Liha töötlemine
Smoldering-Type Generators
woody material. However, the temperature
In primitive, usually small-scale or artisan needed to initiate the process results from
processing, the smoke is produced in a fire- friction of a log pressed at about 1 kg/cm2
place directly below the meat, which is hung against a rotating drum or disk (Rasmussen
above it on spits or laid on a mesh. A fire is 1956). Access of air is possible due to perfo-
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rations in the rotor. The temperature in the chips of low mesh size is kept below 400°C
friction zone may be controlled by adjusting to prevent self-ignition. The composition of
the pressure applied to the log and the speed the smoke can be controlled by modifying
of rotation of the rotor. It is usually 300– the content of oxygen in the air mixture. Self-
350°C