Yes I said corn smoke, not smoked corn.

Has anyone ever used dry field corn for a smoke source, not corn cobs but the corn itself.

I thought of the idea when I was researching pellet stoves a year or so ago. Since they use corn in place of wood pellets in the midwest why couldn't you corn in your pellet smoker or you wood box.

I went as far as load the wood box in my gas smoker and just let it run, and the smoke smelled fine. I was left with this mass of blackened kerrels, but it did smell like burnt sugar or anything.

I thought someone might have some experience before I try it on some real meat.

Popcorn anyone?

Try like a tablespoon of corn with a chicken breast. You'll only waste a buck or so. I'd bet the kernels aren't too much different from the cobs, probably just harder to get lit. Let us know...

Corn doesnt burn.. it smolders. In order for corn to burn it much have LOTS of air moving at it directly. And have you ever smelled burning corn? It isnt a nice smell at all. Rural firefighters can attest to the stench from a grain bin fire.

But I do heat my garage with a corn stove and it works there very well. Burns right at 1 bushel per day at a cost of $1.91 a bushel. Is 98% effiecent and the ash byproduct of a whole burnt bushel of corn is a rectangle 3"x3"x2"!!

Bob

Like I said, corn is not big here, wood pellets used to be big for heating but people are now going with natural gas or propane because in stoves they require no maintainence. Therefore, I question pellets for smoking, why not corn.

I got my Smokette a couple of days ago, seasoned it last afternoon-evening. Today I try to cold smoke some Salmon Lox that had been reefered in strong brine for a long time (months) and freshened. Then try some ribs.

After that I might try a little corn smoke with something or nothing.