WO2012126856A1 - Smoke generator and smoking material - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a smoke generator comprising at least one heatable surface for slowly burning a smoking material, said heatable surface (11) being arranged in an inclined manner in the smoke generator (10), and a feeding device (14) being provided to supply the smoking material (20) to the heatable surface (11).

Description

 Smoke generator and smoking material

The invention relates to a smoke generator with at least one heatable surface for smoldering a smoking material and a smoking material.

Smoking is a process for preserving food. The food is exposed to the smoke of smoldering wood over a longer period of time. food technologists Logically, three main processes for smoking or smoking production are known. In a first method, a smoking material in the form of wood flour or shavings is smoldered and thereby smoke is formed, which is then passed over the food to be smoked. In another, the so-called Reiberauchverfahren, the smoke is passed by rubbing an object over a piece of wood. In this case, temperatures of up to 350 ° C are generated on the friction surface, which cause the wood material to smolder, whereby smoke is released. Another method of giving the processed food a smoke flavor and color is the use of liquid smoke. Here, smoke is first generated, which condenses. In a series of cracking and distillation processes, the smoke flavor is extracted to be added to foods as a so-called liquid smoke, imparting smoke flavor and color.

The former method of smoldering wood shavings or wood flour is very expensive, since the smoking process must be divided into several phases and a constant monitoring of the uniform smoldering of the smoking material is carried out here. In addition, under certain circumstances, contamination of the smoking material by ash takes place. The latter method has the disadvantage that ultimately a treatment of the food with chemical substances takes place whose health effects are difficult to estimate. The Reiberauchver ahren has the disadvantage that here several moving parts are used in the smoke generator device. This can pollute and stick due to the substances contained in the smoke or in the smoking material and accumulating ash and is subject to constant maintenance and wear. In addition, separate drives and / or compressed air connections must be provided for the rubbing device, which require an increased maintenance of the device. Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device that can be produced inexpensively with uniform smoke generation and operated with low maintenance and cleaning costs.

This object is achieved by a smoke generator as described above and a smoking material.

The smoke generator according to the invention has at least .a heatable surface. This heated surface is used to smolder a smoking material, such as solid wood or wood chips or pressed wood chips or wood flour, which are placed on the heated surface or positioned in front of this. The heatable surface develops a sufficiently high temperature to cause a smoldering of the applied smoke material, which then leads to smoke. The smoke generator according to the invention is characterized in that the heatable surface is arranged inclined in the smoke generator. This has the advantage that the smoking material can be placed in a simple manner on the heated surface or this can be fed or independently slides on this. In addition, smolder residues, such as ash or unused parts of the smoking material can be removed, removed or wiped off the heated surface in a simple manner or slide off due to the inclination of the surface independently of this. The inclination of the surface moreover has the effect of providing improved conduction or dissipation or guidance for the smoke formed in cooperation with the smoke material resting on the surface, and thus improved circulation of the smoke in the smoke generator. Also, the residence time of the smoking material can be adjusted at or above the heatable surface on the inclination of the heated surface. The flatter here the angle of inclination is selected or set, the more The smoking material remains longer on or in front of the heatable surface and the longer smoke can be produced here. If the inclination is set steeper, the fumigant material will slide off the heated surface sooner, thus increasing the consumption of fumigant material. But it can also be formed only a certain type of smoke, for example, a smoke that forms at the beginning of the process of glaring, if desired.

A further advantageous embodiment of the smoke generator according to the invention provides that the heatable surface has an inclination of 0 or 90 °, that is horizontally or vertically arranged in the smoke generator.

In this context, it proves to be advantageous if the fumigant on the heated surface, if it is aligned horizontally or very slightly inclined, rests or is angeorndet parallel to this in a steep or vertical orientation of the heated surface in the smoke generator.

To further improve the smoke generator is provided to arrange a supply and additionally or alternatively a positioning device for the smoking material in the smoke generator. The smoking material is brought to the heatable surface via the supply and / or the positioning device and positioned here in a suitable manner, in front of or on the heatable surface, so that a uniform smoldering or glimmering process can take place. The glaring process can also be decisively influenced via the orientation and arrangement of the feeding and / or positioning device, since a spacing or laying on of the smoking material on or on the heatable surface can be carried out via the respective device. A development of the smoke generator considered to be advantageous provides that the smoking material can be fed to the heated surface via the supply and / or positioning device and positioned in front of the heatable surface. For this purpose, the feeding and / or positioning device takes up at least sections of the inclination of the heatable surface and thus enables the smoking material to be supplied automatically before or to the heatable surface, for example by slipping or the like. Alternatively or additionally, an active supply of the smoking material can be provided. In the area of the heatable surface, the feeding and / or positioning device has the same inclination as the heatable surface and thus effects an optimal positioning of the smoking material relative to the heatable surface.

In order to have a favorable for the feeding and positioning molding, the feeding and / or positioning device is at least partially cage, rail or slide-like design. The cage-like delivery device serves to receive the smoking material, which is then guided, for example, by rods or rails, is conveyed to the heatable surface. In a rail-like design of the feeding and / or positioning device, the rails are provided in particular in the region of the supply and / or positioning device, which serve for storing the fumigant, but can be up to or afterwards, next to or on the heated surface and here give the smoking material a lateral guidance or limitation. From the feeder, the smoking material is transferred to the heated surface. One or more rails in the feeding and / or positioning device then assume the location-precise positioning of the smoking material in front of the heatable surface, in particular also in cooperation with a groove or other possibly provided in the smoking material Guide. A slide-like design of the feeding and positioning device improves the gravitational loading of the smoking material to the heated surface. The chute also takes on the inclination of the heated surface and allows a positionally accurate feeding and positioning of the smoking material in front of the heated surface. Of course, the feeding and positioning device can also be used only to bring the smoking material up to the heatable surface, while then due to the inclination of the surface, the smoking material slides independently on these and remains in a suitable position in a suitable position for glazing.

In a further development of the invention, the feed device is designed as a conveying device. In this way, an active supply of the smoking material to the heating surface can be carried out. It is provided in this context in particular a pulling or pushing promotion. For this purpose, the feed device is preferably designed as a continuous or unsteady conveyor and allows the incense material to be fed to the heatable surface from all sides. It is regarded as advantageous if the feeding device is designed as an element placed above or below the heatable surface, in particular as a conveyor belt, conveyor chain, pull chain, slide, roller conveyor, roller conveyor or ball track. Here, a combination of different conveyor is possible. Thus, for example, the smoking material from a storage container via a conveyor belt, a conveyor chain, a roller conveyor, a roller conveyor or a ball track can be spent in the area of the heated area. There then takes the ultimate supply to the heated surface, for example. A pull chain or a slide, which then pulls the smoking material on or in front of the heated surface or pushes and finally positioned there. Again, there is a possibility that a combination of delivery and position is provided niervorrichtung. The smoking material is conveyed by the feeding device into the region of the positioning device and then arranged there and positioned for the glazing process. Another object of the feeding device is to remove the remains of the preceding, already smoky smoking material from the heated surface, so that here a new smoking material can be placed.

