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Food smoking is the perfect hobby to buy gifts for: the kit is beautiful, the consumables run out, and every new wood flavour is a small adventure. Whether it is Christmas, a birthday or a well-earned thank-you, here is what actually delights - chosen by the people who mill the wood.
Everything is in stock today with free mainland UK Tracked 48 delivery over £30; orders placed before 3pm are normally dispatched the same working day, and gift wrap at checkout gets it to you ready to hand over - prices never appear on the slip.
Smoking kit to help at home
Home smoking essentials that make the advice easier to put into practice.
The quick answer
For someone yet to start: the Complete Hot Smoking Kit is the whole hobby in one box and the single most-gifted thing we sell. For someone already smoking: the 10 Flavour Wood Chips Gift Pack - ten new flavours to explore beats one big bag of the same. And the Deluxe BBQ Smoker Box Gift Set turns any barbecue owner into a smoker without replacing their BBQ.
Gift picks for food smokers
Pick by budget
- Stocking filler: a single bag of fine wood chips in a flavour they have not tried - cherry and bourbon-soaked oak are the crowd-pleasers.
- Mid-range: the BBQ smoker box gift set or the 10-flavour chips pack - both open up months of experimenting.
- The big one: the Complete Hot Smoking Kit, or for the seafood lover the Seafood Lovers Gift Set with the tools for the whole ritual.
Buying for a beginner vs an old hand
Beginners want completeness - kit, wood, instructions, done. Old hands want novelty - flavours they have not smoked, a cold smoke generator if they have only ever hot-smoked. If you are not sure which method they use, our hot vs cold smoking guide decodes it in two minutes, and the best wood chips guide helps you pick flavours with confidence.
Not sure? Let the quiz do it
The gift finder quiz narrows the shop to a shortlist in five questions, and the gift card - emailed with a redeem code - is the graceful fallback that never misses.
Gift questions, answered
Will the recipient need anything else?
The complete kits genuinely include everything for a first smoke. Standalone smoker boxes need a bag of coarse chips alongside - add one and the gift is self-contained.
Can it go straight to them, gift-wrapped?
Yes - their address at checkout, gift wrap and a message, no prices on the slip, and an optional hold-until dispatch date so it lands on the day itself.
What should their first smoke be?
Mackerel fillets - twenty minutes, nearly impossible to get wrong. Tell them to start with our hot smoked mackerel recipe and thank yourself later.
Also buying for an angler? The gifts for fishermen guide has that side covered.
