smoked salmon

[jnevs23]

how do you smoke  salmon and get the nice mahogany color without  the ugly yellow fat deposits on top of fillets

[Huntbear]

not sure what you are doing, but I have never had the "ugly yellow fat deposits"  I always get nice clean pieces of smoked salmon.

[lucky33]

Try tilting the slabs at an angle so the fat runs off during smoking, and run a bit higher temperature. Ive done some larger trout that were the same way, but i found that the fat helps to get the perfect moisture and firmness of the finished product.   Just keep experimenting with it   

[206]

The color comes from the brown sugar in the cure, the smoke, and pulled when "perfect".  I like darker/crispier which comes from leaving it in the smoker longer.

They say the yellow stuff comes from not letting it sit out at room temp for a period of time before loading in the smoker, but in my experience I found it happens when the smoker is too hot at the beginning.

Here's what I have used the past few years and will continue.
http://www.theoutdoorline.com/blog/2009/06/22/Smoking-Salmon-Simplified!!!

I only use the salt, sugar and water from that recipe and cut it down by 3/4 for my batches.

He changed the resting time, last winter or so, and now amped up the hours to 18 to 24.  I did this once and it turned out about the same as resting it 4 hours.

[206]

cutting salmon like in the link is also important for the home smoker.  I've done bigger slabs, and that yellow stuff can't evaporate out the side and top so it boils up.  That may be your issue.

[jnevs23]

thanks for the info, ithink my problem might be that i let it air dry in the fridge because i had to do it while i was at work

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

When you cook your salmon instead of smoke it... That is where the yellow fat comes from, trying to smoke it on to high of a temp.

[Kc_Kracker]

fat deposits, what WDFW said, too high a temp, they happen, and they are tasty dont be shy 

[Kioti]

Good site 206....lots of good stuff there.....
I may have to put a salmon in the smoker soon.
Today its smoked chicken.

[jnevs23]

Ok this is kind of weird.  This post is under my name but I did not post.  I've never smoked salmon before ad don't even own a smoker.  Unless the date is wrong and I posted this years ago and totally forgot,  all previous posts by me on this thread aren't from me.

[Kc_Kracker]

  you have split personalities? 

[jnevs23]

Just figured out my account is logged in on my dads computer.  Cracked the case

[Kc_Kracker]

well tell pops to make a account and say hi 

[jnevs23]

He has one, getting lazy in his old age