Charcoal Chimney Catfish Cookout

BBQ Grail · Mar 6, 2010

I wanted some catfish last night but didn't want to smell up the house so I used a cast iron skillet and my charcoal chimney to cook the catfish.

It worked pretty good as you can see:

It was a great meal.

You can see all the details of how I did this here.

I've used the chimney to grill sausages and hamburgers. It's a great way to grill up small amounts of meat when you don't want to fire up the real grill.

iamthewreckingcrew · Mar 6, 2010

That looks good. I love catfish and can't wait to catch me some more this spring.

kickassbbq · Mar 6, 2010

GREAT idea!!
Thanks.
Ain't nuthin' better than a plate of Fried Catfish. They look excellent!!

Paul B · Mar 6, 2010

Man that's a great idea. And I just bought an old cast iron skillet. Now I'll have to go buy some fish and try it out!! :biggrin::biggrin:

Paul B
SS UDS

iamthewreckingcrew · Mar 6, 2010

Went back and read the blog version. That is a good idea. Said something about having your chimney elevated, if it was me, I would have just put it on the grate of my grill. My grates are heavy cast iron though, don't know what you are working with.

Also, you were talking about batter and how you like the cornmeal based batters. I like those too, but when I went up to Canada with a bunch of other guys, they used instant potato flakes with seasoning and I thought that was pretty good too.

Man, I really want some catfish now.

sampson · Mar 6, 2010

Nice job Larry. I'd hit the heck outta those.

BRBBQ · Mar 6, 2010

I'll bite:biggrin:

Meat Burner · Mar 6, 2010

Great idea Larry. The catfish looks soooo good, I now have some thawing in the frig for Monday evening.

cowgirl · Mar 6, 2010

Great looking fish Larry! Nice job.

:-D

BBQ Grail · Mar 6, 2010

iamthewreckingcrew said:
Went back and read the blog version. That is a good idea. Said something about having your chimney elevated, if it was me, I would have just put it on the grate of my grill. My grates are heavy cast iron though, don't know what you are working with..

I've got cast iron crates on my 22 inch Weber Kettle that would work perfectly. Thanks for the idea.

thillin · Mar 6, 2010

kickassbbq said:
GREAT idea!!
Thanks.
Ain't nuthin' better than a plate of Fried Catfish. They look excellent!!

Fried crappie!:biggrin:

Nice looking grub. I just spent the afternoon cleaning off the boat and charging the batteries. I'll be in MS next week and plan on some salt water fishing and want the boat to be ready for my return.

Vince B · Mar 6, 2010

Larry have you ever had an issue with leaving your chimney on the concrete? I have heard that it can make the surface chip or pop from the heat. I would think that this might be dangerous. Vince

BBQ Grail · Mar 6, 2010

Vince B said:
Larry have you ever had an issue with leaving your chimney on the concrete? I have heard that it can make the surface chip or pop from the heat. I would think that this might be dangerous. Vince

The chimney isn't on the concrete.

Vince B · Mar 6, 2010

The patio stone that you are using looks like concrete to me. :biggrin:

BBQ Grail · Mar 6, 2010

Vince B said:
The patio stone that you are using looks like concrete to me. :biggrin:

They are cement stepping stones that I made. They work just fine. Never a problem and I have no worries about it.

iamthewreckingcrew · Mar 6, 2010

Yep, I regularly will fire up new chimney loads on one of those cheapo concrete pavers. So far it hasn't even discolored it. Concrete can explode from heat, but I think it has to be VERY hot and more sudden than you would get with burning a chimney over it.

Chuckwagonbbqco · Mar 7, 2010

I have used this method before and it works great. The only problem that I had was the heat straight from the chimney was too intense-and if I waited until the the heat was perfect for the first batch---the heat only lasted for about 3 batches. If I was only cooking for me and my wife that is no problem---but I had a crowd.

I fixed this problem by dumping the coals from the chimney onto a 24 inch disc blade, and spreading them out. The heat was perfect for a 20 inch cast iron skillet, and cooked for 20 people in just 2 batches.

The tried and trued method of corn meal is always awesome---many company's make cajun fish fry batter products. The most incredible awesome flavor comes from crunching up a sleeve of "Ritz Crackers" and mixing them in with the corn meal.

Larry----where you live is great for catfish--I'd be living on them.

Midnight Smoke · Mar 7, 2010

What a cool; and innovated idea! Great for fast cooks. Thanks!

Couldn't you control the temps by trial and error, 1/2 full, 1/3 full Etc?

Charcoal Chimney Catfish Cookout

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Paul B

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