Smoking Seafood Rations Fast in Unusual Fish

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Smokers in Unusual Fish process raw ocean catches at double the speed of standard furnaces, making them the preferred cooking station for bulk ration preparation. Anglers returning from deep ocean voyages frequently accumulate dozens of exotic fish that require rapid preservation. Using a dedicated smoker allows players to convert perishable seafood into stable culinary provisions with minimal fuel expenditure.

Smoker Cook Speeds and Fuel Mechanics

The smoker functions identically to its vanilla counterpart, consuming fuel items such as coal, charcoal, or wood while cooking food items at twice the normal rate.

Six raw seafood items from Unusual Fish are fully compatible with smoker recipes.
One Raw Aero Mono Kebab smokes into one Cooked Aero Mono Kebab.
One Raw Blizzard Tuna smokes into one Cooked Blizzard Tuna.
One Raw Mossthorn Patty smokes into one Cooked Mossthorn Patty.
One Raw Porcupine Lobster Tail smokes into one Cooked Porcupine Lobster Tail.
One Raw Shockcat Fillet smokes into one Cooked Shockcat Fillet.
Any raw unusual fish specimen smokes into one Cooked Unusual Fillet.

Each item finishes in half the time required by an ordinary furnace, allowing full stacks of raw fish to be processed rapidly before embarking on extended underwater expeditions.

Choosing Between Cooking Stations

Selecting the proper cooking workstation depends on the explorer's immediate resource priorities.

Campfires require zero ongoing fuel consumption and hold four raw fish simultaneously on the top surface. However, campfires process items slower than enclosed smokers and require manual placement and retrieval from the logs.
Standard smelting furnaces process both ores and food, but they operate at normal speed and burn full fuel units per item.
Smokers burn fuel twice as fast but complete cooking in half the duration, making them ideal when paired with automated hoppers and chest systems for mass fish preservation.

Assembling Smoked Provisions

Once raw seafood is smoked, cooked fillets and lobster tails can be crafted into portable rations for extended travel.

Combining one Cooked Porcupine Lobster Tail with one Bread in a crafting grid creates one Lobster Roll.
Aligning two Cooked Unusual Fillet items crafts two Odd Fishsticks.
Simmering one Cooked Unusual Fillet with one Seagrass, one Kelp, one Sea Pickle, and one Bowl yields one Strange Broth.
Layering one Cooked Unusual Fillet between two Bread slices and two pieces of Kelp crafts one Unusual Sandwich.
Mixing one Cooked Unusual Fillet with two Wheat and one Water Bucket produces three units of Weird Goldfish.