Quote Originally Posted by Circuits View Post
I watched a show (grillmasters or bbq-U or some such) where a guy smoked a salmon fillet on the balcony of his hotel room using a hotplate and a cardboard box.

It can be done pretty low-tech - since you just need a heat source to char your chips, and an enclosure to hold the smoke near the meat.
Alton brown he did the same thing with big terra cotta pots... i tried it and it worked fine just very unwieldy. and you have to make the wires for the element longer so the plate will sit outside so it does not melt and trip the safety thermistor