{"id":2010,"date":"2023-03-02T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshairchef.com\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2024-01-01T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T15:21:18","slug":"smoke-on-blackstone-griddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshairchef.com\/smoke-on-blackstone-griddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Smoke on a Blackstone Griddle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Smoking food is not the first thing that comes to our minds when we think of a Blackstone griddle. After all, they’re designed to provide the perfect grilling and searing surface for delicious food, not fill the air with smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can smoke food on a Blackstone griddle and it’s fairly easy to do so using a smoke box and a cover of sorts. You will also need a thermometer to monitor the air temperature and a meat temperature to check whether the meat is done.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the quick answer out of the way, let’s talk about some of the methods and tricks you can use to smoke food on your Blackstone griddle<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n Griddles are flat-top grills designed to work sort of like a huge frying pan. So you smoke food on a frying pan? I guess not. Griddles are certainly not the optimal choice when it comes to smoking. However, if you’ve already got one, why not give it a shot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smoking is possible on pretty much all Blackstones. With one exception – the electric griddles.<\/a><\/strong> These may not be suitable due to their nonstick finish that may get damaged by the smoke box or smoke tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The small Blackstones will not offer much space for smoking. Your best bet is to use a 36 or 28-inch griddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two ways to employ smoke on a griddle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Method number one is easier to pull off and takes much less time but the resulting food is not as flavorful as with the latter method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second method takes quite a bit longer but provides the authentic smoky flavor you’d expect from a smoker<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n To make smoking on a griddle possible, a couple of items will be needed. All of the products are relatively affordable, and you can even use some basic DIY skills to save money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s what you will need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smoker boxes or tubes are simple metal containers that hold the fuel of choice while it burns and produces smoke. There are holes, usually at the top of the device, to allow smoke to escape. They come in different shapes and sizes and you will need to choose one depending on the griddle you own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The good news is that they are not expensive at all. You can find them online or at your local hardware store for less than 10 bucks or so. Yes, there are more expensive ones as well but I don’t see the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of buying, you could also make a makeshift smoker box from a disposable foil pan<\/strong>. Use the pan as the container, put the wood chips in, and cover the pan with foil<\/a><\/strong>. Poke holes in the foil cover and light the chips. Done. As a side note, buying a dedicated smoker box is probably cheaper than buying a pack of foil pans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Technically you could smoke on a griddle without any smoker box<\/strong> because smoker boxes are primarily made to contain the burning wood chips so that they don’t fall through the grates on a grill. With a griddle, nothing’s gonna fall anywhere. However, I would still recommend using one because uncontained burning fuel would make a mess and possibly lead to damage to your carefully built-up seasoning layer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTable of Contents<\/h2>\n
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Are Blackstone Griddles the Best Choice For Smoking?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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What Will You Need To Smoke on a Blackstone Griddle?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Smoker box<\/h3>\n\n\n