Cold Smoked Salmon

NooBBQ · December 2009

It has been a while since I last posted, but I recently bougth a CSG from ProQ.

My first "cook" with it was Cold Smoked Salmon according to this article:

http://www.smoker-cooking.com/coldsmokedsalmon.html

I started with a nice Wild Caught Sockeye filet

After brining it I dried it in the fridge.

Got the CSG in position

and the Salmon (with ice which I don't think was needed that day here in Idaho)

the CSG after about 3 hrs

and after 11.5 hrs

The salmon was amazing

nooBBQ

cookn biker · December 2009

That salmon looks like it tastes amazing!
Once you light that there is no stopping it, right?
I've been pondering cold smoking some salmon. It is so great!

Hoss's BBQ · December 2009

How much was the CSG? Also what type of shavings did you use. Looks Great! Hoss

thirdeye · December 2009

I've seen the ad's for those and thought the idea is pretty neat. I'm assuming that there is no taste what so ever from the candle?

Did you order yours from the UK or is there a dealer in the states?

Luhr Jensen makes many flavors of wood that is pretty fine, I can't tell if theirs is similar or not...

PWise · December 2009

That is a neat looking device... definitely beats the soldering iron in a can hehehe....

great looking salmon too... did you cure it first, like gravlax??

cheers!

NooBBQ · December 2009

cookn biker wrote:

That salmon looks like it tastes amazing!
Once you light that there is no stopping it, right?
I've been pondering cold smoking some salmon. It is so great!

Indeed, once you light it, the "train" has left the station.

NooBBQ · December 2009

Hoss's BBQ wrote:

How much was the CSG? Also what type of shavings did you use. Looks Great! Hoss

26.50 GBP

I used the oak that came with it, which was not my first choice for smoking salmon but it is what I had.

I have tried grinding up Bradley bisquettes, but it needs to be pretty fine. I have since ordered smoking dust from smokinlicious, the brand ProQ recommends here in the US.

NooBBQ · December 2009

thirdeye wrote:

I've seen the ad's for those and thought the idea is pretty neat. I'm assuming that there is no taste what so ever from the candle?

Did you order yours from the UK or is there a dealer in the states?

Luhr Jensen makes many flavors of wood that is pretty fine, I can't tell if theirs is similar or not...

The candle is only in there for 40 seconds or so the light it, then gets removed.

I ordered it through the ProQ website, not sure if they fulfilled through the UK or through a local vendor (come to think of it, I am pretty sure it got mailed from the UK, nice thing was that it was a fixed price including shipping)

The wood needs to be pretty fine. I did an experiment grinding up Bradley bisquettes, and my first trial I did not grind them fine enough and the "trail" died.

NooBBQ · December 2009

PWise wrote:

That is a neat looking device... definitely beats the soldering iron in a can hehehe....

great looking salmon too... did you cure it first, like gravlax??

cheers!

I used the method described in this article:

http://www.smoker-cooking.com/coldsmokedsalmon.html

It is a 32 hr process for this size salmon, given Sockeye is out of season, this salmon was previously frozen which suited me fine as the article mentions freezing as an extra measure to kill parasites, also it states that previously frozen changes cell structure so the process "takes" better.

8 hr brine (noon-8PM)
1/2 hr rinse (8PM-8:30PM)
12 hr dry (8:30PM-8:30AM)
12 hr smoke (8:30AM-8:30PM)

Unknown · December 2009

Got my CSG several weeks ago and the only thing I've had time to smoke was some cheese. It works like a charm and I cant wait to get some fresh salmon, hopefully before the holidays.

Smoked the cheeses for 2 1/2 hours and it was pretty tasty straight out of the Egg but, a week and a half later, after being wrapped and stored in the refrigerator, it was fantastic!

I'm thinking we have a learning curve here.

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