cold-smoke

verb

ˈkōld-ˈsmōk 

cold-smoked; cold-smoking; cold-smokes

transitive verb

: to smoke (food, such as meat, cheese, or vegetables) at a temperature typically between 65 and 85°F (18 and 29°C)

Her father caught the fish in summer by the net-full as a commercial fisherman while her mother would cure and cold-smoke hundreds of fillets …

—Joshua Partlow and Juliet Eilperin

Lightly cold-smoked tomatoes pervade the menu, whether as buried umami in a gumbo or a bright side to a filet of tuna.

—Matthew Korfhage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

So is cream cheese, for gravlax or cold-smoked trout with dill. —Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above