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The MC chapter on smoking talks about the importance of surface moisture. When they smoke after SV cooking, they do an intermediate stage in a warm oven to get rid of excess moisture. You want the surface to be slightly damp / tacky. More moist than that, the smoke will likely get trapped by surface liquid that drips off. Drier than that, too little smoke will be adsorbed onto the surfaces. I gather that the SV / warm oven / smoke is their favorite method.
The MC chapter on smoking talks about the importance of surface moisture. When they smoke after SV cooking, they do an intermediate stage in a warm oven to get rid of excess moisture on the surface. You want the surface to be slightly damp / tacky. More moist than that, the smoke will likely get trapped by surface liquid that drips off. Drier than that, too little smoke will be adsorbed onto the surfaces. I gather that the SV / warm oven / smoke is their favorite method.
The MC chapter on smoking talks about the importance of surface moisture for smoking. When they smoke after SV cooking, they do an intermediate stage in a warm oven to get rid of excess moisture on the surface. You want the surface to be slightly damp / tacky. More moist than that, the smoke will likely get trapped by surface liquid that drips off. Drier than that, too little smoke will be adsorbed onto the surfaces. I gather that the SV / warm oven / smoke is their favorite method.
