Fellow chile heads Disaster has struck Fired up the smoker on the weekend to smoke and dry the last of the season's pods - a kilo of red and yellow rocotos, kilo of jalapenos and the last of the aji's. All was going well but I took my eye off the ball for a while, went back to check them and all I had left is CHARCOAL (albeit very hot charcoal). Must have been pretty good heat beads. Oh well - Spring is only 77 days away. Cheers Dale in the southern bit of Oz