Smoked meat

Smoked meat is the result of a method of preparing red meat, white meat, and seafood which originated in the Paleolithic Era. Smoking adds flavor, improves the appearance of meat through the Maillard reaction, and when combined with curing it preserves the meat. When meat is cured then cold-smoked, the smoke adds phenols and other chemicals that have an antimicrobial effect on the meat.

Hot smoking has less impact on preservation and is primarily used for taste and to slow-cook the meat.
Interest in barbecue and smoking is on the rise worldwide.

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