Smoke time:

2 hours at 150 to 200ºF

Approach:

Load a paper plate of the pistachios, enough that you can hand mix.

Then drizzle a liberal amount of lime juice over the nuts on the plate, and hand mix to coat all the nuts.

Load another paper plate with the fresh coarse sea salt.

Using your hands, move the nuts from the juice plate to the salt place and mix with your hands.

Once you’re happy with the salt distribution, move the nuts to a Jerky Rack (Jerky Racks work best due to the smaller grid size) if not, use a screen on the regular racks to reduce fall out.

Then, put the nuts in the smoker and start smoke and temp build up (Try this with a un-warmed smoker first, ramping up to temp so you don’t over-roast the nuts) to your target temp.

Let them sit for 2 days, then enjoy.

BTW, this works great with almonds as well.

Johnny @ Marylnd (DelMarVa to be exact)