In a variant of the smoke generator considered to be advantageous, a spaced-apart arrangement of the smoking material is provided in front of the heatable surface. This arrangement of the smoking material has the advantage that, due to the gap existing between the heatable surface and the smoking material, a substantially improved removal of the formed smoke can be realized. Furthermore, due to the lack of contact between the heated surface and the smoking material, there is no caking or adhesion or, under certain circumstances, smoke from the smoking material when heated, such as, for example, formed tar or other phenolic or resinous substances. As a result, the cleaning of the smoke generator is then greatly simplified. In order to be able to carry out a spaced-apart arrangement of the smoking material, it is provided that the supply and / or positioning device and / or the heatable surface has or have at least one means for spacing the smoking material. It is considered advantageous in this context if the means for spacing is formed as at least one arranged on the heated surface knob, rib or as a projection or a bar. On the means the fumigant slides in the course of the supply to the heated surface and remains, spaced therefrom, in the final Verglimmposition before the heated surface, but with a corresponding distance. Naturally, a suitably arranged rail, strip or a pre-arranged rail can also be provided in the feeding or positioning device. Are formed jump in space between fumigant and heated surface, which serves the spacing and simultaneous guidance of the fuming material to or on the heatable / n surface and ensures the proper positioning. In this context, too, it is provided that an independent, gravity-loaded sliding of the fumigant material takes place on the spacing means, so that no external intervention during the smoke-generating process or during fumigation must be carried out here. In addition or as an alternative, an active feed can also be effected by the feed device.

The smoke generator is preferably designed so that the incense material is arranged during the glaring in a position in front of the heatable surface to fall off after consumption of a defined amount of smoking material automatically from the heated surface or to be removed. This preferred automatic removal can on the one hand be favored by the shape of the smoking material, on the other hand also by the corresponding inclination of the heatable surface or the feeding device or the refilling material supplied by the latter. In order to carry out the removal of the fuming of the fumigant after a defined Verglimmdauer, is provided in a variant of the smoke generator that the fuming during glazing on a arranged in the feeding and / or positioning and / or on the heated surface projection, a mandrel or a strip is seated or rests against these, and after consumption of a defined amount of smoking material dividing or separation of the remaining smoking material by the projection, the mandrel or the strip takes place. Likewise, a protruding strip can be provided on the feeding and / or positioning device, against which the smoking material rests and which extends in the direction of the heatable surface. If the smoking material is consumed in the course of the smoking and thus thinner, shifts the investment edge of the smoking material, so that after a certain consumption, the contact edge on the incense dissolves from the bar and slip off the heated surface. The smoking material preferably has a groove in a surface opposite to a glimmering side of the smoking material. If the glimmer side is worn down to a predefined degree, the groove is reached in the course of the further glazing process and the smoke material thus breaks down into two or more parts. This division is further promoted by the at least one projection, the mandrel or the bar on or on which the smoking material is seated during glaring or on which the smoking material rests, since here due to the weakening of the material in the region of the groove and mediates By passing or slipping further fumigant material the spent smoking material is guided over the projection or pressed onto the mandrel or the strip and thus split. The process can, due to the inventive design of the smoke generator and optionally with the help of held in the supply and positioning device incense, that is automatically carried out, so that a continuous smoke generation process takes place and always new fumigant is supplied, and thus not one accidental termination of the smoking process can come.

In one embodiment of the smoke generator, the latter has at least one heatable surface for smoldering a smoking material and is characterized in that a second heatable surface is arranged opposite this first heatable surface. As low is considered in this context, when the combination of first and second heatable surface horizontally, vertically and / or inclined relative to the horizontal or vertical is arranged in the smoke generator. A particularly advantageous embodiment provides that the surfaces are arranged at an acute angle to each other and thus form a holder for the smoking material. As low is considered in this context, if the angle and / or the distance to the heated surfaces, for example via a detent or a set screw is adjustable, so that it can be reacted to different material thicknesses.

The use of two, in particular oppositely arranged heated surfaces to improve the generation of smoke on the one hand, on the other hand, a much more efficient use of the fumigant, since now not only a single Verglimmseite is available, which interacts with a heated surface, but rather the fuming of two pages can be smoldered and thus a better material usage takes place. It also forms by the aforementioned arrangement of the heated surfaces more smoke, so that here with less effort a much better smoking result can be achieved. Also, the smoking waste material produced during smoking is reduced, since there is almost complete smoldering of the smoking material.

The combination of opposing heatable surfaces can of course also be associated with a feeding and positioning device which ensures that the smoking material is introduced into the gap formed between the two heatable surfaces and positioned correspondingly in front of the heatable surfaces. When a certain degree of agglomeration is reached, that is to say when a defined amount of smoking material is consumed, an independent dropping or removal of the smoking material residue from the smoke generator or smoke generator cassette can also be effected in the manner described above, in particular via in or on the heated surfaces and / or the feeding and positioning device provided projections, spikes, strips or like, done.

In a variant of the smoke generator considered to be favorable, it is provided that it can be arranged in a smoke generator chamber. In addition, there is also the possibility that the smoke generator is provided directly in a smokehouse, for example, arranged in the smokehouse. The arrangement of the smoke generator in the smoke generator chamber or the smokehouse takes place in particular by inserting, inserting or hooking the smoke generator in the corresponding chamber, in which case appropriate recordings can be provided for the smoke generator. There is the possibility that only the smoke generator, that is, the smoke generator with the inclined or horizontal or vertically arranged, heated surface in a smoke generator chamber or smokehouse is arranged and a manual or automatic charging of the smoke generator with the smoking material. In addition, of course, there is also the possibility that, together with the smoke generator, the feeding and positioning device is arranged in the same chamber and then independently carries out the charging of the heated surface with the smoking material. Of course, the feeding and positioning device also has the function of storing the smoking material in addition to the feeding and positioning function, so that a continuous supply of smoking material can be ensured over a longer period of time without having to intervene in the smoking process from the outside. The feeding device can also be formed in two parts. Thus, for example, from a memory or a silo, the smoking material can be supplied through a first part of the feeder, for example, a conveyor belt or the like in the region of the smokehouse. Thereafter, the supplied smoking material is transferred to a second part of the feeding device, for example a slide or a draw chain or the like, which then feeds the last finite supply to the heated surface and / or the transfer to the positioning takes over, so that a satisfactory smoking result is continuously ensured.

If the smoke generator is arranged in a smoke generator chamber, then it is considered favorable if it has a trigger for the smoke formed or a supply of the smoke formed to a smokehouse. In order to further improve the removal of the smoke formed, in this case, a fan or an extraction can be provided in the trigger or the supply, so that a constant amount of smoke is always supplied to the smoking in the smokehouse and thus a uniform smoking process is controlled. In addition to the arrangement of a blower or a suction, there is also the possibility that in the trigger or the feeder, a smoke filter is arranged to depending on the design of the filter deposition of harmful substances contained in the smoke, but not in contact with the food to perform. Furthermore, there is a possibility that cooling of the smoke is carried out in the fume hood or the feeder, so that the entire apparatus is optionally suitable for cold or hot smoking of foods or the like.

In connection with the use of a smoke generator in a smoke generator chamber is provided that it is formed as a separate element and assigned to a smokehouse or connected to this. In addition, there is also the possibility that the smoke generator and / or the smoke generator chamber is provided integrated into the smokehouse. It can thus be carried out in a space-saving manner, a combination of smoke generator or smoke generator chamber and smokehouse, for example, if no direct connection between the smoke generator rela- way the smoke generator chamber and the smoked goods to take place.

