Category: Grub Garage
Anyone know of a way to smoke meat indoors, or on an apartment balcony? I prefer the taste of wood-smoked food to plain old grilling. If I'm gonna use something on my balcony, the device would have to be pretty small.
You might want to first check with your complex to see if that's even allowed. Most don't allow flamed cooking instruments within so many feet of the building. That's how it was when I lived in apartments anyway.
You're right though, smoked or fire grilled meat is the best. Sorry I don't have a solution.
there is a marinade called liquid smoke that you might like but nothing compares to the real thing.
Yeah, I've been using a chipotle marinade on steak which has liquid smoke in it, and slow-cooking it in the crock pot. It just makes the meat kind of squishy.
Eeww, squishy meat. I can see where that would be gross.
one thing we used to do with steaks is marinate them in a combo of Wostishire sauce and liquid smoke. Yes, I know I spelled that wrong. lol Anyway, after marinating it for a while, we'd put just enough oil to prevent sticking in a pan and fry it on the stove top. You'd want to use a lid on the pan because it's going to pop like crazy. We'd do about 10 minutes on each side for thick cuts of meat. I like it rare though.
Have you ever looked into one of those electric smokers? I don't know much about them other than that they exist. A friend has one and the meat he's cooked with it is amazing. I don't know if you can use them indoors, but you could very safely use it on a patio. My friend uses his in his garage. I think they're kind of expensive though. The cheaper ones start around $200 I think.
qvc has one of those electric smokers for around 99. i want one so badly but my fiscal responsibility won't permit it. you put the stuff inside, put the chips of your choice on the side someway and turn the puppy on.
Do you know how big they are?
The one I saw was pretty small. It It was sitting on the ground and came up to around my knees, so maybe a couple feet tall and probably about that wide and deep. It was definitely small enough for a patio. Of course, they probably come in lots of sizes. It was basically a stainless steel box. If I understand the process correctly, you stick in some meat, some wood chips and some water and let it do it's thing. The guy I know who has one cooks a pork shoulder in there and it's some of the best meat I've ever had. I wish I had some now. I'm making myself hungry thinking about it.
Wow, sounds cool. Now I want one.
Totally. It's the only way I can stand turkey.