Smoking Raw Meatballs into Cooked Food in Relics Mod
guide
Smoking in the Relics mod allows players to rapidly process 
Raw Meatball into 
Cooked Meatball inside a vanilla smoker at double the cooking speed of a standard furnace.
Smoker Mechanics and Cooking Speeds
When preparing large batches of food rations, standard furnaces and campfires can be too slow. A smoker provides the ideal high-speed cooking solution:
- Construct a standard smoker at a crafting table by surrounding a furnace with four wooden logs or stripped wood.
- Place the smoker inside your kitchen or base food preparation bay.
- Insert Raw Meatball into the top item input slot of the smoker.
- Load fuel such as coal, charcoal, dried kelp blocks, or wood planks into the lower fuel chamber.
- The smoker cooks each Raw Meatball in five seconds (100 game ticks), exactly twice as fast as a standard stone furnace.
- Retrieve the finished Cooked Meatball from the output slot on the right.
Using a smoker cuts overall processing time in half, making it the most efficient appliance for bulk meatball preparation.
Bulk Ration Preparation for Adventure Expeditions
Preparing for dangerous dungeon raids demands efficient food preservation and production workflows:
- Connect an item hopper to the top of the smoker to feed stacks of Raw Meatball automatically from an overhead chest.
- Attach an output hopper beneath the smoker floor to route finished Cooked Meatball supplies into secure storage barrels.
- Wear the
Chef's Hat while managing kitchen cooking stations to enhance culinary efficiency and food management bonuses. - A single stack of coal inside an automated smoker cooks through dozens of Raw Meatball items in just a few minutes.
Comparing Smoker, Furnace, and Campfire Methods
Choosing the right cooking workstation depends on current survival priorities:
- Use a campfire when fuel supplies are scarce, since campfires roast Raw Meatball into Cooked Meatball with zero fuel cost.
- Use a standard furnace if you lack wood to build a dedicated smoker and need a general-purpose cooking block.
- Use a smoker whenever you have surplus fuel and require fast ration turnaround before embarking on perilous dungeon raids.