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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: Sliverslinger on December 27, 2012, 08:54:27 PM

Title: smoker question for you pros
Post by: Sliverslinger on December 27, 2012, 08:54:27 PM: I just received a new Cajun injector electric smoker for Christmas. I've been wanti.g to get into smoking for a long time, I've got it all seasoned, and hoping to follow the advice I found on this forum and try a batch of pork butt on Sunday. I'm also wanting to try some salmon on new years eve. I ran into an old timer recently who told me that if I smoke salmon in my smoker then I'll never want to smoke anything but fish in it after that. He said that anything smoked thereafter will have a ring of salmon to it. have you pros found this to be true? Do I really need a smoker for fish and another for everything else?
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Post by: Russ McDonald on December 27, 2012, 09:13:14 PM: I am tagging this because that is a very good question. Since I got a smoker for xmas.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 27, 2012, 09:16:23 PM: Ive heard that before. Never followed it. Never had brisket taste like fish or fish like possum. :dunno:
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Post by: huntergreg on December 27, 2012, 09:22:32 PM: I use mine all the time for fish, summer sausage, chicken, all kinds of stuff. never noticed any different taste. :twocents: I clean my racks every time I use it though.
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Post by: JohnVH on December 28, 2012, 09:07:11 AM: that old timer is wrong. Ive smoked a chicken, deer, bear, fish, sausage, etc, with no cross flavors.
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Post by: Sliverslinger on December 28, 2012, 09:35:47 AM: Awesome thanks guys. Headed to cash n carry today to get the first slabs of meat. Gonna spend the morning reading up on marinades and rubs and give it the first go on Sunday.
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Post by: sirmissalot on December 28, 2012, 01:50:44 PM: Quote from: Kc_Kracker on December 28, 2012, 09:02:55 AM
Quote from: Sliverslinger on December 27, 2012, 08:54:27 PM
who told me that if I smoke salmon in my smoker then I'll never want to smoke anything but fish in it after that. He said that anything smoked thereafter will have a ring of salmon to it. have you pros found this to be true? Do I really need a smoker for fish and another for everything else?

big fat old wives tale, pure nonsense do not give it a second thought.... :bash:

Often times my jerky tastes like smoked salmon. I now make jerky in the dehydrator for this reason. Had several people say the same thing after tasting my jerky I made in the smoker... What am I doing wrong Krack?
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 28, 2012, 02:20:28 PM: Myself and a lot of my friends have a fish smoker and another smoker for anything but fish. That is common for people who use there smoker for salmon and jerky.
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Post by: WDFW Hates ME!!! on December 28, 2012, 02:23:10 PM: I use mine for everything... From smoked fish to smoked turkey and everything in between. Never had something taste different than what i am smoking...
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Post by: awallfishnhunt on December 28, 2012, 06:12:28 PM: i have smoked salmon and black cod in my smokers and never had pork, beef, poultry, or chesse come out fishy
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Post by: JLS on December 28, 2012, 06:20:44 PM: Never had issue with mine, done fish, ducks, turkeys, jerky all in the same one. Never washed it either :o
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Post by: 206 on December 28, 2012, 07:02:28 PM: I think it depends on how much fish you smoke. When I first got my side pit smoker I was doing a ton of smoked salmon before I figured out it just got too hot for fish and got another smoker. At that time I did notice a fish smell in some other smoked meats and it was a thing that made you think hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

My fish smoker smells like fish. This fall I walked into a bar after smoking fish and a stranger speaks up, "Somebody is smoking fish."

I got a kick outta that and felt like the Pig Pen character in Peanuts. I left shortly after.
Title: Not a pro but can hold my own....
Post by: Hawgdawg on December 31, 2012, 07:11:49 PM: I use different racks for fish. Cross contamination is possible. I smoke alot of everything.
smoke out your smoker after fish if going to smoke somthing sensitive like chesse.
Head dishwasher at cast and blast cooking team. Hawgdawg