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Broke in the smoker
« on: November 09, 2013, 07:11:48 PM »
Well yesterday I broke in the smoker, first time smoking for me! I bought a chum from winco that was on sale. Everything turned out great except one important thing....fish had great flavor, great moister, but had wwwwaaaaaayyyyy too much salt flavor. I believe I brined it too long. But not too bad for my first try.
So now that I'm a professional..... Tonight I tossed in a beef chuck roast to experiment on. 5lb roast at 225 deg. Took a little over 3 hours to get to an internal temp of 150.
I also threw in a 1lb of jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon 20 min at 225 deg and bam!!! Freaking delicious!

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2013, 07:13:33 PM »
Here's a pic of the shrimp

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2013, 07:23:00 PM »
Nice. Just had the same problem with over salting fish and went to only brown sugar cure on some ocean bright chum and turns out awesome. The good thing about straight brown sugar is you don't have to worry about over brining. It's my favorite way to brine my fish and it's almost like candy.
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2013, 07:26:21 PM »
drooool that looks amazing....

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2013, 07:28:51 PM »
Nice. Just had the same problem with over salting fish and went to only brown sugar cure on some ocean bright chum and turns out awesome. The good thing about straight brown sugar is you don't have to worry about over brining. It's my favorite way to brine my fish and it's almost like candy.

My father in law told me the same thing, I think I'll try that next time

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2013, 07:31:19 PM »
Not sure if you rinsed. But I always try and rinse some of the salt
off before.  good luck and looks like your on your way~

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 08:44:04 AM »
thats why i use a soy sauce base brine so i dont get that problem, plus careful not to over brine, 8 hrs MAX :tup:

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 09:06:06 AM »
Here's a pic of the shrimp
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 02:48:15 PM »
Looks more like ya jumped in with both feet.  :tup:
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2013, 09:08:53 AM »
thats why i use a soy sauce base brine so i dont get that problem, plus careful not to over brine, 8 hrs MAX :tup:

I'm glad you chimed in, I followed your recipe for brine exactly how you explained. Except the 8-9 hrs brine time. Obviously my plan was to start smoking after the suggested brine time, but something came up and I couldn't do it until the next day. So, my brine time was exactly 24 hrs!
At first I thought, no big deal, it'll just take on more yummy flavor. NOT the case! Haha, but oh well, I know what I did wrong and I can fix that next time.
Everything else was perfect, but the salt

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2013, 09:02:15 AM »
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2013, 09:07:50 AM »
Man those shrimp look tasty!!!!!
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2013, 09:12:33 AM »
Looks good! What brine recipe are you using for the chums? I brine mine for around 24 hours as a standard and have brined some for as long as 36 just to get the meat texture how I wanted.
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2013, 08:32:26 PM »
Looks good! What brine recipe are you using for the chums? I brine mine for around 24 hours as a standard and have brined some for as long as 36 just to get the meat texture how I wanted.

I took a page out of krackers cook book and tried his brine. Again, he says to soak no longer then 8 hrs. I obviously did it 3 times that much  :chuckle:

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2013, 02:17:27 PM »
Well yesterday I broke in the smoker, first time smoking for me! I bought a chum from winco that was on sale. Everything turned out great except one important thing....fish had great flavor, great moister, but had wwwwaaaaaayyyyy too much salt flavor. I believe I brined it too long. But not too bad for my first try.
So now that I'm a professional..... Tonight I tossed in a beef chuck roast to experiment on. 5lb roast at 225 deg. Took a little over 3 hours to get to an internal temp of 150.
I also threw in a 1lb of jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon 20 min at 225 deg and bam!!! Freaking delicious!

1 part salt 4 parts brown sugar.

Salty problem solved  :tup:

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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2013, 08:35:15 AM »
Well yesterday I broke in the smoker, first time smoking for me! I bought a chum from winco that was on sale. Everything turned out great except one important thing....fish had great flavor, great moister, but had wwwwaaaaaayyyyy too much salt flavor. I believe I brined it too long. But not too bad for my first try.
So now that I'm a professional..... Tonight I tossed in a beef chuck roast to experiment on. 5lb roast at 225 deg. Took a little over 3 hours to get to an internal temp of 150.
I also threw in a 1lb of jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon 20 min at 225 deg and bam!!! Freaking delicious!

1 part salt 4 parts brown sugar.

Salty problem solved  :tup:
I do essentially the same thing. I used to think that the brine time was crucial. I ran into a situation early this summer where I had brining fish and no time to get it smoked. I decided to just leave it in the brine for an extended period and see what happened. That fish was in brine for 5 DAYS. Rinsed and patted dry and smoked as usual. Some of the best fish I've even made or had. 2.5 cups packed brown sugar, 3/4 cup salt, 1 quart water
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Re: Broke in the smoker
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2013, 09:15:54 AM »
Well yesterday I broke in the smoker, first time smoking for me! I bought a chum from winco that was on sale. Everything turned out great except one important thing....fish had great flavor, great moister, but had wwwwaaaaaayyyyy too much salt flavor. I believe I brined it too long. But not too bad for my first try.
So now that I'm a professional..... Tonight I tossed in a beef chuck roast to experiment on. 5lb roast at 225 deg. Took a little over 3 hours to get to an internal temp of 150.
I also threw in a 1lb of jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon 20 min at 225 deg and bam!!! Freaking delicious!

1 part salt 4 parts brown sugar.
Salty problem solved  :tup:

perfect!!!Everytime.

 


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