A development of the smoke generator considered to be advantageous provides that one, two or more heatable surfaces and / or combinations of adjacent or oppositely arranged heatable surfaces can be arranged next to or above one another. The arrangement of a correspondingly executed smoke generator can be carried out in particular in the smoke generator chamber or the smokehouse. On the one hand there is the possibility that the smoking power can optionally be further increased, in addition, due to the possibly different switchable or operable smoke generator different degrees of smoke occur, depending on how many of the heated areas are put into operation. Also, a continuous generation of smoke can be ensured by several smoke generators are put into operation successively, and the smoke generator each have a separate positioning and feeding or a hereby feasible storage of smoking material, which is consumed continuously.

To accomplish this, it is provided in a variant that each heated surface is associated with a supply and positioning device under the combination of oppositely arranged heated surfaces. Of course, there is also the possibility that a supply and positioning device which covers all heatable surfaces is arranged, which ensures or carries out a continuous supply of smoking material to all heated surfaces of all smoke generators.

In connection with the smoke generator according to the invention, it is considered favorable if the heatable surface is formed electrically or heated with gas. It will be the heated Surface associated with this electrical heating elements or carried out a gas heating the heated area. In this case, the heating takes place, in particular, from the side of the heatable surface facing away from the thermal insulation material, so that the heatable surface radiates the heat against the incandescent material arranged on or in front of the heatable surface and then glimmers it and subsequently smolders it. In connection with the heating of the surface is in particular provided to use a thermostatic, electronic or computer-controlled temperature control device. The mechanical, electronic or computer-controlled temperature control device ensures a continuously constant temperature of the heated surface. A thermostatic temperature control device prevents the temperature of the heated surface from dropping below or above a certain temperature or, when the temperature drops, initiates independent heating of the heatable surface by starting up the electrical or gas-heated heating elements. Of course, the design of the heater is not limited to the use of gas or electricity. It is also conceivable here that the heating via a wood firing or the like, which is arranged below the heatable surface takes place. This has the advantage that wood can be used here as a heating medium, which is not suitable for the smoking process itself. The smoking material itself is separated from the burning process and there is only a glimmering due to the heat emission taking place during the burning process. The use of wood as heating means has the further advantage that the remainders of the smoking material can be supplied to thermal utilization, and thus complete utilization of the smoking material can take place.

In the smoke generator, the heatable surface is preferably designed as glass, ceramic, glass ceramic, cast iron or steel heating surface. det. In addition, there is also the possibility that the heatable surface is designed as a particular gas-fired burner surface, the burner power can be adjusted so that there is no direct spreading of the flame on the smoking material, but only a warming takes place up to the smoldering point of the wood. The aforementioned embodiment of the heated surface allows, in particular when using a glass, ceramic or glass ceramic allows, in particular when using a glass, ceramic or glass ceramic heating, their easy cleaning. The glass, ceramic or glass ceramic surface has only a few pores which can be contaminated by combustion residues or the like, so that here a particularly smooth and easy-to-clean surface is made available which, in particular when using ceramic or glass ceramic, also has a particularly high emission power with respect to the heat energy used.

In the smoke generator according to the invention, it is provided that a favorable manner filling the supply and positioning device with smoking material from outside the smoke generator and / or the smoke generator chamber or smokehouse is provided. It can thus be a tracking of smoking material without having to intervene in the smoke generator chamber or the smokehouse. For this purpose, the smoke generator chamber or the smokehouse in particular has a filling opening connected to the supply and / or positioning device. In addition, there is of course also the possibility that the smoke generator chamber or smoking chamber is operated without feeding and positioning device and the smoking material is placed directly on the heatable surface or positioned in front of the latter through the filling opening.

The invention likewise includes a smoke generator equipped with a smoke generator as described above. mer. The smoke generator can in this case be arranged in a standardized chamber as a retrofit element. Of course, there is also the possibility that a Raucherzeugerkam- mer is used in the manufacturer already recordings, guides, rails or arrangement points are provided for a smoke generator. The smoke generator is in this case subsequently arranged in the smoke generator chamber, for example as a replacement device or as a retrofit solution and thus completes the smoke generator chamber. Instead of a smoke generator chamber, a direct retrofitting of a smokehouse with the smoke generator according to the invention can also be provided here, which is equally covered by the invention.

Also included in the invention is a smoking material which is particularly suitable for use in a smoke generator as previously described. The smoking material is designed as a plate, disk, block, cylinder or cuboid and consists of solid wood, pressed or unpressed wood chips or pressed or unpressed wood flour or a combination of wood chips and wood flour. When using pressed wood materials, a formation of the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid is achieved solely by the compression, there are no other materials, such as resin or adhesives fed, as they would not be acceptable in the smoking process. The smoking material has a compact shape and has at least one glimmering side which can be arranged relative to a heatable surface. The final shaping of the smoking material as a plate, disk, block, cylinder or cuboid is determined on the basis of the shape of the heated surface or the heatable surface associated with the feeding and positioning. The smoking material is chosen in this context with reference to this molding or embodiment. Also smoking material, which is formed as bulk material, in particular as pourable or free-flowing wood chips or wood flour, is suitable for use in the smoke generator according to the invention described above. In this case, it is provided that the smoking material is conveyed by the supply device into the region of the heatable surface and deposited thereon, for example, poured onto it. An alternative, which is to be regarded as a preferred development of the invention, provides that the bulk material is arranged in a receptacle. This receptacle can be arranged relative to the heated surface after filling with the bulk material or relative to this movable. The glowing process of the bulk material thus takes place in interaction between receptacle and heated surface. The receptacle is conveniently designed as a carrier, basket, bar, slide or pot and positioned, for example via the feeder or a separate conveyor relative to the heated surface. The arrangement of a receptacle also proves to be advantageous in connection with the removal of the incandescent incense material, since this only has to be emptied and is available for refilling with the incense material.

It is considered to be advantageous if the glimmer side of the smoking material substantially corresponds in shape and / or area to the heatable surface. It can thus be ensured that the heated surface can be almost completely covered by the Avenger material, so that it comes to an optimal utilization of the heat energy used and at the same time the creeping process and thus the smoke takes place particularly evenly and continuously.

In addition to almost complete coverage of the heatable surface by the smoking material, there is also the alternative possibility that the smoking material, that is the plate, Disk, block, cylinder or cuboid only partially covers the heated surface. This makes it possible to provide a standardized heatable surface in the smoke generator, which can be operated with various embodiments of the smoking material. The heat radiated from the side of the smoking material causes the incense material to heat up completely, so that substances contained in the smoking material can be optimally released before or during the melting of the material.

The plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid preferably has a groove in at least one of its surfaces. This is used in particular for guiding the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid in a Zuführoder positioning of the smoke generator. The groove can thereby extend in the longitudinal or transverse direction in the surface of the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid and cooperates with a provided in the supply or positioning projection, a strip or rail arranged there together and improves the supply or Positioning in front of or on the heated surface, so that an optimal glimmering result and optimal smoke development can be ensured. The depth of the groove also serves to adjust the Verglimmdauer the plate, disc, the block, cylinder or cuboid and / or the residence time of the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid in front of the heated surface. If the smoking material is consumed by the glimmer side, which is positioned in front of or on the heatable surface, sooner or later the groove will be reached in the course of the glazing process. Depending on the depth of the groove, this case occurs sooner or later in the glow process. Upon reaching the groove breaks the smoking material, that is, the plate, disc, the block, cylinder or cuboid apart and in particular due to the previously described embodiment of the smoke generator of the heated area removed or falls from this. Depending on the depth of the groove, this takes place sooner or later in the glow process, which is why the glow duration can be adjusted via the depth of the groove. The groove preferably defines a predetermined breaking point, upon reaching which a particular automatic breaking or splitting of the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid takes place. The groove can be provided in a surface facing away from the heated surface of the smoking material. Of course, there is also the possibility that two opposite surfaces of the smoking material have corresponding grooves, so that the final loading direction or the orientation of the smoking material in the smoke generator plays only a secondary role. This proves to be particularly favorable when in the smoke generator two oppositely arranged heated surfaces are provided and a fuming of the fuming takes place from two glimmering sides. Here, too, a clever arrangement of grooves can ultimately control a breakage or cutting of the smoking material and its falling away from the heated surfaces and take place automatically.

The smoking material has a contact surface or edge of the system via which contacting of a suitable holder, for example a bar or rail, takes place in a positioning and / or feeding device. When fumigating the fuming material changes its strength, so that when reaching a previously defined material thickness separation between the contact surface or contact edge on the smoking material and the holder, rail or bar takes place at the positioning and feeding, after which the smoking material then no longer at the heatable Surface is held and slips off this. It can then be controlled on this then the burning or residence time of the fuming material on or in front of the heated area, so that not necessarily the arrangement of a projection on the device and a groove in the smoking material must be provided in order to effect a discharge of the spent fuming material from the heated surface. The invention thus encompasses the smoking material with and without a groove, wherein, in particular in the embodiment without a groove, a contact edge or contact surface on the smoking material has to be provided in order to be able to achieve the previously described control function in cooperation with a holder.

If solid wood is used as the smoking material or if the smoking material is made of solid wood, then the wood fibers of the solid wood are oriented essentially parallel to the longitudinal or transverse direction of the glow side, that is, the starting material for the formation of the smoke material is selected accordingly, that said orientation the wood fibers present. This has the advantage that a much more uniform glare of the wood can take place, since the wood fibers on their _. entire length of the glazing can be supplied. Also, in this embodiment, there is an improved release of naturally stored in the solid wood flavors, such as phenolic substances, resins or the like, which favor a flavor of the incense. It is considered advantageous if the solid wood or the pressed or unpressed wood chips or the pressed or unpressed wood flour is obtained from heartwood. Heartwood of a number of tree species is characterized in that here a storage of mostly phenolic ingredients has taken place. These substances are released during smoldering in the smoke and then cause an aromatization or characteristic taste of the smoking.

In addition to the natural flavorings or releasable flavorings contained in the smoking material, In a variant it is provided that the smoking material has an impregnation with or admixture with at least one flavoring and / or flavoring substance, for example walnut shell, elderberry or juniper berries or wood or wood chips. For example, the smoking material can also be soaked with substances or coated with them. The aromatizing or flavoring substances are, for example, distillates of resins or other strong-smelling substances which make it possible to influence the smoke formed accordingly.

It is considered favorable if the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid, which forms the smoking material, has at least two opposite glazing sides. In this way, the smoking material can be placed or arranged independently of an orientation on the heatable surface or introduced into the feeding and positioning device. It is regarded as favorable if the glowing side has an impregnation, in particular in the form of a high-pressure impregnation with flavoring or flavoring substances. In this way, a corresponding substance can be introduced directly at the incandescent location or at the location of the smoke formation and it can be used as smoking material an inferior material which can be suitably upgraded and used for smoking purposes by this impregnation, which remains preferably limited to the Verglimmseite.

It is considered advantageous if the smoking material has a wood moisture content of between 5 and 250%, in particular between 35 and 150%, preferably between 55 and 70%. The moisture content of the wood can be influenced by the fact that, for example, precipitation-fresh or only temporarily seasoned wood is used. Felling-fresh wood often has a wood moisture content of more than 100%, whereby here the moisture content between sapwood and heartwood may vary.

Conveniently, the moisture of the smoking material is maintained by suitable storage, for example wet storage in a favorable humidity range for the smoking process of between 55 and 70%. If the wood moisture sinks below 5%, the incandescence process is too fast. If the wood moisture is very high, in particular more than 250%, the incandescence process is also adversely affected, since at first evaporation of the free water present in the wood takes place before the actual incandescence process takes place. It has proven to be particularly advantageous to use precipitated wood which is incised immediately after precipitation as a smoking material and used over a period of 2 weeks. This results in a satisfactory glimmering and a preferred smoking result.

The invention further includes the use of a smoking material as described above for smoking with a smoke generator according to the invention. It is provided that the incense material at the beginning of the smoking process has a wood moisture content of between 5 and 250%, in particular between 35 and 150%, preferably between 55 and 70%. The use of precipitation-fresh or only for a short time, preferably up to 14 days stored wood proves to be particularly advantageous, since a satisfactory smoking result is achieved here and the glazing process takes place evenly.

In the use according to the invention, it is considered favorable if the smoking material is stored in a liquid-tight packaging. When used for the smoking process then takes a removal of the smoking material from the liquid-tight packaging. The liquid-tight packaging has the advantage that here a constant attitude of Wood moisture is achieved. The smoking material is packed liquid-tight upon reaching a defined moisture content of wood or the amount of liquid is added to the package, which is required to achieve a certain moisture content. After sealing the packaging, the smoking material is available for later use and can be removed from the packaging shortly before the beginning of the smoking process. When storing larger amounts of fuming this can be layered in a liquid-tight container to successively for the smoking process taken from this and the heated surface to be supplied. Overall, it is considered to be favorable if, during the aforementioned use, until the beginning of the smoking process, the wood moisture is kept constant.

In the drawing, the invention is shown schematically in particular in an exemplary embodiment. Show it:

Fig. La a smoke generator with two

 heatable surfaces in front view,

FIG. 1b shows the smoke generator shown in FIG. 1a in side view; FIG.

Fig. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of

 Feeding and positioning device in perspective view;

3 shows an embodiment of the smoking material in a perspective view from the front and from the side;

4a a further preferred embodiment tion form of the smoke generator with two heatable surfaces in a horizontal arrangement; the smoke generator of Figure 4a in an inclined arrangement. a further preferred embodiment of the smoke generator with two heatable surfaces in an inclined arrangement; a preferred embodiment of the smoke generator shown in Figure 4a in side view. the smoke generator of Figure 5a in front view. a heatable surface with arranged incense in side view; a further preferred embodiment of the heated surface in side view; further, preferred embodiments of the heated surface in side view; a further preferred embodiment of the heated surface in plan view; 10 shows a further, preferred embodiment of the heatable surface in side view;

11 shows a further, preferred embodiment of the heatable surface in side view and FIG

Fig. 12 shows a further preferred embodiment of the heated surface, also in side view.

In the figures, the same or corresponding elements are denoted by the same reference numerals and therefore, if not appropriate, will not be described again.

