Picked a few pods yesterday morning, not enough to fire up the dehydrator and I wanted to do something with them other than into the fridge and wait for more. Then it hit me, "fire up the grill and smoke them bad mofo's!" So I did.
Here they be sliced and ready to go. There's Bhut Jolokia, Bhut Jolokia cross, yellow 7 Pods, red 7 pods, couple of Trini Scorps for good measure, along with one single, lonely Trini Scorp CARDI.
Getting ready to close the lid. Got things set up on the Weber gas. No heat, going for the cold smoke. Used my cast iron smoke box, few briquettes of charcoal at the white stage, soaked apple chips and some pecan flavored smoking pellets in the foil pouch. Didn't take long for a wonderful smell to come wafting into the air. This might be a good thing.
Three hours later and several refills of the charcoal, pecan pellets and apple chips peppers are looking good and smelling outrageous. Drooling before I sample a piece. I know they don't look much different, that's the idea of going with a cold smoke, it helps to keep the colors and the moisture.
I let them sit for a couple of hours to reabsorb most of the moisture prior to going into the dehydrator. Wasn't long after I started the dehydrator that this lovely aroma began to fill the house. The boy even complimented it. From him it's usually "I smell peppers" when he walks into the door. This time it was "what's that smell, it's good?"
I decided to nosh on a small piece of the Bhut Jolokia cross as it's kind of sweet to start with and the heat isn't on par with the true B.J. It had a kind of an outdoorsy caramel apple/pecan pie taste to it for a few seconds then the heat started. Again not as hot as a regular B.J. but nothing to sneeze at either. I think I'll call this powder a winner.
Here they be sliced and ready to go. There's Bhut Jolokia, Bhut Jolokia cross, yellow 7 Pods, red 7 pods, couple of Trini Scorps for good measure, along with one single, lonely Trini Scorp CARDI.
Getting ready to close the lid. Got things set up on the Weber gas. No heat, going for the cold smoke. Used my cast iron smoke box, few briquettes of charcoal at the white stage, soaked apple chips and some pecan flavored smoking pellets in the foil pouch. Didn't take long for a wonderful smell to come wafting into the air. This might be a good thing.
Three hours later and several refills of the charcoal, pecan pellets and apple chips peppers are looking good and smelling outrageous. Drooling before I sample a piece. I know they don't look much different, that's the idea of going with a cold smoke, it helps to keep the colors and the moisture.
I let them sit for a couple of hours to reabsorb most of the moisture prior to going into the dehydrator. Wasn't long after I started the dehydrator that this lovely aroma began to fill the house. The boy even complimented it. From him it's usually "I smell peppers" when he walks into the door. This time it was "what's that smell, it's good?"
I decided to nosh on a small piece of the Bhut Jolokia cross as it's kind of sweet to start with and the heat isn't on par with the true B.J. It had a kind of an outdoorsy caramel apple/pecan pie taste to it for a few seconds then the heat started. Again not as hot as a regular B.J. but nothing to sneeze at either. I think I'll call this powder a winner.
