SMOKjet®
17 September 2024Whether mild or intensely smoked, different products require different smoking intensities. This is why Schröter offers four SMOKjet® smoke generators for hot and cold smoking systems: wood-chip smoke generators for wood chips and saw chips, steam and friction smoke generators, and liquid smoke atomizers. In addition, wood-chip and steam smoke generators produce a minimal amount of exhaust air that can be cost-effectively scrubbed using exhaust air treatment systems. Friction smoke generators, on the other hand, stand out thanks to their closed-loop operation, and liquid smoke systems generate smoke through compressed air atomization in closed systems.
When selecting a smoke generation method, taste and intensity are the most important factors. In addition, the choice has an impact on the selection of a suitable and effective exhaust air cleaning system.
WOOD-CHIP SMOKE GENERATORS come closest to traditional smoke generation by burning either coarse wood 
chips or finer saw chips. The latter provide a mild smoke. This is produced by burning the wood or saw chips at temperatures of 400-700 degrees Celsius on a heated burner plate. The smoke and the air that transport it mix together, exit through the smoke outlet at the back, and then are guided to the chamber via the smoke pipe.
FRICTION SMOKE GENERATORS produce a smoky flavor of medium intensity. In this process, a wood bar is pressed against a rotating friction wheel to generate smoke. The wood bar is pressed against the wheel pneumatically via a stainless steel drive chain. The smoke generator has a magazine with space for up to five wood bars.
STEAM SMOKE GENERATORS extract the desired substances in the wood chips via superheated steam. The smoky flavor is medium to strong. A steam-air mixture is heated to a temperature between 360-450 degrees Celsius using electric heating elements and forced through continuously moving wood chips. The unique advantages of this method are that the steam smoke has a constant intensity, is conveyed via condensation, and thus reduces the weight loss of the product.
LIQUID SMOKE SYSTEMS are suitable for all common liquid smoke brands worldwide. In this method, a liquid, undiluted smoke concentrate is atomized by compressed air in the process chamber. Depending on the recipe, the smoky taste is medium to strong.