In the figure la, a smoke generator 10 is shown, which is available for the arrangement in a smoke generator chamber shown in Fig. La or smokehouse. The smoke generator 10 here has two heatable surfaces 11, which are arranged side by side in the upper side 12 of a carrier housing 13. The heatable surfaces 11 in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 a are glass ceramic fields which can be heated via a heating coil arranged below the glass ceramic surface. Arranged in the housing 13 is the entire control technology for the heatable surfaces 11, for example a temperature control with sensor and so on (not shown in FIG. 1a).

Associated with the heatable surfaces 11, the smoke generator 10 of Fig. La depending on a feed and / or positioning device 14. An incense material 20 (cf., FIG. 3) can be brought to the heatable surface 11 in order to cause it to glow due to the heat radiated from the heatable surface 11. In the course of the glaring, the smoke formation on the smoking material 20. The smoke formed is then available for smoking purposes. The feeding and / or positioning device 14 extends above the heatable surfaces 11 and is designed in the manner of a cage. The struts 15 of the cage serve as delimitations for a supply space 30 for the smoking material 20 provided in the supply and / or positioning device 14. During operation of the smoke generator 10, the supply and / or positioning device 14 and here in particular the one above the heatable surface 11 uprising part of the feeding and / or positioning device 14 equipped with smoking material 20. In the region of the supply and / or positioning device 14 arranged in front of the heatable surface 11 there is then an incense material 20 to be glazed directly. In the part of the supply and / or positioning device 14 arranged in front of the heatable surface 11, the heatable surface 11 facing side of the feeding and / or positioning device 14, no struts 15 are provided, so that a direct contact of the smoking material 20 is given on the heated surface 11.

On its underside 31, the feeding and / or positioning device 14 is bounded by a strip 16 which extends over the entire width of the heated surface 11 and is also secured to the top 12 of the carrier housing 13. This strip 16 serves as a lower termination and at the same time as a contact surface for a contact edge 40 of the smoking material 20. About the contact edge 40 may alternatively or additionally the dwell time of the smoking material 20 are controlled in front of the heated surface 11. Upon reaching a defined material thickness as a result of glaring, the smoking material 20 slips below the contact surface, since the contact edge of the smoking material 20 no longer contacts the contact surface and is held by the latter. Further stabilization is experienced by the feeding and / or positioning device 14 by a centrally arranged rail 17, which comes into operative connection with the smoking material 20 arranged on the heatable surface 11. This operative connection is achieved by providing in the smoking material 20 a groove 21 (see Fig. 3) in which the rail 17 or a strut 15 engages. In the course of smoldering or consumption of the smoking material 20, the web 23 connecting the two halves 22 of the smoking material 20 (see FIG. Due to the inherent weight of the smoking material 20 or caused by the supply and / or positioning device 14 nachrückendes smoking material 20 and supported by the rail 17 is then a separation of the two halves 22 of the smoking material, so that they fall off the heated surface 11 and the next Smoke material 20 from the supply and / or positioning device 14 is passed in front of the heated surface 11. This is where a new process of agglomeration begins, which is accompanied by smoke.

Fig. Lb shows the smoke generator 10 described above in the side view. Here, the embodiment of Zufunrund positioning device 14 is clearly visible. The upper, heatable surface projecting portion 18a of the feeding and positioning device 14 extends perpendicular to the carrier housing 13 and is due to the cage-like design suitable to receive and stockpiled smoking material 20. In the lower section 18b, the feeding and / or positioning device 14 absorbs the inclination of the heatable surface 11 and thus ensures optimum alignment of the smoking material 20 in front of the heatable surface 11. The rear strut 15 ends at the level of the heatable surface 11, so that there is an unhindered access of the smoking material 20 to the heated surface 11 here. Also visible in Fig. Lb is the strip 16, which represents a lower boundary for the smoking material 20 in front of the heated surface and this until it reaches a certain thickness of material in front of the heated surface 11 is able to hold. Also shown is the rail 17, which causes the aforementioned function of dividing the fumigant material 20 with sufficient burnup or fuming and at the same time ensures positioning or support for the fumigant material 20 in front of the heatable surface 11. The rail 17, which may alternatively be formed as a mandrel, projection or tip, is from above into the groove 21 a. Equally, an identical rail 17 can also be provided in the area of the heatable surface 11 in order to engage in the groove 21 from below. The smoking material 20, which is stored in the feeding and / or positioning device 14, automatically slides in the course of the smoking process in front of the heated surface 11, so that after filling the feeding and / or positioning device 14 and putting the heated surface 11 into operation, a smoking process without further interventions can take place.

The advantage of the smoke generator 10 shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b is that no moving parts are present here, as is the case, for example, with friction smoke generators. There are thus, apart from the electronic control parts and the heated area, no repair-prone or possibly replaced or serviceable parts in the smoke generator 10, so that it can be offered particularly maintenance-free and cost-effective.

Fig. 2 shows the feeding and / or positioning device 14 in a perspective view. Clearly recognizable here is the upper section 18a, which is formed from two spaced apart about strut sections 15 rectangular support rails 19 and a storage space 30 for the smoking material 20 is available. The storage space 30 can be charged from above. The lowermost smoking material 20 is in use of the feed and / or positioning device 14 positioned directly in front of the heated surface 11. In this lower section 18b, the feeding and / or positioning device 14 has no rear struts 15 which would cause an unwanted spacing of the smoking material 20 from the heatable surface 11. The smoking material which slides out of the supply and / or positioning device 14 in front of the heatable surface 11 thus lies directly on the heatable surface 11.

Also visible in FIG. 2 is the rail 17 provided on the underside 31 of the feeding and / or positioning device 14, which firstly serves to position the smoking material 20 in front of the heatable surface 11 and in this position during the incandescence and smoke formation on the other hand is intended to divide the fuming material 20 when reaching a defined Abglimmgrades or to provide an abutment for the fragmentation available when further fumigant 20 slips over the feeding and / or positioning device 14 in front of the heated surface 11.

For this purpose, the rail 17 has a chamfer 32 which engages in the groove 21 provided in the smoking material 20 and wherein the smoking material 20 can slide onto the rail 17 via the groove 21.

Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of the smoking material 20. This is executed in the embodiment as a block of a solid wood material. The smoking material 20 has a glimmering side 33, which comes to rest in front of the heatable surface 11 when the smoking material 20 is used, and at which the actual agglomeration and smoke generation process takes place. Opposite, the smoking material 20 has a further surface 34. In this, the groove 21 is provided. When the smoking material 20 is used, this groove 21 is located in a smoke generator 10 designed as above, with a speaking guide or rail 17 in operative connection and is positioned over this rail 17, which may also be formed as a mandrel, projection or strip in front of the heated surface 11 and held during the glaring in this position. The smoking material 20 also has a contact edge 40 which abuts when used on a bar 16 of the feeding and / or positioning device 14 and provides until it reaches a certain Verglimmgrades with this in combination. The groove 21 ultimately also defines the incandescence time of the incense material 20. Starting from different groove depths, a different amount of incandescent material is available on the glimmer side 33. If the smoking material 20 is used up so far that the groove 21 or the groove bottom 24 is reached, a distribution of the - also in cooperation with a rail 17 or other device on the supply and / or positioning device 14 or on the heated surface 11 Smoke material 20 in two halves 22 performed, and the smoking material can no longer be held by the supply and / or positioning device 14 or corresponding elements on the heated surface 11 in front of this and thus falls from the heated surface 11 from.

