Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Hello! I want to tell you how to make a very simple smoke generator for cold, home smoking. The design of the generator will not require much effort or time from you.
I love smoked products, and if I have to choose between hot and cold smoking, my choice is always in favor of cold. But everyone has their own tastes. All this prompted me to create this simple crafts. Although such things can be bought ready-made, I will make it better and cheaper, it seems to me.
I'll show you two options. Both of them use stainless mesh. You can also take a metal one made of ordinary steel, but after the first use it will become covered with corrosion.
Now the theory of how the smoke generator works. Everything is very simple: a generator is just a mesh trough bent by a coil. Sawdust is poured into this chute. That's the whole structure.
How to use? On one side we set fire to the sawdust. And they smolder for a long time. The combustion goes from one end of the chute to the other end.

The first version of the cold smoke generator


Let's get started! We take the mesh and cut out the gutter as in the photo.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

I used wooden blocks to form the gutter and space between the sections.The mesh can be cut perfectly with metal scissors.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

All channels are attached to the aluminum profile with self-tapping screws.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

In the end this is what came out:
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Such a generator will provide smoke for smoking to your smokehouse for about 5-6 hours continuously on one load.
It was a bit of a complicated design. Below I will show you how to make a simpler one.

The second version of the cold smoke generator


So, first we cut out a square from the mesh and bend the edges.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Then we cut out the partitions and screw them in a checkerboard pattern.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

The result was a kind of labyrinth for the passage of fire during combustion.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Despite the holes in the mesh, the fire will not transfer between sections. But if this suddenly happens, it will be necessary to make double walls of partitions.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

This is a simpler design that will require less manufacturing time and less material.

Testing a smoke generator


It's time to try out a homemade generator. We fill in sawdust and light it from one edge.
Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Cold smoke generator for cold smoking

Photos were taken every 1.5 hours. My fog generator worked for about 6 hours without stopping. I think that theoretically it can work for about 9 hours.
In general, I'm pleased. However, I didn't quite like the amount of smoke. Such smoke generators are designed for small smokehouse volumes. For larger volumes, several such devices are required.
I hope that my experience will be useful to you. Thank you for watching! Good luck!
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Comments (7)
  1. Vasily Strelnikov
    #1 Vasily Strelnikov Guests 17 March 2018 16:14
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    thanks to the authors and masters. Necessary, worthwhile homemade products for a simple former peasant.
  2. Konstantin
    #2 Konstantin Guests 17 March 2018 23:32
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    Why not take a barrel, an ordinary barrel, cut a hole in the bottom, almost near the bottom, weld a large nut, take a piece of pipe 30-40 cm long, cut a thread on one end, weld rods inside the barrel for hanging meat or fish and voila , ready !
    We fill the pipe with sawdust, hang meat or fish in the barrel, screw the pipe with sawdust into the barrel. We cover the finished barrel with fish securely from the top and tighten it along the edge of the barrel with rubber or rope, whatever we covered it with.
    We take a blowtorch and heat up the pipe with sawdust, everything is the same, only much more effective.
    1. Lazy Paul
      #3 Lazy Paul Guests 19 March 2018 14:37
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      An ordinary smoke generator))) Of course, it will be more effective if a draft is created, and if the distance between the smoke generator and the chamber is increased or a refrigerator is introduced into the design, then it will be possible to obtain cold smoke, suitable for cold smoking)))
  3. Guest Victor
    #4 Guest Victor Guests 19 March 2018 21:25
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    Fellow citizens. Before you is a scientific miracle. Thermionic Ioffe Lattice. Master is great and made you and me happy
    and everyone. It is impossible to prohibit the grating, I will make a reservation. What to say ? We will smoke less, I hope we will live better, we will extract kilowatts from the warmth of the evil Cooling towers of progress.. A well-known saying - A full belly is deaf to learning.. I hope we will not forget about this and once again thank Science and the Masters..
  4. Guest Sergey
    #5 Guest Sergey Guests 7 April 2018 14:39
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    Metal will not be covered with corrosion! Corrosion is a process!! And metal can become covered with rust, soot, carbon deposits, etc.!! But overall it's a good idea!
  5. Andrew
    #6 Andrew Guests 7 April 2018 20:51
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    A good performance of the smoke generator - close to the original. The original ones are sold in perforated stainless steel and are smaller in size. I’m also thinking of making the same size for a 200 liter barrel, but I only have mesh on the bottom. I will make the partitions from strips of iron. The main thing is that there is airflow in the gutter from the bottom.
    1. Guest Alexander
      #7 Guest Alexander Guests 1 October 2019 18:15
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      There should be air access from all sides, if only from the bottom, then the edges of the sawdust will not burn. I made it from fine stainless mesh. I made partitions for the houses so that air would also flow from the bottom to the edges, the entire volume would burn out and there was no chance that the smoldering would spread to the next compartment. I got it to burn for 12 hours.