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First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:19 pm
by benner
Got given a 4lb rainbow on Sunday, so filleted and brined it overnight,
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knocked up a smoking box and rigged it up to my bbq, add some damp oak shavings and smoke from 11.30 till erm bedtime.
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End result, very nice! :thumbright:

Kippers this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:18 am
by Millymollymandy
Gosh well done, that's a clever looking contraption. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:26 am
by Green Aura
That's brilliant - I'd wondered how to go about cold smoking without giving over half my garden. Enjoy you kippers, you'll have earned them.

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:24 am
by StripyPixieSocks
That's a great idea, we've been thinking about smoking stuff with out BBQ as well, at least now we know it can be done!

I bet that Trout tasted awesome! :D

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:49 pm
by scrap
Brilliant idea :cheers:
I just happen to have one of those BBQ's...
and we have plenty of leftover bits and pieces of flexible duct at my work. :wink:

How was the fish?

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:59 pm
by milkymumma
Oh well done you!

I have always wanted to smoke my own fish!
I have often wanted to try it with an old biscuit tin etc, but the smell in the house would worry me :lol:

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:17 pm
by benner
I'd been wanting to build a smoker for ages, literally years. I looked at loads of designs on the web etc. :scratch: deliberating on what to build, in the end the box was knocked up from offcuts of ply, and the rest i found lying around in the boatyard where I work. It only took about an hour to build in the end. I can't recommend enough trying it.

It did, and still does, taste chuffin' good. Definitely something i'll be doing regularly. I plan to have a go at bacon and pancetta soon. Should be going night fishing tomorrow too. Hopefully I'll catch something to smoke!

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:36 am
by Carltonian Man
That looks great B, how about posting a few piccies of the smoked stuff to really make us drool

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:29 am
by benner
Here's a photo of whats left!
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Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:13 pm
by scrap
Just be thankful there's quite a bit of sea between me and that tasty-looking morsel. :tongue8:

Re: First attempt at smoking... success

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:26 am
by Carltonian Man
That looks sooo good :salute: