Smoke box over open fire

[JHolmes763]

I thought I caught a glimpse of this on some cooking show my wife watches. It was a smoke box with a place to put wood chips in the bottom and food in the top. I thought the cook then put it over a gas grill, but I'm sure an open fire would work, too. It wasn't large...maybe enough to fit 4-5 chicken breasts in.

My google-fu is weak, as all I can find is the wood chip only containers that'll sit in a gas grill. Am I imagining this? Anyone familiar with it and know if it's worthwhile?

I have an open fireplace on the back patio and my thinking is that I can just sit this in some hot coals and smoke dinner.

Thanks for any leads.

-John

 

[tomthirtysix]

http://www.williams-...eel-smoker-box/

Like this? I'm not familiar, but the description sounds like what you're looking for.

Searching some more, it seems this is the same box they used here: http://tastypursuits...ked-pork-belly/

ETA: Looks like this might work, too:
http://www.amazon.com/Camerons-Products-Lil-Smokey-Smoker/dp/B0000DH88G/ref=pd_sbs_k_4

 

[JHolmes763]

The first WS link looks like what they were using. Thanks... I don't know why it wasn't turning up in my searches.

 

[{tpc}]

Not a bad price either. I may have to look into that. I bet you could modify it a little and make a mini smoker out of it, but probably just easier to pick one up. Looks great to just toss on a grill though.

 

[JHolmes763]

If you have a grill with a lid, you can probably get by with just the box for wood ships and grill/smoke on the rack. All I have now is an open fireplace with a (very heavy) metal grate I can put over top of it. I think this'll be fun to experiment with. Wife is ordering it now, so I'll keep ya'll posted. Thanks again Tom.

 

[{tpc}]

Any luck with it? I have been considering one of these myself, but really want an actual smoker cabinet, like a master built electric 30. Just missed out on a sweet one about a week ago on cl. Probably for the best though as I really shouldn't be spending the money on that right now.

Hopefully some ot comes up at work soon....then maybe I can get something I really want.

 

[grateful1]

You can just get larger chunks of wood and wet them before putting on the fire. I do that on my Weber Kettle to add some goodness!

Although neither that nor the smoke box will be like a closed 'smoker'...you can still get some nice flaver added with both.