Bradley Smoker - UK News and Blog

Visit the new Bradley Smoker YouTube Channel featuring Bradley Smoker content. There are a few recipe videos with more to come.

Here is our latest Maple Smoked Salmon recipe video for your smokin’ enjoyment!

Thanks again Mark! Another great article in the UK national press, this time in the Sunday Telegraph.
[Full story] Our catalogue line has been hot today!

I love the way Mark is willing to share his secrets: 20 percent molases sugar, 80% rock salt for 10 - 12 hours is Mark’s formula for the dry cure on the Bradley cold smoked salmon. He supplies Selfridges and his own four restaurants.

We all like having our name in the papers, so it was pleasing to see the Bradley Smoker mentioned in the Times today [full story] in an interview with the chef and food writer Mark Hix. Apparently Mark is now using his Bradley Smoker to supply smoked salmon to Selfridges!

Everything you could possibly want to know about smoking (and growing) chillies is covered in this extensive article (in English) from our satisfied Bradley Smoker in Finland. Fatalii’s Growing Guide is all about chillis! Read about the precise technique for smoking chillies in the Bradley Smoker. You will discover that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye; nevertheless the Bradley Smoker comes up trumps!

The article has great photographs and step by step instructions. Here are some thumbnail pictures, used with permission from Fatalii’s Growing Guide  

Great news! Eligibility for participation in the Bradley Smoker Sweepstakes North American promotion has been extended to residents of the UK and Ireland.
This is your chance to win the magnificent ‘Smokin Indian’ motorcycle emblazoned with Bradley Smoker graphics!

The sweepstake runs until October 2010 and it is free to enter with no purchase necessary . Click on the image for full details.

We are very pleased to announce that our 2009 Bradley Smoker Catalogue is here and available for viewing and download.

We have created a slick new electronic version of the catalogue which can be accessed by visiting this link. The e-catalogue has full page turning technology, zoom-in features as well as options to print and email to your friends.

We hope you enjoy this years catalogue and all of its full color images of our smokers and products.

As always, happy smoking!

Mark Hix, celebrated chef, and proprietor of Hix Oyster & Chop House, and the newly opened Hix Oyster and Fish House , shows us his recipe for curing and cold smoking salmon using the Bradley Smoker at the bottom of his garden!

See the video, as shown on YouTube, by playing below. Mark is using the Stainless Steel Bradley Smoker, with the Smoke Generator detached separated from the cabinet. The video was made before the Cold Smoke Adaptor became available. It provides an excellent visual presentation of the Bradley and we are for ever grateful to Mark for his continued enthusiasm. Enjoy!

From inception Bradley Smokers have always produced first class results when cold smoking. Users have employed a variety of techniques to minimise the temperature inside the smoking cabinets and the best method has always been a keenly discussed topic on the Bradley Smoker Users Forum. With the introduction of the Bradley Cold Smoke Adaptor, as an accessory to the Bradley product range, cold smoking has never been simpler!

The Cold Smoke Adaptor has been designed to remove the smoke generator out of the smoke cabinet and feed the smoke through a flexible aluminium tube into the side of the cabinet . Because the bisquette heater no longer sits within the insulated smoking cabinet , the minimal amount of heat it produces is dissipated outwith the smoking cabinet which remains at or around the ambient temperature. 

The cold smoking adaptor can be used with all four models of Bradley Smoker that use smoke cabinets. It comes with full instructions.  Recipes for Cold Smoking are included at the Recipe Section.

If you are keen to build your own home smokehouse and need a reliable source of good clean continuous smoke then the Bradley Smoke Generator with Adaptor is the perfect solution.

We are used to seeing our smoke generators adapted into all types of structures; from old refrigerators, tea chests and disused outdoor brick conveniences. Information on one of the better looking solutions was recently sent to us by David Geary-Aston from his website oakbarrel-furniture.co.uk , where more pictures can be seen.

David adapts old oak barrels into especially good looking small backyard smoke houses. He is thrilled with the quality achieved by using the Bradley Smoke Generator product. Not only does his product look good but it does the job too!

The ancient art of preserving food almost forgotten nowadays and preserving ones own food, whether it be through smoking, salting, drying, pickling, fermenting, infusing, freezing or bottling, is one of the most satisfying, exciting and fulfilling means of food preparation. Historically of course, it was a necessary and essential part of survival, particularly through the winter months. However generations of experimenting with different techniques, have moved the principles on from mere subsistence and survival to fantastic means of creating longer seasons on many otherwise perishable delicacies, and also to concentrate, enhance and combine flavours, to create truly mouth watering food. It is a simple thing to master and can transform your excess of wild food into something really quite magical.

For more information on Mike Robinson’s courses , which feature the Bradley Smoker, visit Mike Robinson’s Game and Wild Food Cookery School. The ‘Cookery School’ is a Bradley Smoker Authorised Dealer.