Smoke is used in gardens to protect plants from frost. The channel “Zubreev Alexander” told how to make a smoke machine. It is easy to assemble, powered by 12 volts, preferably from a more powerful power supply - for example, from a computer, in order to heat up the coil. I also installed a fan - any fan, as long as it blew on the coil. That's all.
Let's start creating a smoke machine. You will need: heating wire, in this case kental 26 gh, and kental 28 gh. For this homemade product I chose 26, it is thicker, and I made it around 20 by twisting 3 wires together. By the way, photos of this coil, which is located inside. The photographs show it quite well - take a look. Also, if you don’t have special wire, you can use springs - they work well. You need to thread cotton wool into the spring - fuel passes through it. Glycerin rises and evaporates. The author has been trying to make this homemade product for a long time, but it just doesn’t work. I already wrapped the soldering iron with copper wire - or rather a tube. Liquid passed through it and should evaporate. It worked, but the soldering iron quickly cooled down. It's not safe, it eats a lot, etc. - many disadvantages. This method is the simplest and can even be powered by a battery. This is how a smoke machine works – current is supplied to the coil, it evaporates and you’re done. There is also such a battery - you can power it from them, but you need to calculate the resistance of the wire. We will wrap the coil around a screwdriver - it is quite thick. Coyle will be big, that’s why I chose this one. For the hook, a smaller screwdriver is used - very small ones there. Micro-coils are wound onto a rope this way. There is a wire, it is all crooked - it needs to be straightened. If you just pull, it won’t straighten, and if you bend it with your fingers, it won’t either, so we’ll use a screwdriver. We'll show you how to use it. Take a screwdriver, remove the attachment from it, and clamp the wire - and that’s it. We hold it at one end with pliers and pull it, and at the other end we turn on the screwdriver. We can see how straight it is - perfectly level, it’s much easier to work this way. You can already wind it. But for this homemade product I decided to make it more powerful. It didn't turn out bad. Three wires together. After you have tripled this wire, you need to twist it again with a screwdriver. Next from 4 minutes on the video about a smoke machine that you made yourself
Purpose of the device
A smoke generator is a device in which fish and meat are saturated with smoke for a long time. Most often, a smoke generator for cold smoking is driven by gas. A stream of fuel is supplied to the smoking cavities under high pressure.
Smoking devices differ in the size of the smokehouse, the duration of operation and the volume of smoke produced. If you plan to produce delicacies for yourself and your family, a small installation will be enough. You can put up to five kilograms of meat or fish into the smoke generator at a time.
Attention! Installation of the camera requires a special place. It is better to arrange the site yourself. The main condition for installation is the natural slope of the soil.
Rules for using the smokehouse
The refrigerator-shaped design is easy to use. Before you make a smokehouse from a refrigerator and start using it, it is important to understand simple rules for safe operation, time and temperature conditions. The temperature specified in the recipe must be observed. For smoking large pieces of meat, the degree of smoking is always higher than for small ones.
It should be borne in mind that the time required to smoke fish and chicken is much lower than for pork and beef. When cooking meat, distribute the pieces evenly over the grill. Overlays and overlaps of large pieces onto small ones are best avoided.
You should not often open the smokehouse door, as the cooking conditions will be disrupted.
The procedure for using a smoking cabinet made from a refrigerator:
- Cold smoked:
- firewood suitable for smoking is prepared in the required quantity;
- a fire is lit in the firebox;
- the smoking cabinet is warming up;
- prepared products are laid out on racks or hung on hooks;
- the smokehouse is locked;
- wait for the cooking time according to the recipe;
- The supply of firewood and the combustion power in the stove are controlled.
- Hot smoked:
- the power supply to the oven installed in the smokehouse is connected;
- a container with wood chips suitable for smoking selected products is installed on the heating element;
- products are laid out or hung;
- the door closes tightly; if necessary, the junction of the door and the body is covered with tape;
- the smoke exhaust pipe is placed in a window or exhaust vent;
- the exhaust fan turns on;
- the start time of cooking is recorded.
DIY smoke generator
In order to make a smoke generator for cold smoking with your own hands, you can look at the ready-made drawings.
They will help during work. The smoke generator circuit will serve as an assistant throughout all stages of construction.
All of them have a cylindrical metal body. Solid fuel is placed in it, where it smolders. It is thanks to the slow burning of the chips that abundant smoke is formed in the housing. Various wood inclusions are used as fuel for the smoke generator: apple, pear and other species.
In order for the wood chips to burn slowly, they must be laid in a special way. To ignite raw materials, a hole is installed in the lower part of the housing.
Smoke is generated in the firebox of the smoke generator. The process can occur in two different ways:
- A flow of air slowly enters the smoke generator housing, causing the fuel to smolder. The flap on the window of the structure allows you to regulate the level of oxygen supply.
- The design contains two chambers. A place for fuel is installed under the smoking chamber, and fuel is placed on a metal tray from below. Thanks to this arrangement, smoke enters the upper chamber of the housing.
In the smoking chamber, the meat is placed at different levels. When filled with smoke, the tank and the food in it become saturated with aroma. It is important to carefully monitor this process. Gas and electric fireboxes will help make smoking easier.
Important! To prevent combustion products from spoiling the taste of delicacies, a special outlet pipe is installed on the smoke generator body.
Selection of raw materials for smoking
The best choice when determining raw materials for smoking would be logs and shavings:
- fruit trees: apple trees, pears, cherries;
- hard deciduous trees: oak, beech, alder.
