On 8/28/2017 8:46 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-08-27 11:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 12:39:59 AM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I saw someone smoking meat like that on a PBS cooking show not long
>>>> ago, he
>>>> was smoking several chickens at once on hooks. It looked
>>>> complicated to me,
>>>> but he was talking about the smoke ring which I know nothing about.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Barrel smokers are readily available in many stores and of course
>>> online.
>>>
>>> In barbecue competitions judges pay no attention to the smoke ring
>>> as it can be artificially induced.* But yes, that lovely smoke ring
>>> is present when meats are truly smoked.
>>
>> I have a stovetop smoker which I don't use that often, but never
>> really got into smoking meats in barrels and such. My BIL does a
>> great job, but I had never really heard about a smoke ring.
>>
>> Cheri
>>
>>
> What about all those lovely and potent carcinogens in the smoke?

* They're only carcinogenic in Kalifornistan .

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