I've been pretty busy and haven't smoked or posted much. But I finally got around to getting some 3" duct to extend the stack down to the grate on my cheap offset.
I used some more of the duct to route the smoke to use the gas side as a cold smoker.
Cured a loin with sugar, salt, and #1 for a week.
Picked up a salmon at Restaurant Depot.
It could have been better, but my rookie fillet job wasn't too bad.
Made some room in the beer fridge and cured the fish in the fridge for a couple of days. Here it is drying out the night before the smoke.
I started a fire in the side fire box and hot smoked the Canadian Bacon in the right hand chamber at about 250°. The fish got plenty of smoke, but didn't get much above 50°.
Bacon done.
Slicing the fish took a little getting used to. But I got pretty good at it by the end.
Here's some on a bagel with cream cheese
Here's some with eggs and onions.
I bought an 11.65lb salmon, cut it into 7.375lbs of fillets, and ended up with 5.25lbs of finished smoked salmon. The cold smoke setup worked pretty well, especially with it in the 20°'s while I was smoking.
Thanks for looking!
I used some more of the duct to route the smoke to use the gas side as a cold smoker.
Cured a loin with sugar, salt, and #1 for a week.
Picked up a salmon at Restaurant Depot.
It could have been better, but my rookie fillet job wasn't too bad.
Made some room in the beer fridge and cured the fish in the fridge for a couple of days. Here it is drying out the night before the smoke.
I started a fire in the side fire box and hot smoked the Canadian Bacon in the right hand chamber at about 250°. The fish got plenty of smoke, but didn't get much above 50°.
Bacon done.
Slicing the fish took a little getting used to. But I got pretty good at it by the end.
Here's some on a bagel with cream cheese
Here's some with eggs and onions.
I bought an 11.65lb salmon, cut it into 7.375lbs of fillets, and ended up with 5.25lbs of finished smoked salmon. The cold smoke setup worked pretty well, especially with it in the 20°'s while I was smoking.
Thanks for looking!
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