If different groove depths are defined here, this breakup or division of the smoking material 20 occurs sooner or later. Thus, the residence time of the smoking material 20 in front of or on the heatable surface 11 can be controlled in a simple manner via the groove depth.

The smoking material 20 may be formed of a solid wood material. In addition, there is also the possibility that the smoking material is a compact of wood chips or wood flour or a chip-wood flour mixture. Of course, there is also the possibility - also in connection with an arrangement of the heatable surface 11 as shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b - that also that of the Verglimmseite 33 opposite surface 34 as Verglimmseite 33 is used. Again, the groove 21 has the purpose, on the one hand to form a guide for the smoking material 20, on the other hand, to define a predetermined breaking point for the smoking material 20, if a certain Verglimmungs- or consumption of the smoking material 20 is reached.

Fig. 4a as well as Fig. 4b shows another possible embodiment of the smoke generator 10. This has in the embodiment over a total of two heatable surfaces 11, which are arranged opposite to each other. Between the heated surfaces 11, the smoking material 20 is then inserted or slips this, mediated by the feeding and / or positioning device 14, automatically and is positioned in front of the two opposing heated surfaces 11. Exposure to heat takes place from two sides, so that the smoking material 20 starts to glow on two surfaces and then here comes to a stronger smoke development. The arrangement shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b has the advantage that better utilization of the smoking material 20 takes place here. The heating elements of the heatable surface 11 can be seen in FIG. 4a. These are heating spirals 36 arranged below a cover surface 35 formed of glass ceramic, which ensure a uniform, strong and readily available heat development and thus ensure a uniform smoldering of the smoking material 20. The glass ceramic top surface 35 can be easily cleaned due to the material used and is resistant to buildup of emerging from the fuming material 20 substances such as resins, tar or the like. In addition to the use of a cover surface 35 made of a glass ceramic material, of course, there is also the possibility that the cover surface 35 consists of ceramic or glass. As an alternative to the use of a glass-ceramic heating device, it goes without saying that a steel or cast-iron heating surface can be used. In addition, there is also the possibility that the heatable surface 11 is formed by appropriately received in a holder 37 gas burner or the like, in which case a further spacing between smoking material 20 and heated surfaces 11 is provided to prevent burning of the smoking material 20 due to the action of flame ,

4b shows a further possible embodiment of the previously described arrangement with two heatable surfaces 11, wherein here an inclined arrangement is shown. This inclined arrangement has the advantage that a slipping-in of the smoking material 20 in the gap 38 formed between the heatable surfaces 11 is substantially simplified. In cooperation with a feeding and / or positioning device 14, an independent charging and tracking of smoking material 20 can thus be realized.

FIG. 4 c shows a further possible embodiment of the heatable surfaces 11 provided in the smoke generator 10. In this case, a first lower heatable surface 11 is arranged inclined in the smoke generator 10. Opposite there is another heatable surface 11. The two heated surfaces 11 include an acute angle. This results in a conically tapering gap 38. If the fuming material 20 is introduced into this gap, the gap 38 tapering in the direction of movement of the fumigant material 20 causes the fumigant material 20 to be held by the heatable surfaces 11. In the course of smoldering, material is removed from the smoking material 20 and the smoking material 20 slips deeper into the gap 38. If a material thickness of the smoking material 20 is achieved which is smaller than the gap 38, the remaining smoking material slips off the heatable surface 11 and a new, subsequent smoking material 20 can be introduced into the gap 38. The gap 38 or enclosed by the heated surfaces angle can over an adjusting device (not shown) are changed, so that it can be reacted to different fuming materials strengths or types and the smoke generator is easily adaptable to these.

A further embodiment of the smoke generator 10 is shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b in side and front view. The smoke generator 10 here also comprises two heatable surfaces 11, which are arranged opposite one another. In addition to the heatable surfaces 11, the smoke generator 10 shown here comprises a feeding and / or positioning device 14, via which smoking material 20 is introduced into the gap 38 provided between the heatable surfaces. In addition, in the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 5 a and 5 b, the feeding and / or positioning device 14 also comprises a rail 17, which serves, on the one hand, to position the smoking material 20 in front of the heatable surfaces 11, and, on the other hand, if the smoking material 20 smokes sufficiently and corresponding weakening of the web 23 arranged between the halves 22 of the smoking material 20, to cause fracturing or cutting of the smoking material 20 (see Fig. 3) so that new smoking material 20 is introduced from the feeding and / or positioning device 14 between the heatable surfaces 11 can be.

In Fig. 5b can be seen a laterally provided on the smoke generator 10 handle 39. This serves to pivot the upper heatable surface 11 and thus to allow access to the lower heatable surface 11 of the smoke generator 10. In order to prevent unintentional pivoting, a lock 25 is provided between the heatable surfaces 11, as can be seen in FIG. 5a. The smoke generator 10 shown in Fig. 5a is designed as a retrofit solution for a smoke generator chamber or for arrangement in a smokehouse.

The smoke generator 10 has this on its back 26th via projections 27, via which an arrangement can be carried out, for example, on the wall of a smoke generator chamber. In addition, the smoke generator 10 has a connection 28, via which a power supply of the heatable surfaces 11 and the temperature can be controlled. The handle 39 is fixed to the carrier housing 13 and serves at the same time to remove the smoke generator 10 from a smoke generator chamber (not shown), for example for cleaning purposes.

FIG. 6 schematically shows the arrangement of the smoking material 20 in front of the heatable surface 11. In the exemplary embodiment, the heatable surface 11 for positioning the smoking material 20 has a rail 17 which cooperates with a groove 21 (see FIG during incandescence and smoke development, the smoking material 20 initially stops in the position in front of the heatable surface 11. Upon reaching a certain thickness of material and caused by the nachdrückende fuming material 20, a separation of halves 22 of the smoking material 20 is favored, so that they fall off the heated surface 11 and then the next higher fumigant material 20 slips in front of the heated surface 11 and here as well smolder. A part of the upper section 18a of the feeding and / or positioning device 14 can be seen in FIG. 6. This is a strut 15, which serves to guide the smoking material 20 as far as the heatable surface 11 or the carrier housing 13 surrounding it. The heatable surface 11 is partially sunk into this support housing 13, so that only the upper end, in the exemplary embodiment a cover surface 35 of a glass-ceramic material, rests on the surface of the support housing 13. Due to the smoothness of the material, the smoking material 20 can automatically slide onto the top surface 35 and is stopped in its movement by the rail 17 and thus remains immediately in front of the heatable surface 11. In Figure 6, the smoking material 20 is directly on the heated Surface 11 or on this covering the top surface 35 and remains in this position during the entire Verglimmvorganges.

