Smoked Salmon

pat · Mar 2, 2008

Found a whole salmon (headless mod) at Costco. My fileting skills are not what they used to be!! Got some good advice from thirdeye today (thanks again Wayne) and it seemed to do the trick. Best dang salmon I have smoked yet!! :biggrin: Used the mini charcoal ring with some small cherry chunks mixed in with the lump. Threw some super duper peach wood on top to start things off. Kept the drum around 170-175* except for a few spikes. Took the salmon to around 140* internal.

Below:
Two salmon on left=teriyaki ginger marinade
Middle salmon=yardbird rub
Two salmon on right=jamaican firewalk

swamprb · Mar 2, 2008

Nice Pat! How much charcoal did you use in the small ring? What was the cook times with the drum at the low temp? Did you brine the fillets or just give them the rubs?

Frozen Alaskan Sockeyes are $2.99 lb this week, that's experimenting prices!

JimT · Mar 2, 2008

140* internal with a 170 - 175* fire?

How long did that take????

JimT

pat · Mar 2, 2008

swamprb said:
Nice Pat! How much charcoal did you use in the small ring? What was the cook times with the drum at the low temp? Did you brine the fillets or just give them the rubs?

Frozen Alaskan Sockeyes are $2.99 lb this week, that's experimenting prices!

I just lightly packed the ring. Probably about 3-4 pounds of lump. The fire burned for about 4 hours with the pit temp at 170-175 for the first 1 1/4 hours (salmon done at this point) After that opened all three plugs and she ran around 250-275* for about 2 1/2-3 hrs. No brining just used the rubs and marinade this time.

DaChief · Mar 2, 2008

Awesome...the only way I eat Salmon anymore is cooked outside. I like them grilled directly over the coals. Take about 8 minutes to get to 140-145. A quick dinner!

jacob · Mar 2, 2008

Until I came here, I thought all Salmon come out of a can. I am happy I know better now because I have aquired a taste for grilled and smoked alike and love it.

thirdeye · Mar 2, 2008

Pat,

Those all look really good, including the color. It's neat to see the difference in the marinated and the rubbed ones. I have never tried the Firewalk on fish, but I did get a good sized sample of Plowboys Yardbird rub during the trial period, and it's great stuff.... Have some fun and play with some dry cures and brines too. I like the dry over the brines and I have a personal favorite

, but I sure like Jim Minion's Cardogs Salmon cure too.

Plowboy · Mar 2, 2008

Is that a banana in your picture or... nevermind.

I've tried our rub on just about everything (Just ask Randy.), and I think it works hands down the best on salmon. Glad you thought to give it a try. They all looked good in the pics.

Pyle's BBQ · Mar 3, 2008

Man a beutiful day and no invite. The salmon looks great. I wish it would quit snowing so I can get my UDS done.

Jaberwabee · Mar 3, 2008

Plowboy said:
Is that a banana in your picture or... nevermind.

I've tried our rub on just about everything (Just ask Randy.), and I think it works hands down the best on salmon. Glad you thought to give it a try. They all looked good in the pics.

Not to hijack the thread, but my wife thinks your Yardbird is best on french fries, and steamed cauliflower and broccoli. She uses it all the time. I havent done Salmon with it yet but did some Crappie and some Saugeye and it was great with those too.

JamesB · Mar 3, 2008

Man o man, I love salmon almost any way it can be fixed... those picks have got me thinking about what I want to cook next weekend!

James.

ZBQ · Mar 3, 2008

That salmon looks really tasty Pat!

thirdeye said:
Pat,

Those all look really good, including the color. It's neat to see the difference in the marinated and the rubbed ones. I have never tried the Firewalk on fish, but I did get a good sized sample of Plowboys Yardbird rub during the trial period, and it's great stuff.... Have some fun and play with some dry cures and brines too. I like the dry over the brines and I have a personal favorite , but I sure like Jim Minion's Cardogs Salmon cure too.

I really like it too.
That's the way I fixed the salmon for my wifes Valentines Day dinner.
She goes nuts over that salmon.

Plowboy said:
Is that a banana in your picture or... nevermind.

I've tried our rub on just about everything (Just ask Randy.), and I think it works hands down the best on salmon. Glad you thought to give it a try. They all looked good in the pics.

I will have to give that a try Todd!
Any special instructions?
How long do you leave it on before smoking?

Plowboy · Mar 3, 2008

ZBQ said:
I will have to give that a try Todd!
Any special instructions?
How long do you leave it on before smoking?

Just long enough to dissolve. A couple of minutes.

Sorry, about the hijack. Didn't mean to make this all about the rub.

pat · Mar 3, 2008

Plowboy said:
Just long enough to dissolve. A couple of minutes.

Sorry, about the hijack. Didn't mean to make this all about the rub.

No need to be sorry. The rub is great!! Worked really well with the salmon. :biggrin:

michiana mark · Mar 3, 2008

Salmon looks great. We like it cedar planked here.

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