It is a wire screen rack that allows heat and smoke to enter from the bottom. Great for nuts, seafood, and anything too small to cook on a regular grill. I will look for a photo for you.
Basically a grill topper is anything that prevents small bits of food from falling through the grates and still lets smoke through and grease drain off.
All the recipes for smoking nuts tell you to flip them after about 15 minutes. One little trick that I use is to take the grill topper/mat and place it into an oversized sheet pan to do the fliping in it. No matter how careful you try, some of the nuts will fall off the topper. This saves them from falling down into the smoker when trying to flip, and saves those nuts for eating.
Hello. I have a question / comment with regards to temperature. The recipe calls for smoking at 225-250 but I think that's much too low. I have previously roasted nuts in the oven at 300F with fantastic results. The nuts are crunchy and beautifully roasted. I find at this 225-250, the nuts are not fully roasted even when left much longer.... Hence I am tempted to smoke some nuts at 300F 15 mins then turn them over and again for 10 mins. Then I aim to transfer them into a 300F oven which has just been turned off and let them cool in there... (the oven recipe says turn the oven off after 25mins and leave them in there for at least 2 hours). Very interested in your experiences before trying this idea. Cheers.
I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I bake almonds and pecans regularly in the oven at 325* for 12 min. I remove immediately and let cool on the cookie sheet. The higher the temp, the less room there is for error in the timing. Since it's harder to hit an exact temp with a smoker, a lower temp might make the timing easier?
I smoke at 300-325 from the start for 15 minutes, toss out of the smoker for a very brief cool down period, and then continue for another 5-15 minutes. Much better crunch. Then straight to cooling. In the rare batch that doesn’t seem quite right, back into the inside oven for a few minutes.
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