We attend food fairs and festivals around the country, taking orders, handing out samples and selling a delicious selection of produce. Find out below when we'll be at an event near you. We love meeting our customers face to face!     Locally we attend Usk Farmers Market on 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings of every month.   Come and find us.    Our smokery shop in Crickhowell is open from...

Thank you so much to Stephen Johnson at Monmouthshire and Brecon Living for writing such a wonderful article about us!   From our beginnings in 1996  to our  award winning range of smoked foods and our growing collection of gifts and hampers , the article really covers everything you need to know. All that's left to do is try some for yourself.   Our thanks also to Michael Williams, the photographer,...

At Black Mountains Smokery we use two smoking techniques - hot smoke, and cold smoke. The key difference between them is that one involves heat, and the other does not. Both of them infuse the product with the beautiful smokey flavour, but hot smoking (kiln roasting), also cooks it. This means that "Hot smoked" or "Oak Roasted" produce is cooked and ready to eat straight from the packet. Most of our range is smoked in this way, from...

We attend food fairs and festivals around the country, taking Christmas orders, handing out samples and selling a delicious selection of produce. Find out below when we'll be at an event near you. We love meeting our customers face to face!     Locally we attend Usk Farmers Market on 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings of every month (Except 15th December).   Come and find us.   Our smokery shop in...

  'For more than two decades Black Mountains Smokery has been feeding an insatiable appetite for the finest smoked foods' (Herefordshire Living, October 2018) Thank you so much to Herefordshire Living for writing a great article about us, our history and our ward winning , artisan smoked foods as we build up for our busiest time of year. To read the full article click  here  and go to page 81. 

    ' Black Mountains Smokery makes some of the best smoked fish and meats we’ve tried.' (The Independent, November 2017)  Last year The Independent listed our Penyrheol Festive Wicker Hamper in their 11 Best Christmas Food and Drink Hampers.  As it was one of our most popular hampers in 2017, we've kept in all your favourites for this year. We've added some of our new treats including handmade Aberffraw...

Have you seen us in Delicious Magazine’s Foodie Postcard from Abergavenny? Click here to have a look.   Life moves fast at Black Mountains Smokery. Since Delicious Magazine came to visit we’ve got a brand new fridge! It has lots more room to display all our beautiful smoked meats, fish and cheeses. Pop in to have a look or place an order - it's never too early to order for Christmas.  

The wait is over ... and we can finally announce that our Oak Smoked Chicken Breast  has won another Two Gold Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2018 !     Judges described our  Oak Smoked Chicken Breast  as 'delicate' and 'impressive' with an 'immediate, appealing smokey aroma' that carries through into the 'very juicy and moist' breast meat with a 'well balanced' and 'natural' smoke....

Spring can only mean one thing - our smokery tours and tastings have started again.  We hold Smokery Tour and Tastings every Wednesday at 11am from March to September.  You'll gain an insight into the history of curing and smoking and traditional processes and go on a guided tour with Jonathan around the smokery production area to understand the workings of our kilns for hot and cold oak smoking as well as a demonstration...

Black Mountains Smokery undertakes commission smoking of fishermen’s fish – trout and salmon . “I have just received the fish that you smoked for me. I have also just tried it. As a small business, I dare say you are keen to hear customer feedback. So here is my testimonial: ... Bloody marvellous!” It is best to phone or contact us to book your fish in . You can then deliver it to us frozen with instructions for smoking and...