Rational VarioSmoker, Applications Manual

Usage example for poultry.

Smoked turkey breast.

Instructions

Bring the brine to the boil and then chill it. 

Place the turkey breast in the brine in the cold 

room for 12 hours. Then take the turkey breast 

out of the brine. Dry it for another 6 hours 

under refrigeration. 
Prepare a spice mix from the ground coriander, 

pepper, aniseed, paprika, ground peppercorns, 

brown sugar and fresh garlic. 
Fill the VarioSmoker with wood chips, place it 

in your iCombi Pro on a rack above or below 

the food and close the cooking cabinet door. 

Select the setting for your cooking system. 

The program will start automatically in the 

iCombi Pro. 
In the meantime, season the turkey breast with 

the spice mix and use a stainless steel grid for 

cooking.

Ingredients

for 24 portions

 › 5 lbs turkey breast

 › 6 % brine:  

1 gallon of apple juice, 

4 oz (120 g) salt,  

4 oz (120 g) sugar

 › Zest one each of 

untreated lemon and 

orange, 1 bunch of 

chopped parsley (add 

to the brine)

 › 3 tbsp black 

peppercorns

 › 1 tbsp ground aniseed

 › 3 tbsp paprika, sweet

 › 2 tbsp ground 

mustard seeds

 › 3 tbsp brown sugar

 › 8 Garlic cloves

 › Juniper wood chips

 › RATIONAL Stainless steel grid

iCombi Pro settings

Cooking path

iCombi Classic settings

Accessories 

3

Pre-smoke

Step 1

86 °F

20 min

30   %

Speed 2

250 °F

140 °F

100 %

Speed 2

Step 2

230 °F

160 °F

80 %

Speed 2

19

18