FIG. 7 shows a spaced-apart arrangement of the smoking material 20 from the heatable surface 11 or the cover surface 35 provided here. This arrangement has the advantage that there is an air gap between the heated surface 11 and the smoking material 20, via which the smoke formed during the glazing can be removed. The top surface has nubs 29 for the spacing which extend beyond the top surface 35. Due to the convex shape of the dimples 29, the smoking material 20 can easily slide onto it and remain in this position during the glaring. The top surface 35 here has a sufficient thermal conductivity, so that no energy losses are to be feared here. In order to prevent slippage of the smoking material 20 from the nubs 29 and the top surface 35, a rail 17 is also provided here. This keeps the smoking material 20 in the position in front of the heatable surface 11. The positioning is maintained until sufficient fumigant smoldering, so that the effect already described above can occur and on the rail 17, a division of the fuming material takes place and this falls off the heated surface ,

8a, 8b show further possible embodiments of the smoke generator 10. In the exemplary embodiments, the latter has in each case a heatable surface 11, while in FIG. 8a the heatable surface 11 is aligned horizontally in such a way that the smoking material 20 rests on the latter, as shown in FIG 8b, the heatable surface 11 is arranged horizontally above the smoking material. The smoking material 20 lies below the heatable surface 11 or is passed below it. Sliding the smoking material 20 on the heated area 11 takes place in the embodiment of Fig. 8a by a pull chain 42. This is adjusted so that the fuming material 20 is pulled or pushed over the heated surface 11. After reaching a defined Verglimmungsgrades the smoking material 20 is further promoted by the pull chain 42 and moved away from the heated surface. The subsequent smoking material 20 is then pushed onto the heatable surface 11 and remains there until the incandescence process has progressed so far that the supply of a new smoking material 20 is necessary. In the embodiment of FIG. 8b, a feed device designed as a pull chain 42 is likewise provided. This moves the smoke material 20 active under the heated surface 11. This then takes place the Verglimmung and smoke. In the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 8b, a complete glazing of the smoking material can be carried out. The remaining remnants are then further transported by the pull chain 42, for example to a collecting device or the like. The speed of the drawstring 42 can be adjusted so that a continuous conveying process takes place during which the smoking material is smoldered. Alternatively, the pull chain can also be designed as a discontinuous conveyor. In this case, this then assumes not only a supply but also a positioning device of the smoking material 20 below the heatable surface.

Fig. 9 shows a further embodiment of the smoke generator according to the invention. Here, the heatable surface is arranged vertically and the slider 41 moves the smoking material 20 relative to this vertically aligned heating surface 11. The embodiment of Fig. 9 is shown in Fig. 10 in side view. In this case, the smoking material 20 is positioned in front of the heatable surface 11 by the slide 41, which represents the feed device in the embodiment of FIGS. 9 and 10. To drop the smoking material from the To prevent vertically oriented heated surface 11, here is a bar 16 is provided, on which rests the smoking material. This strip 16 supports the smoking material 20 during glaring. The slider 41 causes after smoldering of the smoking material 20, its removal from the position in front of the heated surface by either the smoldering fumigant material is pushed away immediately by the slider 41 or that here a new, unused smoking material 20 is nachgeschoben, which consumed the previous one Smoke material pushes away.

FIG. 11 shows a further possibility for positioning the smoking material 20 in front of the heatable surface 11. This too is in turn arranged vertically in the smoke generator, the smoking material 20 being positioned upright in front of it, relative to the heatable surface 11. In the exemplary embodiment, the heatable surface for positioning the fumigant material 20 on a rail 17, which cooperates with a provided on the smoking material 20 groove 21 and holds the fumigant 20 in the position in front of the heated surface 11 during the fuming and the smoke. Upon reaching a certain thickness of material, the smoking material 20 falls off, which is also favored by the pressing smoking material 20 (see FIG. The halves 22 fall off the heatable surface 11, the next higher located smoking material 20 slips in front of the heated surface 11 and is also smoldered here. Above the heatable surface 11, in the embodiment of FIG. 11, a support rail 19 adjoins, which supports the smoking material 20 and directs or directs the supply process to the heatable surface 11.

FIG. 12 shows a spaced-apart arrangement of the smoking material 20 in front of the heatable surface 11. In the exemplary embodiment, this is likewise arranged vertically in a smoke generator. The arrangement has the advantage that between the heated surface 11th and fuming material 20 there is an air gap over which the smoke formed in the glazing can be removed. The heatable surface 11 or one of these upstream deck surface 35 has for the spacing of nubs 29, which extend beyond the top surface 35. Due to the convex shape of the knobs 29, the smoking material 20 can easily slide on these or be promoted to this and remain during the glaring in this position. The top surface 35 has sufficient thermal conductivity, so that no energy losses are to be feared here. In order to prevent slippage of the smoking material 20 from the knobs 29 and the top surface 35, a strip 16 is provided. This keeps the smoking material 20 in the position in front of the heatable surface 11. The positioning is maintained until sufficient fumigant is smoldered and the fuming material, for example, by a feeding or conveying device is transported away from the heatable surface. Alternatively, there is the possibility that the smoking material 20 falls off and the incense remains in the shell 43, which is arranged below the bar 16, collected and then removed or removed from here. For the supply of the smoking material 20, for example, a feed device or conveyor chain, slide 41 or pull chain 42 as shown in FIGS. 8a, 8b or 9 can be used. As a result, the smoking material 20, for example moved in the image plane, can be moved in front of the heatable surface 11. To support the smoking material 20 during the glowing process, the embodiment shown in the embodiment of FIG. 12 also has a carrier rail 19 which supports and positions the smoking material 20.

The claims now filed with the application and later are attempts to formulate without prejudice to the attainment of further protection. If, on closer examination, in particular also of the relevant prior art, it appears that one or the other feature is beneficial for the purpose of the invention, but not of decisive importance, it is of course already desired to formulate such a feature , in particular in the main claim, no longer having.

It should further be noted that the embodiments and variants of the invention described in the various embodiments and shown in the figures can be combined with one another as desired. Here, one or more features are arbitrarily interchangeable. These feature combinations are also disclosed with.

The drawbacks recited in the dependent claims point to the further development of the subject matter of the main claim by the features of the respective subclaim. However, these are not to be understood as a waiver of obtaining independent, objective protection for the features of the dependent claims.

Features that have hitherto been disclosed only in the description may be claimed in the course of the method as of essential importance to the invention, for example to distinguish from the prior art.

Features which have been disclosed only in the description, or also individual features of claims comprising a plurality of features, may at any time be included in the first claim for distinction from the prior art, even if such features are associated with others Characteristics were mentioned or achieve particularly favorable results in connection with other features.

