Has any-one built and used a DIY smoker in a hurry to salvage freezer contents ??
Scenario is sudden isolation with long-term loss of usually-reliable utility power, and limited local generator / inverter capacity. So, a week or two before you and few neighbours similarly beset must begin to 'use or lose' their freezer contents. Each freezer you can empty & isolate extends life of rest...
Note domestic 'salting / pickling' more than a kilo or two of meat is not an option as UK deprecates sufficient 'nitrite' due potential for conversion to 'nitrate' for IEDs...
IIRC, you cannot even get nitrite as-is for domestic use, only pre-mixed with 'salting salt' in 'herbs & spices' quantities...
( Yes, yes, I'm having another try at extending my 'String' story: I've plenty of reference books, but all seem to assume you can get sufficient salt + nitrite or 'pickling mix'. So, Plan_B.. )
Scenario is sudden isolation with long-term loss of usually-reliable utility power, and limited local generator / inverter capacity. So, a week or two before you and few neighbours similarly beset must begin to 'use or lose' their freezer contents. Each freezer you can empty & isolate extends life of rest...
Note domestic 'salting / pickling' more than a kilo or two of meat is not an option as UK deprecates sufficient 'nitrite' due potential for conversion to 'nitrate' for IEDs...
IIRC, you cannot even get nitrite as-is for domestic use, only pre-mixed with 'salting salt' in 'herbs & spices' quantities...
( Yes, yes, I'm having another try at extending my 'String' story: I've plenty of reference books, but all seem to assume you can get sufficient salt + nitrite or 'pickling mix'. So, Plan_B.. )
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