My Teardrop Smoker--COOL!!!

[Ira]

HAH!!! I'M GLAD THAT YOU REMEMBERED IT THEN AND FOUND THE UNIT!!!

Cute little thing, right?

Tomorrow, I'm doing the regular 4th of July grilling stuff, but I got a recipe from my Q site that I want to also do in the Brinkmann Smoker as an experiment.

Smoked Salmon!

You northern guys that are closer the salmon are probably EXPERTS on this stuff, but to me, it looks easy and delicious. And this link has PICTURES to reslly convinve you.

https://secure.ramnetwork.com/kickassbbq/salmon.html

Burgers, hot dogs, steaks, chicken wings, ribs...and now salmon.

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

Ira,
The best wood to do salmon with is the oldest, rottenest alder you can find... Moldier the better.
Oh and one more thing... Wanna keep the fish from drying out???
Leave the skin on and glob the inside with... You guessed it....
MAYONAISE!!!

And I aint jokin'

[Ira]

Got no problem with mayonnaise for this--because for God's sake, it ain't PIZZA! I even knew this guy who actually PUT maynonnaise on his...

Oh...ooops....never mind. It's you.

It's just that I didn't get mayo advice for smoking salmon from "our" Q site, and yeah, I know about leaving the skin on. But alas, we don't have alder down here.

I picked up a 2 1/2 pound hunk of the salmon earlier. It's now 9:30PM my time, and I'm gonna start cooking the brine in about a half hour. Then drop it in the cooler with ice to chill...set the alarm for 3AM to drop the fish in the brine...and I'm ready to smoke around noon tomorrow.

And yep--I HAVE heard that mayonnaise is fantastic when poaching oily fish like blue fish, or other fish for that matter, in that it makes it taste less "fishy."

Which is a weird objective when you think about it. A true oxymoron.

[Laredo]

Ira,
If you can't find alder try some cedar.
I recently had my first experience with cedar planked salmon. It's food of the gods.

[asianflava]

Tartar sauce = Relish + Mayo

[Ira]

Tartar sauce = Relish + Mayo

Is that all there is to it?

I don't like either of those ingredients individually, but I DO like tartar sauce.

Except never on pizza.

And ooohhh....

Got to go check on that salmon brine which I iced 30 minutes ago to cool:

Some day, I'm gonna make somebody a great wife.

[Greg M]

. But alas, we don't have alder down here.

Just break up an old La-Z-Boy; their frames are made from alder. I'm sure you've got plenty of neighbors who wouldn't notice their recliner was missing

-Greg

[Ira]

Im about to break up my wireless ROUTER and throw it on the fire.

[Lesbest]

Was in 3 Walmarts yesterday and 1 today and that Brinkman unit is 54.00 in all of them--no deal in Central or NE Ohio yet. RATS.
Les

[S.A.Mike]

ranch dressing is good on pizza instead of tomato sauce..of coarse you have to have peperoncini peppers too
Mike

[peggyearlchris]

found your smoker pit fantastic...going to make one myself..

[Ira]

Doing ABTs in that smoker today--atomic buffalo turds:

Jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese and provolone, wrapped in bacon, sprinkled heavy with rub, and smoked with hickory.

The thing also works so well because of its small size. When just cooking for me (my wife doesn't touch jalapenos) or just the family, you simply don't need a large unit.