Smoked Salmon Results

[RFT]

Hello all.

Just got done smoking some Upper Columbia River King Salmon and it turned out great.

I used "Scotts" fish brine and let the fish brine for just about 20 hrs.
I  preheated the smoker to about 220 degrees, loaded it with 6 Alder briquettes and let her rip.  
It was about 20 degrees F. here and with 3 racks of fish in it I could not get the temp above about 175F with the slider at full on, which is ok but I wanted a little more heat.  Smoker is out of the wind in on of those Costco carports.  I had the smoker plugged into a 100FT long light duty extension cord so I went out and bought a 12gage 50 footer and surprisingly I got more heat  ;D but only about 10 more degrees.  Well,  Being a Big Chief smoker user for years (get ready for a shameless plug) I have an ebay business and make smoker blankets to fit the Chiefs, I took one of those and wrapped it around the OBS and that took the heat up to about 220 degrees F, a little to hot but at least I was able to control the heat now instead of having the slider pegged.

Here are the results.

[Jim O]

Great looking salmon,RFT.


Jim O

[RossP]

Looks real good there RFT Nice looking blankets for the Chiefs, are you planning on making ones for the Bradley?
Those of us that live in colder places.

Ross

[KyNola]

Pretty salmon!

[OU812]

Man, that looks good enough to eat.  :D  Really.

I'm the only one at our house that eats fish so I dont make it very often but when I do i'm in heaven.

I wish we could get some, real, fresh, king salmon around here with out payin $10/lb.

You got any more info on that "Scotts brine"?

Thanks

[RFT]

Thanks guys.  Yes I am thinking about making em for the Bradleys. It really did help in the 30*F and below temps.  The thing is the bradley is taller then what I can get for material by about 6 inchs but I don't think that will be a problem.  I am going to fabricate one for the OBS and use it a few times before I decide to ebay any.  I will  get pics up after I am done.

Info on scotts brine http://www.scottsjerkycure.com/  Seems about $2 more then I can buy it local for.

[RFT]

Moved. OK. Whatever! ::) This topic really was not about a recipe or brining fish but was about smoking results, performance, in my OBS and how I went about achieving those results.  So let me get this straight. If I smoke poultry I should post in Poultry section and Beef in Beef section and so on?  But if I want to mod my Bradley I should post in the OBS section? 

[squirtthecat]

Moved. OK. Whatever! ::) This topic really was not about a recipe or brining fish but was about smoking results, performance, in my OBS and how I went about achieving those results.  So let me get this straight. If I smoke poultry I should post in Poultry section and Beef in Beef section and so on?  But if I want to mod my Bradley I should post in the OBS section? 

Yeah, it just makes threads a little easier to find..   

I missed the earlier thread on this - what blanket material are you using?

[RFT]

OK. Sorry for misplacing topic. 

I am using foil wrapped bubble shield insulation.