Claims

Claims: 1. A smoke generator with at least one heatable surface for smoldering a smoking material, characterized in that the heatable surface (11) is arranged inclined in the smoke generator (10) and a feed device (14) for the smoking material (20) to the heated surface (11 ) is provided. 2. Smoke generator according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the smoking material (20) via the feed device (14) schwerkraftbeaufschlagt to the heated surface (11) can be fed. 3. Smoke generator with at least one heatable surface for smoldering a smoker material, characterized in that the heatable surface (11) in the smoke generator (10) is arranged and a feed device (14) for the smoking material (20) to the heated surface (11) is provided. 4. smoke generator according to claim 3, characterized in that the heatable surface (11) horizontally or vertically is arranged in the smoke generator. 5. smoke generator according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the fuming material rests on the heated surface (11) and / or is arranged parallel to the heated surface (11). 6. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supply device (14) is at least partially cage-shaped, rail or slide-like. 7. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the feed device (14) is designed as a conveying device, in particular wherein a pulling or pushing promotion is provided, preferably wherein the feeding device is designed as a continuous or discontinuous conveyor. 8. Smoke generator according to claim 7, characterized in that the feed device (14) is designed as a conveyor belt, conveyor chain, pull chain, slide, roller conveyor, roller conveyor or ball track. 9. smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a positioning device (14) for the smoking material (20) is provided. 10. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a spaced arrangement of the smoking material (20) in front of the heatable surface (11) is provided, in particular wherein the supply and / or positioning device (14) and / or the heated surface ( 11) has / have at least one means for spacing the smoking material (20). 11. smoke generator according to claim 10, characterized in that the means for spacing as at least one (e) on or in front of the heated surface (11) arranged knob (29), rib, projection or strip and / or at least one (E) in the feeding and / or positioning device (14) arranged (r) rail, bar or projection is formed. 12. Smoke generator according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that an automatic, gravity-loaded sliding of the smoking material (20) is provided on the means for spacing. 13. Smoke generator according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that a mounting or pushing the incense material (20) is provided on the means for spacing by the feed device (14). 14. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fuming material (20) is arranged during the fuming in a position in front of the heated surface (11) and after consumption of a defined amount of fumigant material (20) an automatic removal or falling of the Fuming material (20) of the heated surface (11) is provided. 15. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the smoker material (20) during glaring on a in the supply and / or positioning device (14) and / or on the heated surface (11) arranged projection, a mandrel or a strip is seated or rests and after consumption of a defined amount of smoking material (20) a division or separation of the remaining fuming material is provided by the projection, the mandrel or the bar. 16. Smoke generator with at least one heatable surface for smoldering a smoking material, in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a first heatable surface (11) opposite a second heatable surface (11) is provided and the smoking material (20) between the two Areas (11) can be arranged. 17. Smoke generator according to claim 16, characterized in that a combination of first and second heatable surface (11) is arranged horizontally, vertically or inclined relative to the horizontal or vertical. 18. Smoke generator according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that the first and second heatable surface (11) enclose an acute angle, wherein by the heated surfaces (11) a cone guide for the smoking material (20) can be formed. 19. Smoke generator according to claim 18, characterized in that the of the heated surfaces (11) included angle is adjustable. 20. Smoke generator according to one of claims 16 to 19, characterized in that the distance between the heated surfaces (11) is adjustable. 21. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the smoke generator (10) can be arranged in a smoke generator chamber or a smokehouse, in particular with an insertion, insertion, hooking of the smoke generator (10) is provided in the smoke generator chamber or the smokehouse. 22. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the smoke generator chamber a deduction for the smoke formed and a supply of the smoke is provided to a smokehouse, in particular wherein the fan or a feeder, a suction and / or a filter is arranged or connectable. 23. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the smoke generator (10) and / or the smoke generator chamber is formed as a separate, connectable with a smokehouse element or integrated into the smokehouse provided. 24. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that two or more heatable surfaces (11) and / or combinations of oppositely arranged heated surfaces (11) next to or above one another, in particular in the smoke generator chamber or the smokehouse can be arranged. 25. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each heatable surface (11) and / or combination of oppositely arranged heated surfaces (11) are associated with a feed and / or positioning device (14). 26. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the heatable surface (11) is formed electrically or heated with gas, in particular wherein a thermostatic, electronic, mechanical or computer-controlled temperature control device and / or interval heating is provided. 27. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the heatable surface (11) a glass, ceramic, glass ceramic, cast iron or Stahlheizfläche or a burner surface. 28. Smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a filling of the supply and / or positioning device (14) with smoking material (20) from outside the smoke generator (10) and / or the smoke generator (10) or the smokehouse is provided in particular wherein the smoke generator chamber and / or the smokehouse has a filling opening connected to the supply and / or positioning device (11). 29. Smoke generator chamber with a smoke generator according to one of claims 1 to 28. 30. smoking material, in particular for use in a smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 28, characterized in that the smoking material (20) is designed as a plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid made of solid wood, pressed wood chips and / or pressed wood flour and at least one glimmer side (33), in particular wherein the Verglimmseite (33) relative to a heatable surface (11) can be arranged. 31. smoking material, in particular for use in a smoke generator according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 28, characterized in that the smoking material (20) as a bulk material, in particular as pourable or free-flowing wood chips or wood flour is formed. 32. smoking material according to claim 31, characterized in that the bulk material is arranged in a receptacle, in particular wherein the receptacle relative to the heated surface (11) arranged and / or movable 33. smoking material according to claim 32, in particular wherein the receptacle is designed as a carrier, basket, bar, slide or pot. 34. smoking material according to claim 30 to 33, characterized in that the Verglimmseite (33) in the form and / or surface of the heated surface (11) substantially corresponds. 35. smoking material according to claim 30 to 34, characterized in that the smoking material (20) the heated surface (11) only partially covered. 36. smoking material according to one of the preceding claims 30 to 35, characterized in that the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid in at least one surface a groove, in particular for guiding the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid in one Supply and / or positioning device (14) of the smoke generator (10), wherein the groove (21) extends in the longitudinal or transverse direction in the surface of the plate, disc, the block, cylinder or cuboid. 37. smoking material according to claim 36, characterized in that over the depth of the groove (21) the Verglimmdauer the plate, disc, the block, cylinder or cuboid and / or the residence time of the plate, disc, block, cylinder or cuboid before heated surface (11) is adjustable. 38. smoking material according to one of claims 36 or 37, characterized in that the groove (21) defines a predetermined breaking point, upon reaching a particular automatic breaking or cutting the plate, disc, the block, cylinder or cuboid is feasible. 39. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 38, characterized gekennnzeichnet that the wood fibers of the solid wood are aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal or transverse direction of the glimmer side (33). 40. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 39, characterized in that the solid wood, the pressed or unpressed wood chips and / or the pressed or unpressed wood flour is formed from heartwood. 41. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 40, characterized in that the solid wood, the pressed or unpressed wood chips and / or the pressed or unpressed wood flour is formed from sapwood. 42. Smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 41, characterized in that the smoking material (20) has an impregnation with or admixture of flavoring and / or flavoring substances. 43. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 42, characterized in that the smoking material (20) has a wood moisture of between 5 and 250%, in particular of between 35 and 150%, preferably of between 55 and 70%. 44. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 43, characterized in that the plate, disc, the block, cylinder or cuboid at least two oppositely disposed Verglimmseiten (33). 45. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 44, characterized in that the Verglimmseite (33) has an impregnation, in particular a high-pressure impregnation with aromatizing or flavoring substances. 46. smoking material according to one of claims 30 to 45, characterized in that the smoking material (20) has a contact edge (40) which can be brought into operative connection with a contact surface of the feeding and / or positioning device (14). 47. smoking material according to claim 46, characterized in that the abutment edge (40) is detachably formed by the contact surface upon reaching a defined material thickness. 48. Use of a Räuchermatierals according to any one of claims 30 to 47 for smoking with a smoke generator according to one of claims 1 to 30, characterized in that the incense material at the beginning of a smoking process, a moisture content of between 5 and 250%, in particular between 35 and 150 %, preferably of between 55 and 70%. 49. Use according to claim 48, characterized in that  the smoking material is stored in a liquid-tight packaging, wherein a removal of the smoking material from the liquid-tight packaging is provided for the smoking process. 50. Use according to claim 48 or 49, characterized in that until the beginning of the smoking process, a constant maintenance of the wood moisture.