WEBVTT - How Liquid Smoke Works

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<v Speaker 1>brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com where smart happens. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Marshall brain. A listener wrote into ask what is

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<v Speaker 1>liquid smoke? You may have seen liquid smoke called for

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<v Speaker 1>in certain recipes, but what is it. Liquid smoke is

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<v Speaker 1>literally liquefied smoke. In a prior podcast, we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>what smoke is. It is volatile hydrocarbons that evaporate from

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<v Speaker 1>wood when you heat wood up. What this means is

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<v Speaker 1>that by cooling smoke, you can cause the hydrocarbons to condense.

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<v Speaker 1>What you get is a dark, sticky liquid that contains

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<v Speaker 1>all the flavors of smoke. If you says that condensate,

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<v Speaker 1>thin it out a little, and put it in a bottle,

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<v Speaker 1>you have liquid smoke. The process starts by taking wood

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<v Speaker 1>chips or sawdust, putting them in a big metal container,

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<v Speaker 1>and then heating it. The heat evaporates the volatile hydrocarbons.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you run the smoke into a condenser, where cold

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<v Speaker 1>coils caused the smoke to turn back into liquid form.

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