Nothing new but I tried it. First attempt at making some smoked powder, 1 hour at 155° and in the dehydrator at 97° for 5 days. I tried a few woods and kept coming back to Hickory, the pepper type really dictates the wood from what I noticed. I preferred the taste/smell of Hickory for an all around wood but I tried Alder, Peach and Hickory.
Seems like the hotter peppers normal flavor was offset a little by the deeper smoke. The red, on the left, is a mix of Reaper, Moruga, 7 Pot Jonah, Douglah and Bhuts, its pretty warm. The darker powder is Chocolate Habanero and Chocolate Naga x Congo. The dark powder took the smoke really well and even though its really hot still has that deep smell that makes me think I've got some BBQ on the smoker. I'm going to play with mixing this into my normal Rib Rub in very small amounts until I get it where I like the heat.
I bought a new burr grinder to try and just went with my magic bullet in the end. The burr grinder was a PITA to clean vs. using the multiple blade heads which were much easier to manage. I split some out to send to Seacowboy for the amazing box of peppers he just sent me.
Seems like the hotter peppers normal flavor was offset a little by the deeper smoke. The red, on the left, is a mix of Reaper, Moruga, 7 Pot Jonah, Douglah and Bhuts, its pretty warm. The darker powder is Chocolate Habanero and Chocolate Naga x Congo. The dark powder took the smoke really well and even though its really hot still has that deep smell that makes me think I've got some BBQ on the smoker. I'm going to play with mixing this into my normal Rib Rub in very small amounts until I get it where I like the heat.
I bought a new burr grinder to try and just went with my magic bullet in the end. The burr grinder was a PITA to clean vs. using the multiple blade heads which were much easier to manage. I split some out to send to Seacowboy for the amazing box of peppers he just sent me.
