Sharon, I’ll see your apples and raise you some protein

Banged out 6 racks of fish for some winter snacks. Been lacking time, so I had to load the smoker to it’s max capacity

Pretty similar le salmon/trout recipe I use.

1/2 gallon water
Light 1/2 cup canning salt
1-1/4 cup brown sugar
Heaping table spoon dill weed
1/4 chopped onion
Teaspoon turmeric
Heaping teaspoon black pepper
Table spoon paprika
(Double for large batch of fish)

Soak filets in brine for 12 to ??? Hours submerged in sealed bowl refrigerated.

Remove, but don’t rinse. Pat dry with paper towel and leave out to air dry on counter for about 2 hours. (I like a little stronger dill, so I’ll lightly sprinkle over filets right after patting dry with paper towel

Spray racks in smoker with oil And place filets skin down.

I prefer a mellow smoke like apple, peach, or pear wood.

I run smaller fillets like steelhead or coho 140 -160 degrees for 4 t five hours ( varies on how full my tower smoker is). Thicker fillets like Kings (Chinook) I run 150-160 for 7-8 hours -/+ pending how full the smoker is.

FYI, when I’m running a full smoker 6 or mor racks, I rotate the racks around about every hour to hour and a half.

Additionally, I vacuum pack individual serving packs at low vacuum and freeze. Thaw out in refrigerator for a day. Tasty!!!

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Smoked salmon and trout is good stuff

Awesome, Randy! Those look really good! 😋😋

Thanks for the type up Randy. This sounds good. What are some other fish you will use this recipe for or should I ask if it has to be an oily fish to come out?

Tough to beat smoked salmon, looks great! Thanks for sharing the recipe too.

I’ve smoked walleyes, white bass, bluegills, pike, cats,…for smaller fish, I just scale them and leave the skin on

Wait. Sharon has apples? What did I miss?

I’m going to save this recipe. I’ve tried the “dry brine” that Joel (and others) have recommended multiple times, and it worked great! But I’d like to have a solid wet brine in the quiver to try next time as well. Thanks for sharing, Randy!

reverend wrote:

Wait. Sharon has apples? What did I miss?

Oh yes, apples up the wahzoo!

https://www.in-depthoutdoors.com/community/forums/topic/cinnamon-apple-bread/

https://www.in-depthoutdoors.com/community/forums/topic/homemade-applesauce/

https://www.in-depthoutdoors.com/community/forums/topic/my-first-homemade-pie/

Sharon, out the wazoo is a little better than UP the wazoo

Randy Wieland wrote:

Sharon, out the wazoo is a little better than UP the wazoo

Sharon wrote:

Oh yes, apples up the wahzoo!

Is there a correct anatomical correlation to a wahzoo?

Tom Sawvell wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Sharon M wrote:</div>
Oh yes, apples up the wahzoo!

Is there a correct anatomical correlation to a wahzoo?

Wazoo = informal noun , meaning anus

Ahhh, yes, perhaps apples “out” would have been better than apples “up”!!