Before using sawdust and wood chips, make sure the material is clean so that there are no extraneous unpleasant odors.
A homemade smokehouse from a refrigerator with your own hands is a reliable and affordable method of providing a large family with smoking products. A little effort, desire and creativity will give new life to an old refrigerator and diversify the dishes on the holiday table. Please be patient to get the best results!
Generator cooling methods
The cold smoking process, as the name suggests, requires cold smoke. However, initially the combustion process produces warm smoke, so it is cooled. You can build a smoke generator for a cold smoked smokehouse with your own hands quite quickly. For this, a drawing and instructions are drawn up in advance.
Water cooling
To make a water-cooled smoke generator with your own hands, you need two tanks. In this case, one of them is located inside the second. Water moves in the outer vessel; to reduce consumption, the supply rate is reduced.
An internal water vessel cools the smoke. Touching its cold walls, the flow cools down. For high-quality, uniform smoke, regular water pressure is required.
Air cooling
The cooling process itself is carried out due to the heat exchange of the smoke generator. The advantage of such an installation is its low cost and simple device. The smoke generator coil can have any length and diameter.
Advice! The best material for a cooling pipe is metal with high thermal conductivity.
To save money, the installation coil is located around the firebox. Good circulation of air masses is needed, otherwise the hot body will not allow the smoke to cool.
Design Features
Before you make a smokehouse from an old refrigerator without much effort using improvised means and simple tools, you should decide on the type of smoking and location. There is an option for outdoor use, but such a device can also be made for indoor use. Let's consider the possible options.
Hot smoking
To make a smokehouse of this type from an old refrigerator, you will need the following materials:
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- heating elements (electric stove with open or closed heating elements);
- thick-walled container with a lid for heating wood chips;
- grates and hooks for laying out or hanging processed products;
- smoke exhaust pipe;
- elements for locking refrigerator doors;
- tray for collecting fat.
Cold smoking
To ensure the technology of preparing dishes using this method requires:
- refrigerator (preference is given to Soviet models without plastic filling inside);
- refractory bricks for fireboxes;
- pipe 4 - 5 meters long, 100 -150 mm in diameter;
- iron firebox cover;
- grates and hooks for laying out or hanging processed products;
- corner pipe element for comfortable connection of a structure located at a slope to the surface;
- tray for collecting fat;
- exhaust fan.
To make a smokehouse from a refrigerator yourself for use in the yard, you need to decide on the installation location. The design feature depends on this. If the terrain allows, the structure is installed on a slope without additional manipulations. It is important that the refrigerator converted into a smokehouse is installed above the smoke generator (furnace). If the place is flat, then a hole is dug under the firebox, or the smoking cabinet is installed on a stand.
Smoke generator assembly
To construct a smoke generator for cold smoking with your own hands, you will need drawings.
For construction you will need to select materials:
- profile steel pipe for supplying smoke with a diameter of 2-5 cm;
- square or round pipes;
- corrugation or metal sleeve for the outlet pipe;
- tee adapters;
- compressors;
- wiring.
For assembly you need welding equipment and a grinder. When installing a smoke generator, you need to consider the following nuances:
- If the bottom of the structure is removed, doors are not made on the sides of the body;
- The cover on the top of the case is not equipped with ventilation and other openings; special barrier structures are mounted on it;
- A smoke exhaust is installed at the top of the installation by welding the fitting perpendicular to the wall.
- Cut the threads of the smoke generator fittings.
- As soon as the chimney part is installed, the tee element is connected.
- The compressor line is attached to the nozzle.
- The fan is replaced with a computer cooler.
The tee must be mounted on the cover. It is important that the integrity of the walls is not compromised.
Important! To give the unit stability, steel legs are attached to the bottom of the product.
The design can be combined. In this case, some of the parts are purchased in the store, some are made from scrap materials. This installation can be stored in a basement or garage. The volume of the container directly affects the amount of products that can be smoked in it.
The device works like this:
- The device is mounted on a heat-resistant base. This is usually a concrete slab.
- The design heats up quite quickly.
- About 0.8 kg of sawdust is placed in the container.
- The lid of the structure closes.
- A compressor pipe is connected to it, and the chimney is connected to the smoking chamber.
- The fuel is ignited through a side hole.
- Turn on the fan.
Using a thermometer, you can determine the temperature in the smoke generator. During the construction of such a structure, materials that are at hand are used. To make your own smokehouse, you can use saucepans and similar cylindrical containers. The chimney can be made from any pipe that is at hand. This installation can be operated without a fan. The thrust will be weaker.
If you have a lot of available materials, as well as experience in creating similar structures, building a smoke generator for cold smoking will not be difficult.
Production of liquid smoke
The technology for industrial production of liquid smoke is complex and involves several stages of filtration. It is designed to remove unwanted resins and other harmful substances.
The flavoring is produced according to the following algorithm:
- Wood chips are loaded into a special installation;
- raw materials are subject to combustion;
- the resulting smoke enters a container under pressure, where tar and tar are filtered out;
- repeated filtration and determination of the presence of benzopyrene;
- packaging and sealing of liquid smoke.
Depending on the technology and the amount of water used in production, the release form of the flavor may differ. The most popular is liquid, but spray is more convenient to use.
Liquid smoke "Kostrovok"
The additive from this company is available in liquid form. It is created by generating smoke and dissolving it in water. “Kostrovka” contains one component – an aqueous solution of natural wood smoke. The flavoring can be used for meat, fish and lard. Delicious dishes prepared with this additive have an aroma and taste close to natural.
