Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

yeah for the final approval send me all the smoked salmon so I can verify its good...I'll send you back the good stuff..

 

I'll send you the bad looking pieces, and you can tell me what I did wrong!!!!

 

Sounds like yer on the right track for some amazing treats lol
That's about exactly what I do when smoking trout. One thing I've learned is to really emphasize that drying time....pellicle is muy importante . If can, dry it in fridge to keep bugs off and out of it lol

 

Will do. Thanks for the tip.

 

Smoking a Costco Prime brisket packer on Saturday, high heat.

 

I've decided to freeze my salmon for now. Have to figure out how to get my unit to stay at 160 for a few hours.

 

I do lots of meat smoking on the WSM. Secret is to keep it simple.

• Ribs: good rub, no sauce, Apple & cherry wood, cook at 225 till bend test
• Brisket: good rub, not sweet, mesquite & cherry wood, cook at 225 till 205 internal. Use electric slicer
• Chicken: on beer can stand, Apple & cherry wood, any rub will do, cook at 225 till 165 in deepest spots
• Pork butt: good rub, Apple & cherry wood, inject, cook at 225 till 200. Shred & toss with light Carolina sauce
• Prime rib: look up "herb crusted prime rib" on tvwbb.com. Do that.
• Pork belly: cook like ribs, but cook the crap out of it till 200
• Ram ribs: can't remember, but did a brine and smoked
• Turkey: just do it in the oven, or fry.

I did a few more things....but regardless, keep it simple.

 

I do it a little different. Pork butt, ribs and chicken I cook hotter. No need to slow cook. Not enough fat to render. 250 to 300. Brisket 225 is fine. I'm just not that patience. Honey smoke turkey is always good. Never will go back to fryer or oven.

 

Turkey on a beer can

 

Using the stand without the can is the way! Great mechanism to prop it up and get the smoke and heat rolling through.

 

Yep, beer or beer can not needed.

 

Well you need beer in your belly

 

The problem with turkeys is they're to big for the chicken size stands. I use the large Bush's baked beans cans

 

Ya I prefer my beer in bottles or on tap if possible

 

Take your pick.

 

a beer can inside a chicken is a waste of beer.

 

I am truly jealous

How is the cream ale?

 

CRAZY PEOPLE I SAY. CRAZY.

 

That's actually my brothers set-up. He's batshit crazy over brewing. He's even growing his own yeast cultures. Most everything I've tried was very good. Some of his double and triple IPAs are just too hoppy for me. My favs are Belgium style wheat brews.

This is on the opposite wall.

 

That's freakin awesome. I have wanted to try to brew for many years but have never been able to convince myself to spend the needed money to do it right (ya I'm one of those if I'm going to do it I'm doing it right people - which my wife says means I am going to spend a lot lol).