# Sous Vide and Smoking Gun **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\ **Tags:** smoking\ **Created:** [April 15, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-and-smoking-gun/14110 "2018-04-15T20:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MartzMimic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/martzmimic/32/3031_2.png) [@MartzMimic](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/MartzMimic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-and-smoking-gun/14110/1 "2018-04-15T20:58:08Z")
I’ve had my Anova just less than 18 months, and I love it. Being a bit of a gadget person, I recently received a smoking gun for my birthday. I am one happy camper. I’ve experimented with cold smoking before and after searing, and I think afterwards retains more smoke. Has anyone found anything different, or do you have any tips you would care to share? ---
**Author:** ![bazzer007](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/bazzer007/32/243_2.png) [@bazzer007](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/bazzer007)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-and-smoking-gun/14110/2 "2018-04-17T02:35:06Z")
I got one for Christmas but haven’t really played around with it much yet. I will post here when I do! ---
**Author:** ![sousvidehub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/sousvidehub/32/3269_2.png) [@sousvidehub](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/sousvidehub)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-and-smoking-gun/14110/3 "2018-04-20T00:24:13Z")
What a great birthday present! If you are looking to get a touch of smoky flavor on the outermost layer of your food, many sous viders say they get a better result when they use their smoking gun last, just before serving. Others may have another view. Here are a few links that contain some more smoking gun + sous vide tips (the first link is a little dated but the theory should still stand): > **[Smoker + Sous Vide - general theory](https://forums.egullet.org/topic/149340-smoker-sous-vide-general-theory/)** > > (it looks like post may be being truncated because I'm a new member...here is a public google doc with my full question!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UOX8o7S6VH3m7nroSL\_rRyy\_lJQnL85cTK30M9-\_JUM/edit?usp=sharing SHORT VERSION: what is the... > **[r/sousvide - Smoking gun and sous vide](https://www.reddit.com/r/sousvide/comments/6vy4qb/smoking_gun_and_sous_vide/)** > > 10 votes and 8 comments so far on Reddit Hope this info is helpful. ---
**Author:** ![adamastephens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@adamastephens](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/adamastephens)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-and-smoking-gun/14110/4 "2019-05-09T16:33:32Z")
a smoke gun works great with sous vide! I use it all the time. Plus you can experiment with other foods and drinks that are less of the norm to “smoke” like ice cream and pop corn. Or smoked bourbon is a favorite! Here’s the one I got and it works great [https://embrsmoking.com/products/smoke-box-infuser](https://embrsmoking.com/products/smoke-box-infuser) ---
**Author:** ![MrGus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@MrGus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/MrGus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/sous-vide-and-smoking-gun/14110/5 "2023-07-04T15:08:43Z")
Old topic I know, but the WAY harsher notes of just smoke always concern me, too much on the tongue, which is why I let foods rest for the harsh notes to fade away so that it isn’t akin to sucking on a lump of coal. For some product (cold smoked properly, not under a dome & a few squirts) I mature for a solid year.