Salt Block Take on Smoke?

[jasonjax]

Wondering if I run the smoker low and slow and roll some smoke for a while if it would permeate a Himalayan salt block.

Thinking adding a little smoke note on the surface and then searing some thin strips of beef might be pretty tasty.

 

[BillN]

Cowgirl Jeanie smokes salt so I believe it would be worth a try.

 

[thirdeye]

I was gifted a salt block for cooking on, but it needed some time to get up to temp, then you needed to rinse it after cooling and to be honest I used it 4 or 5 times and didn't really care for it..... I wound up asking around then passed it on to someone that wanted to play with it.

 

[guero_gordo]

Never noticed it taking on smoke flavor.
Whatcha could try is dissolving Himalayan salt in water, smoking that solution, then evaporating the water

 

[sudsandswine]

I was gifted a salt block for cooking on, but it needed some time to get up to temp, then you needed to rinse it after cooling and to be honest I used it 4 or 5 times and didn't really care for it..... I wound up asking around then passed it on to someone that wanted to play with it.

This was my experience as well. I didn’t really even notice any salt flavor from it either. More “show” than “go” IMO.

 

[Kmm]

Sorry, It really will not work. When the individual crystals are bonded into a solid block, only the exposed surface area is available for smoke adhesion. Further, when food is being cooked on a hot salt block, it is actually losing moisture and isn’t able to absorb much, if any, available salt until it begins to cool.

 

[Hoss]

ONE FAD that I am glad I did not pull the trigger on.