Step 1

Blend together the rice, tea leaves and brown sugar. Blend in your selection of optional ingredients.

Step 2

This blend may be used immediately, or made up to several weeks in advance (if the fresh fruit is not used) and stored in an airtight container to use as needed.

Step 3

Take a large piece of heavy duty foil, or two layers of foil if not heavy duty.

Step 4

Place desired portion of your mixture into the center of the foil

Step 5

Fold up to form a packet loosely so that there is space for the smoke to escape.

Step 6

Alternatively, fold tightly, crimping each side. This may be done well in advance. You may find it useful to store a pile of smoking packets by your grill. This method allows you to make packets of varying sizes if you want more or less smoke, and keep them ready to grab as you need them.

Step 7

When ready to use the packets, stab air holes in the top if tightly crimped, for the smoke to escape.

Step 8

Remove the grill rack and lightly oil it. Add coals on one side of the grill. Optionally place a pan on the other side filled with water (beer or wine may also be used) if the item being smoked is prone to drying out or large and will require extended smoking/cooking.

Step 9

Light your coals and wait until they are fully ashed over. Place a smoking packet directly on the coals and replace the oiled rack.

Step 10

Place your item to be smoked (first brought to room temperature) on the oiled rack on the opposite side from the coals and packet. The indirect heat and water pan will prevent the item from cooking too quickly and drying out. In addition if there is any fat dripping, say with smoking duck breasts, there is no chance of a flare up, or turning the smoke acrid. If you are smoking an item that you do not want to heavily cook through, such as cheese, or cold smoked salmon, you want to keep the coal pile small and you can even add ice to your water pan.

Step 11

Close the vents on the grill most of the way, leaving just enough of an opening to not cut off the air and put out your fire. Place the lid onto the grill.

Step 12

Be careful when checking the progress of your item being smoked, to open the lid away from you to minimize the smoke in your face!

Step 13

Smaller items requiring less time, or items that you do not want intensely smoked, will probably only need one packet. If you need more than 15 or 20 minutes of smoke, you will want to carefully lift off the grill rack and replace the foil packet with a fresh packet then continue smoking.

Step 14

Remove the grill rack and lightly oil it. Turn one side of the grill to high and preheat. Leave the other side completely off.

Step 15

Place your foil packet of smoking blend on the heated side of the grill. Alternatively, if your grill has a smoke box, fill the box and place on the heated side.

Step 16

When the mixture begins to smoke, turn the heat down to low. Place the items to be smoked (first brought to room temperature) on the oiled grill on the side that was not heated.

Step 17

Close the lid to keep the smoke in. After 15 to 20 minutes lift the lid, standing to the side or upwind if possible. If you would like additional smoking, remove the foil packet and replace it with a fresh one. Turn the temperature on the side without your product to high just long enough to start the new packet smoking well. Then turn it back down to low, close the lid and continue to smoke.

Step 18

Line the wok completely with foil to aid in cleanup and avoid damaging your wok. Make sure the foil comes up and over the sides to aid in sealing the smoke in when the wok is covered. You will probably want to line your wok lid with foil as well.

Step 19

If you expect to want more than 15 minutes of smoking time, place an additional piece of foil into the bottom of the wok, again dangling over the edges.

Step 20

Add your chosen smoking blend to the bottom of the wok.

Step 21

Turn on the oven hood or exhaust fan. Turn the flame under the wok to high. When the smoking mix begins to smoke well, turn it down to medium-low so that it will continue to smolder.

Step 22

Place the items to be smoked on a rack over the smoldering smoking blend. Be sure that they do not touch. Cover the wok with a foil lined wok lid, sheet pan or other lid. The foil should allow a snug fit, preventing the smoke from escaping.

Step 23

Allow the smoking to continue for 15 to 20 minutes. Then turn the flame off and leave the cover on for an additional 5 to 10 minutes.

Step 24

Remove the lid and check to see if your product is smoked adequately. If you desire more intense smoking, carefully remove the rack with the product, remove the added layer of foil with your spent smoking mixture and add in fresh foil and mixture, repeating the cycle.

Step 25

Commercial Stove top smokers are basically a hotel or roasting pan that comes complete with a rack insert and fitted lid

Step 26

If you aren't using a stovetop smoker, you will want a hotel pan, roasting pan or large pot. Line your chosen smoker with foil for ease of cleanup. If you think you may want more than 15 minutes of smoke, add a second later of foil to allow removing the spent smoking mixture and replacing it with fresh smoking blend.

Step 27

To your foil lined smoker/pan/pot add your smoking mixture in the center. If you are using a full size hotel pan that will stretch over two burners, place the mixture in two portions aligning with where each burner will be.

Step 28

Making sure that your exhaust fan or hood is on high, place the items to be smoked into the pan on an oiled rack or perforated hotel pan. Turn the burner(s) under the smoking blend to high. When the blend is smoking well, turn down to low to allow the mixture to continue to smolder and place the smoker lid, pot lid or sheet pan on top.

Step 29

After 15 minutes of smoking, turn the flame off and allow the product to sit in the closed pan for an additional 5 - 10 minutes. Carefully open the pan (with the exhaust fan still running) to check to see if you have adequate smoking of the product.

Step 30

If you desire additional smoking, carefully remove the rack or perforated pan holding the product. Remove the extra layer of foil that is holding the spent smoking mixture and replace with fresh foil and mixture and repeat until desired level of smoking has been achieved.