>>Am still debating whether or not to start the peppers in the dehydrator before giving them some smoke or >>smoke them some first & then finish drying. I'm not a pro at this, but intuitively, it makes sense to me that you would want to smoke first and then dehydrate. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T. Matthew Evans Graduate Research Assistant Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~