Cooking Casseroles in Smoker???

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floridasteve

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Has anyone tries cooking casseroles in their smoke? I'm thing ones like Scolopped Potatoes, Chicken & Rice, or Sheparde Pie might work fine. I did a search, fot casseroles, but only found recipes to cook in the oven. Why not cook in the smoker and add some wonderful smoke flavor?
 
I do it all the time on the pellet cooker. The key would be to keep your temps up rather than the low and slow method. As if you were baking. I suggest also using a lighter wood like pecan.
 
I've used mine as an oven on quite a few occasions. Just be mindful of the cooking vessel. It WILL be stained with smoke. Luckily it's usually easy to clean off.
 
YES, a casserole is a great way to cook , use your imagination .

Like Sailor mentioned , nothing is safe around a smoker .
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Have fun and . . .
 
Well, I did my first casserole tonight. A simple chicken rice job with only 5 ingredients -- 1 cup rinse, them 2 chicken breasts,smothered with a mixture of 1 can celery soup, 2 cans milk, and 1 packet onion soup mix. Smoked for 2.5 hours at 275 with hickory smoke. I thought it was delicious. I was surprised at the amount of smoke taste considering only the top was exposed. Almost, but not quite too mush smoke. Next time I'll use apple or maple.

However, my wife, who was at work all day, took one bite and said, "oh my God! You smoked this, didn't you. I'm sick and tired of smoke taste. I'm going to fix myself a salad!"

Any advice?
 
Give the Mrs.' a break from the Smoked Food! You would be pretty upset if every meal was based on Tomato Sauce and/or Pasta...Many of us have been down the same road. New Toy and a site with hundreds of Recipes that sound great, only to be threatened with bodily harm if we smoked one more thing!!!. If you need a fix, make something only you would eat. Here, it is anything Hot and Spicy, ABT's, Hot and Sweet mixed Nuts, Hot Links or other Hot Sausage, you get the picture...JJ
 
One thing about a casserole in a smoker - the next time you use that dish in an oven, once it gets up to temperature it will bloom smoke aroma in the kitchen.
 
I misinterputed the question, I would cold smoke the the lettuce for her salad? Just a little heat and it wilts.

What a wonderful idea!! Or maybe easier yet would be to cold smole the 7 bottles of salid dressing in the fridge :evil grin:

Give the Mrs.' a break from the Smoked Food! You would be pretty upset if every meal was based on Tomato Sauce and/or Pasta...Many of us have been down the same road. New Toy and a site with hundreds of Recipes that sound great, only to be threatened with bodily harm if we smoked one more thing!!!. If you need a fix, make something only you would eat. Here, it is anything Hot and Spicy, ABT's, Hot and Sweet mixed Nuts, Hot Links or other Hot Sausage, you get the picture...JJ

I'm sure you,re right, Jimmy. I'm smoking a butt this weekend for sandwich meat for me -- then I'm going to cold smoke some cheese -- and I still have one of those 2" thick rib eye stakes in the freezer --- then I'll give it a rest, for at least a week.:yahoo:
 
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