Many of us love the taste of smoked food, but smoking food at home can be daunting. Standalone smokers are large and expensive and must be used outdoors, but portable smoke infusers promise to solve a lot of these problems.
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I have lung cancer, and these seem like a much better option for smoked flavor without so much smoke and standing over a grill.
Just seal it in a container with a tiny bit of controlled smoke… easy.
I'm definitely gonna give one of these a try, because I absolutely love smoky barbecue chicken, and smoked fish.
I have one of these and I don't care what anyone says, you can't use it indoors. The house will smell of smoke for over a week.
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The music was too loud.. hard to hear
Use one part Liquid Smoke to three parts vodka, put in a small spray bottle, and use to top foods or inside glasses for smoke flavor. Save your kitchen budget on something other than an infuser.
Has anyone tried smoking weed out of this thing 😂😂asking for a friend
I just bought a Meva smoke infuser. $53 Amazon, has all the features of your top gun. Just smoked an Old Fashion, and some habanero cheese. Works great, and easy clean-up.
I kept expecting my fire alarm to go off!
Won't the residue from the resins in the wood eventually contaminate the internals and tubes of the smoke infusers with removable baskets?
Why didn’t they use a cloche made for this purpose? The smoke escapes under the raised edge of glass bowl. Perhaps do a comparison of cloches?
Can do some serious pot smoking with this
Idea: at-home seltzer makers. I would want to see ones that are countertop, like soda stream, as well as classic bottles like iSi
But does it work with weed?
How is this possible? In my house every one of. These devices would set off all my smoke alarms!
I was looking for a review on home meat slicers.have you done one? If so couldn't find it…keep up the good work. Very informative. 👍
I like the new format.
Things to fix:
1. Audio was weird
2. Text on splash screens were anti-alias
How much heat is produced from the winning and runner up smoker? I understand these are cold smokers. But how "cold" is really cold? For example if I wanted to make a smoked compound butter to put under the skin of a spatchcocked roasted chicken, could I achieve the smoky flavor in the butter without breaking the emulsion?
Why not test for smoke flavor
Nice. Now I want one.
" … and can be used indoors." Hannah and Lisa near hidden behind clouds of smoke.
"Can be used indoors"
Tell that to my smoke alarms that go off if I raise canola oil above 400 degrees.
Sounds like it'd be a good time with an eighth dropped in there so people to pass around the dinner table.
Carcinogens….is that not a concern? There is so much evidence of cancer from smoking food. Just sayin.
No one cares about this.
Show us how to organize our spices.
The stupid drsquatch add that bleeps a XXXX word will, from now on, garner a thumb down.
can someone make a stabilized version with the reality tv cut out too? plz thxs
My smoke detector is going off in my house just watching this video.
The two that were disqualified first also have removable screens that can be cleaned. AND…… a longer tube can be added for just pennies. Most of your product testing is good, but your results here are very wrong!
The Gourmia does have a removable and cleanable basket though…
you could put your weed in there
where do yall get your huge wood cutting boards/surfaces?
I have the standard Breville smoking gun and love it, smoked olive oil is awesome. I would not recommend using any of these indoors.
You should explore the health implications. After all – your food is being infused with noxious gasses as a result of combustion!
I wonder how well it would infuse cheese with smoke. I love smoked cheese
I have a great money-saving idea for ATK. You don't need 2 Executive Editors, Tastings & Testings.
News flash: "More people hospitalized for breathing problems after vaping their pork chops in the house. Details at 11:00."
JOE GITTER SIGHTING!!!
Now someone need's to come up with some smoking gun recipes !
They must have de-activated all of the smoke detectors!
The transition noise at 5:17 scared the heck outta me!! XD
Yuppie Smoked
I'd like to see a test of Culinary Torches
I would like to know how long it takes to smoke a whole chicken, pork loin, and pork ribs with this item ?
Maybe you can do a show doing it.
Love these equipment test videos
No mention of flavors of the wood and where to purchase it and its cost.