Smoking Tuna in a Can
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Question
Is it permissible to smoke tuna in a can?
Answer
It is permissible, but you must first empty the tuna and immerse the can (without a blessing).
Source
Even though the Maharil Diskin in "Kuntres Acharon" section 136 wrote to permit emptying the vessel, nevertheless, when smoking in the can, it is not emptied but turned into a cooking utensil and requires immersion. And although there might be room to be lenient with a can, as the Chazon Ish wrote in Orach Chaim, siman 51, that a Jew turns it into a utensil, nevertheless, our teacher the rabbi's opinion is to be cautious and it needs to be immersed without a blessing.