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So bolstered by the success of the smoke-Vark, I decided to make something specifically for cheese, but also for use in the outlaw.
So needs to run for 3-4 hours with pretty reasonable smoke output.
Same building materials as last time. Frying pan spatter-guard mesh and cheap bendy wire :-)
Start with a piece of mesh about 12cm wide by ? long (haven't measured it yet lmao)
Cut pieces of wire that are about 1/2 - 1 inch longer than the width of the mesh.
Then thread the wire through the mesh and bend the ends over to lock them in place.
Repeat at regular intervals till you've got about this many bits of wire - about 7-8. (you gotta love all this precision).
Then mark out into 1/3rd lengthwise. In my case 4cm in from each edge.
Use a straight edge to bend the sides at sharp right angles (the threaded wire holds the mesh in place).
Next cut pieces to go at the ends.
Bind end pieces with wire. Kinda like stitching, but for men
Repeat at the other end.
Now it just needs some legs and it's finished.
For the legs I doubled over long pieces of wire and twisted to make long bits of double strength wire.
I threaded this thick wire through the 'ribs' along each side.
I had intended to give each side three legs. But it didn't quite work out like that
Dodgy looking as they are the legs are actually quite sturdy and exactly the right height for tealight lighting :-)
I actually intend to stand this in a foil tray when smoking - so the irregularity of the legs doesn't matter.
If I make another one of these - I have a much better idea for the legs (yep, that's not hard).
But this seems to work. I haven't filled and tested it yet, but should give me the right length burn and with it being quite deep fairly good smoke volume as well.
The main purpose of this 'build' was to produce a cold smoke generator specifically for cheese that only cost £2 - $3 and only takes an hour or so to make.
Job done
So needs to run for 3-4 hours with pretty reasonable smoke output.
Same building materials as last time. Frying pan spatter-guard mesh and cheap bendy wire :-)
Start with a piece of mesh about 12cm wide by ? long (haven't measured it yet lmao)
Cut pieces of wire that are about 1/2 - 1 inch longer than the width of the mesh.
Then thread the wire through the mesh and bend the ends over to lock them in place.
Repeat at regular intervals till you've got about this many bits of wire - about 7-8. (you gotta love all this precision).
Then mark out into 1/3rd lengthwise. In my case 4cm in from each edge.
Use a straight edge to bend the sides at sharp right angles (the threaded wire holds the mesh in place).
Next cut pieces to go at the ends.
Bind end pieces with wire. Kinda like stitching, but for men
Repeat at the other end.
Now it just needs some legs and it's finished.
For the legs I doubled over long pieces of wire and twisted to make long bits of double strength wire.
I threaded this thick wire through the 'ribs' along each side.
I had intended to give each side three legs. But it didn't quite work out like that
Dodgy looking as they are the legs are actually quite sturdy and exactly the right height for tealight lighting :-)
I actually intend to stand this in a foil tray when smoking - so the irregularity of the legs doesn't matter.
If I make another one of these - I have a much better idea for the legs (yep, that's not hard).
But this seems to work. I haven't filled and tested it yet, but should give me the right length burn and with it being quite deep fairly good smoke volume as well.
The main purpose of this 'build' was to produce a cold smoke generator specifically for cheese that only cost £2 - $3 and only takes an hour or so to make.
Job done
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