I use my pit barrel with chunks of cherry wood soaked overnight; get my coals ready in the chimney first, dump them then place wood on top. Given the fact my rack is about a meter above the coals and the aeration I do, I can keep it at about 200F - turn pepper every 20 mins or so for about an hour. Dehydrating in the oven is simple, lowest setting (mine is 170F) on a cookie sheet for 6-16 hours depending on the size of the peppers and whether or not you leave them whole or split 'em in half (half time for halfling peppers). check on them over so often to ensure they're getting the level of 'toast' you want
Sweet!! Thank you!! I imagine the cherry wood gives it a little sweet smoke, man, that actually sounds real good now that I think about it. I like to use cherry to smoke my turkeys.
It does and it matches very well. I also use cherry for smoking birds - can't go wrong!
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