I first saw this product on my friend Laura’s blog Family Spice. You might see this used on the show Chopped along with other products made by Polyscience, including their sous vide machine and the anti-griddle, which freezes things placed on it nearly instantly. I’ll be giving away one of these nifty table-top cold smokers on Friday. Here’s how it works.
Place the food in a container and cover it with plastic wrap. In this case, it was guacamole with coconut bacon, inspired by Laura’s smoky bacon guacamole.
You put a few tiny bits of wood chips in the smoking unit, turn on the fan, and light them. 
The units come with two types of wood chips for different flavors of smoke, and you can purchase additional chips online and in stores like Williams-Sonoma and Sur la Table.
Once the container is full of smoke, you remove the tube, close the plastic and leave it closed for 30 seconds. That’s it!
I also tried smoking a spinach salad…
And tofu, using kukicha Japanese tea in place of the wood chips.
What I liked about the product:
It was super easy to use, and the instructions were very clear. They have lots of great recipe ideas on their website, too. You can add smoke flavor to soup, cocktails, or anything in a blender. While the little wood chips are a bit pricey, you hardly use any of them, and you can certainly opt to use other types of material to burn. I couldn’t detect much difference between the applewood chips and the tea.
I wasn’t so keen on:
It’s easy to oversmoke food… when they say 30 seconds, they mean 30 seconds! You have to use this outside.
I recommend this for:
People who love smoked foods, especially vegans who want that meaty taste. Anyone who does fancy dinner parties and wants to wow guests. Chefs or caterers. And guys, because it involves fire. You can order it here.
Required FTC disclosure: My thanks to Polyscience and Laura of Family Spice for loaning me the unit to test. I was not paid to write this post.
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I think the first thing I would smoke is fresh cod, I love the flaky texture, and I would enjoy taking one of my favs to a whole other level. I can only imagine what I could do with a product like this. As a Chef that wants to expand his repertoire this would most definitely come in handy.
I love this product for the one really good reason, my husband won’t let me spend money on a smoker because he does not like smoked food and I do. I will be getting in on the giveaway and thanks for the review. Now I must have one!
Cindy, LOL. I was really impressed at how well it works and how little space it takes up. No clean-up, either!