Archive for February, 2010
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Building your own Smokehouse – The V8 Of Smokehouses
A plan hatched ever since we have done Bradley Smoker down here in NZ, and that was
to create the old kiwi smokehouse with the Bradley Generator System
We used the instructions and plans that come with this full kit and extended the plans to
make up a 2 metre x 2 metre walk in smokehouse
And the results are as follows using untreated plywood

we put x3 Generators on but after we realised that x2 was sufficent for this size unit,
but hey the more smoke the better the flavour

Then there was the rack system we used the bradley racks so we could take them out
easily and wash them for ease of use

Designed a drip tray system so this smokehouse will stay perfectly clean,
just empty the bucket

Added a vent to the top that is fully adjustable

Then decided to add a commercial heating element so this unit will cook anything and made it fully controllable
(Black Heating Bar)

Now for the ultimate test 20 minutes later

and what a system so the next test was to see how it performed
We first managed to get hold of some kahwai from a local fishing competition and the end result was this


Smoked Kahwai is one of our most popular fish due to the oily flesh
Since this all began last year a month ago we did a rather large batch of sausages for we put it up to the real challenge


and 8 hours later we have the best sausages one could produce at home


Just one of the Great things Bradley has to offer
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Big Gamefish jumping – Have you landed one this season?
With all the gamefish being landed and brought home, with your Bradley you can smoke your own. Not only smoked slabs, but getting creative with Salamis, jerky, sausages …. share with us your most creative experience with your big fish!