Firing up custom pellet smoker for chili pequins

[txhunter-1]

Got four good size pequin plants, been picking peppers for a couple months. About to make another batch of smoked dried pequin seasoning. Step one, air dry peppers and fire the pellet smoker. Disclaimer-I don’t have a pellet smoker. I’ll take pix as the process evolves and if I can get them to load. I let them dry out for days after I smoke so they are good and dry when I grind.

[kd350]

Cool. I’m interested, in pictures of the process

[txhunter-1]

Can’t get to load from my crappy phone. Will try on pc tomorrow. Got it made up, great flavor lots of Smokey pequin heat.

[txhunter-1]

Peppers

Lets see if this works..

[HoustonHunter94]

Man I'm jealous. I love that stuff on pizza and whatever else you would use crushed red pepper. My plants just have not produced in a couple years. Maybe just a few every year. Sucks.

[bowmansdad]

Nice job! I’m fixing to smoke another batch, my supply from last year is getting low.

[kd350]

How long do you smoke? What temp?

[AM Cloutier]

I make two flavors of chili pequin hot pepper sauce. Your chili pequin pepper seasoning looks interesting! I buy my chili pequin peppers already dried by the pound.

[txhunter-1]

Picking them is a pain, by the pound would be good if they were fresh. Gives me time to drink, pick and drink again. I smoke about 175-200 put them in the pit and let the fire burn out after about 3 hours. I leave them in the pit for a couple days to finish drying out. It doesn’t hurt them to air out. Great hot Smokey flavor. Good on beans meats chili tacos salad anything really.

[marc.munoz31]

Awesome! Hopefully my little plants can put out that many peppers one day!

[Pedernal]

Sweet! How many plants do you have? I see one in the back ground by the fence on one of the pics.

[Mexico]

Is there anything better than pequins for a topping? Nope!!

[txhunter-1]

Got 3-4. The one by the fence is the smallest. They produced late this year. I could pick for hours every couple days. I usually leave the red ones on the plants, birds pick them and make more plants for me.

[bowmansdad]

Got 3-4. The one by the fence is the smallest. They produced late this year. I could pick for hours every couple days. I usually leave the red ones on the plants, birds pick them and make more plants for me.

I just made a batch this afternoon, smoked for 2 hours at 200°, got about a pint and air drying another batch.
My plant that I harvest won’t let me pick green ones, they have to be bright red before they’re ready to pick. Strange how plants are different, another one I have only produces BB size peppers so I’m pulling it up. I’ll agree it’s the best seasoning for everything.

[HoustonHunter94]

I’ve got a quart bag of dehydrated habaneros if anyone might be interested in doing some trading.


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