Food Smoking
A food smoking starter kit is the easy way in: each one boxes up the smoker and the wood chips, so there's nothing else to buy on day one. The Complete Hot Smoking Kit covers cooking and flavouring in a single go. The Cold Smoking Starter Kit sets you up for cheese and cured fish. The Deluxe BBQ Smoker Box Gift Set With 6 Woods hands you a whole wardrobe of flavours to play with. It's a lovely gift for the cook who already has most things but has never tried smoking.
The choice comes down to the result you're after. A complete smoking kit on the hot side cooks as it flavours, so you get ready-to-eat mackerel, chicken or sausages the same day. A cold set adds flavour low and slow for bacon, cheese and cured salmon. Not yet sure which way you'll lean? Our beginner's guide to home smoking explains both methods in plain terms, and plenty of cooks happily end up owning one of each.
With a smoking kit with wood chips already included, you can light up straight away, but knowing what each wood does makes all the difference - apple for delicate fish, hickory for bolder meat, and so on, all spelled out in our which wood chips do I need guide. Buying for a complete beginner who'd value a gentler, lower-cost first step? Our beginner smoking kits lean into taster packs and reassurance rather than the all-in-one gift angle.
