Bear’s New Christmas Toys (and Smoked Salmon)
So Bear Jr got me a couple new Toys for Christmas, and I finally got around to trying them:
The first is “The Smoking Gun”, by Breville, and a whole bunch of their wood chips.
As you’ll see below, I gave it a try, and I gotta try some more, because the first try was somewhat of a “Flop”.
I read everything, and watched a bunch of YouTubes before I tried it.
Then I patted 5 small Salmon fillet pieces dry, and put them on a wire cooling rack in a foil pan (so smoke could get underneath the pieces too).
Then I covered the Pan with Saran Wrap, filled the Gun with Hickory Chips, stuck the end of the hose in the pan, and fired it up.
I filled the pan with as much smoke as it would take, and shut it off.
Then when the smoke cleared somewhat, I lit it again. I did this again & again, much more than the YouTube Videos did.
I started thinking maybe that’s too much, so I stopped.
Then I put the pieces in two Vac Bags & sealed them up, along with some of my other Christmas Presents—Stainless Steel Balls.
Bear Jr got me a bunch of Stainless Steel Balls to put in the bags to weigh the packages down, so they don’t float up out of the water.
They worked Great !!
I had tried a Butter knife a couple months ago, and it slid down the package & poked a hole in it.
So I was talking to Bear Jr about it back then, but I forgot all about it until Christmas, and he remembered & got me some @ 3/4” and some @ 1/2”.
So back to the Salmon:
I put the Salmon in my Sous Vide Supreme @ 140° for 1 hour, which worked Great the last time.
Then I patted them Dry, and Seared the Skin side in my Fry Pan.
I gotta say these were real good, but very close to ZERO Smoke flavor.
Note: At this time I would not recommend this Smoking Gun as a Smoking Tool, but the Stainless Steel Balls work Great.
Next time I try this Smoking Gun on something, I’m gonna have to hammer it a lot more than I did this time!! I also Think I'll try putting the Smoke on it AFTER the SV instead of before.
Thanks For Stopping By,
Bear
My New Christmas Toy (from Bear Jr.):
Inside the Box:
More Presents from Bear Jr.---Stainless Steel Balls to weigh down my SV bags:
Salmon Pieces:
Skin Side Pics:
Pieces on wire rack, in pan, and covered for smoking:
Outside, pumping smoke into the pan:
Salmon Vacuum Sealed with SS Balls:
Searing the Skin side in a Pan:
Add some Curly Fries, and it's time to eat:
So Bear Jr got me a couple new Toys for Christmas, and I finally got around to trying them:
The first is “The Smoking Gun”, by Breville, and a whole bunch of their wood chips.
As you’ll see below, I gave it a try, and I gotta try some more, because the first try was somewhat of a “Flop”.
I read everything, and watched a bunch of YouTubes before I tried it.
Then I patted 5 small Salmon fillet pieces dry, and put them on a wire cooling rack in a foil pan (so smoke could get underneath the pieces too).
Then I covered the Pan with Saran Wrap, filled the Gun with Hickory Chips, stuck the end of the hose in the pan, and fired it up.
I filled the pan with as much smoke as it would take, and shut it off.
Then when the smoke cleared somewhat, I lit it again. I did this again & again, much more than the YouTube Videos did.
I started thinking maybe that’s too much, so I stopped.
Then I put the pieces in two Vac Bags & sealed them up, along with some of my other Christmas Presents—Stainless Steel Balls.
Bear Jr got me a bunch of Stainless Steel Balls to put in the bags to weigh the packages down, so they don’t float up out of the water.
They worked Great !!
I had tried a Butter knife a couple months ago, and it slid down the package & poked a hole in it.
So I was talking to Bear Jr about it back then, but I forgot all about it until Christmas, and he remembered & got me some @ 3/4” and some @ 1/2”.
So back to the Salmon:
I put the Salmon in my Sous Vide Supreme @ 140° for 1 hour, which worked Great the last time.
Then I patted them Dry, and Seared the Skin side in my Fry Pan.
I gotta say these were real good, but very close to ZERO Smoke flavor.
Note: At this time I would not recommend this Smoking Gun as a Smoking Tool, but the Stainless Steel Balls work Great.
Next time I try this Smoking Gun on something, I’m gonna have to hammer it a lot more than I did this time!! I also Think I'll try putting the Smoke on it AFTER the SV instead of before.
Thanks For Stopping By,
Bear
My New Christmas Toy (from Bear Jr.):
Inside the Box:
More Presents from Bear Jr.---Stainless Steel Balls to weigh down my SV bags:
Salmon Pieces:
Skin Side Pics:
Pieces on wire rack, in pan, and covered for smoking:
Outside, pumping smoke into the pan:
Salmon Vacuum Sealed with SS Balls:
Searing the Skin side in a Pan:
Add some Curly Fries, and it's time to eat:
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