After 1.5/2 hours (recipe suggested 45 min to an hour, but I'm guessing that was keeping constant temperature), I turned it off.  Tomatoes are soft and lightly smoked, smoke flavour actually gets stronger as an aftertaste.

Soon I shall attempt to smoke this pork shoulder in the freezer.  Hmmm, maybe I should start with cheaper/smaller cuts or just more plants until I get the knack a bit more.

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