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Will Fish Stank Up My BGE?

SonVolt
SonVolt Posts: 3,316
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Love to grill fish, shrimp, oysters and other seafood but haven't cooked anything from the sea on my BGE yet. I know the egg is porous and porosity can trap oils, odors and other undesirables. The last thing I want to do is open my Egg a month later and be smacked in the face by stank ass Snapper. Anyone have any comments on the matter? Is it a non-issue? 
South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    Non-issue, unless you leave the fish on there for a month or so before cooking it.
    NOLA
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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,696
    I grill salmon almost weekly,  no issue.
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • unoriginalusername
    unoriginalusername Posts: 1,146
    Like others said, you’re good to grill 
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  • evie1370
    evie1370 Posts: 506
    I have cooked salmon, tuna, snapper you name it-never a smell. I prefer to cook it on the BGE due to flavor, and I don't smell up the house. You will not have an issue.

    Medium BGE in Cincinnati OH.

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  • vb4677
    vb4677 Posts: 687
    And I'm sitting here wondering why you would cook a 'stank ass Snapper' in the first place!?!!?! :open_mouth:
    Kansas City: Too Much City for One State - Missouri side
    2 Large BGE's, Instant Pot, Anova Sous Vide, and a gas smoker...
    Barbeque, Homebrew and Blues...
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    Thanks everyone! Maybe I'll give it a go this weekend. 

    vb4677 said:
    And I'm sitting here wondering why you would cook a 'stank ass Snapper' in the first place!?!!?! :open_mouth:

    There's this thing that fish oils and juices tend to do over time in 90F weather... it ripens up nicely. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Yes
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    northGAcock said:
    Yes
    You couldn’t cook a fish if given one.  To the OP.  No problem and fish is great on the egg.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Love fish on the egg. Think I'll have some when I get home. 

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    you can egg on fish, no prob.


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  • NorthPilot06
    NorthPilot06 Posts: 1,179
    nolaegghead said:
    you can egg on fish, no prob.


    Yes, this^^. Also, what is on that fish?
    DFW - 1 LGBE & Happy to Adopt More...
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  • PoppasGrill
    PoppasGrill Posts: 374
    I haven’t cooked any just caught fish, but have planked salmon and tuna,  grilled shark, and blackened Mahi without any lasting smells. I do open the vents and heat it up after the cook and let the lump burn away, but I do that after a greasy meat cook also.
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  • 500
    500 Posts: 3,184
    edited June 2018
    SonVolt said:
    ...The last thing I want to do is open my Egg a month later and be smacked in the face by stank ass Snapper.
    Why would you wait a month in between grilling on the Egg?
    I like my butt rubbed and my pork pulled.
    Member since 2009
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  • MotownVol
    MotownVol Posts: 1,072
    Salmon, shrimp, scallops, tuna, crappie!   Fish on the egg all the time at my house.
    Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    edited June 2018
    500 said:
    SonVolt said:
    ...The last thing I want to do is open my Egg a month later and be smacked in the face by stank ass Snapper.
    Why would you wait a month in between grilling on the Egg?

    I was giving a worst case scenario... but, I bought the egg primarily as a smoker. I have no real plans for direct grilling on it or making pizzas etc, for now anyway. I've got other equipment that do that better/easier. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • Spardan
    Spardan Posts: 1
    I just got my BGE, basically wife is whals Protocol (paleo + crazy to try to help with MS), so she told me I could get an egg as long as I cooked at least 3x a week.  

    I was kind of dreading doing salmon as I’m still getting accustomed to the new techniques so 4th day of ownership and 4th meal did salmon on a disposable aluminum mat. I would have used the conveggtor, but since it was still in box didn’t want its first cook to be fish. 

    I had structured our meals for the week so I would do steaks first, brats second, buffalo third (thicker fat), then the fish followed by a high temp clean burn.  I went out and started the grill and there was only the smell of a grill begging to be lit.  Added the conveggtor and did awesome chicken breasts with no smell at all.  
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    Spardan, Dizzy Pig makes a rub called Raging River especially for salmon. Buy some cedar planks and soak them in water, put the fish on the plank and season, then on the egg until the fish flakes with a fork.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,673
    Just be sure to boil water afterward and you will be fine.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    We do salmon and grouper frequently, with zero issues. Crab legs, lobster tails, smoked oysters are also top notch. 
    Great cooker, and we use our eggs for everything.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    ^^^^^
    Image result for and there it is gif
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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