System for curing and flavouring foodstuff

A method for flavouring or curing foodstuff, comprising at least the following steps:

• a) placing a food container having an adapter configured to be connectable to a first end of a hose into a cavity of a household cooking appliance comprising a smoker unit and a smoke outlet opening;
• b) attaching a second end of the hose to the adapter;
• c) attaching the first end of the hose;
• d) providing a smoke source to the smoker unit;
• e) generating smoke from the smoke source;
• and
• f) subjecting foodstuff to the smoke.

A system for smoking foodstuff comprising a household cooking appliance having a cooking cavity with a front opening closable by a door, a smoke outlet disposed in a side wall of said cooking cavity, an exhaust fan operable to generate a negative pressure in said cooking cavity, a smoker unit mounted at a front portion of said cooking appliance and disposed outside said cooking cavity in such a manner that when not in use the smoker unit can be adapted so that it does not protrude from the front of said cooking appliance, said smoker unit comprising a heating chamber accessible from outside said smoker unit so that said heating chamber can be recharged of smoke-source material without opening said door, said heating chamber being in fluid communication with said smoke outlet of said cooking cavity for delivering smoke generated in said heating chamber to said smoke outlet, a heating element adjacent to said heating chamber and configured to generate heat for combustion or pyrolysis of smoke-source material in said heating chamber to generate smoke therefrom, a smoker fan arranged and configured to suck air through said heating chamber to enhance burning or smouldering of said smoke-source material therein and to transport said smoke to said smoke outlet of said cooking chamber, and a controller operable according to a predetermined program to regulate said heating element, said smoker fan and said exhaust fan to control the generation and delivery of smoke to said smoke outlet of said cooking chamber to execute a smoking operation for a foodstuff in said cooking chamber, said smoke outlet of said cooking chamber being closable when not in use for smoking a foodstuff within the cooking chamber.