Another batch of Smoked Salmon

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Bearcarver

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Just smoked another batch of NY caught Salmon. That's a total of 6 fillets smoked, and 13 to go. I'd like to get them all done before it starts warming up, because I can put more smoke on them when the element in my MES runs more often. The way the weather has been this month makes me cautious as to when to get a batch ready for smoking. We had 3 big snows here on this little mountain (hill) between Macungie & Shimerville, PA just in February, totaling over 50 inches of snow.



Here they are after brining and on the racks, to be put in Frig overnight before smoking:
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Closeup of same:
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All smoked & ready for packing:
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Closeup of same:
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Thanks for lookin,
Bearcarver
 
Great looking salmon, and the size is manly too. Salmon is my #1 type of fish. Thanks for sharing the pics.
 
Thanks guys,
This stuff is great!
I'm still trying to perfect it though. The first batch was great, but this batch was better. It is still a little bit on the tough side. I am going to raise the temp a bit faster again on the next batch, and get it to 140 degrees a little quicker.
I've been taking a lot of notes, so when I get it absolutely perfect, I'll tell all, and get rid of all of my other notes. Like I said, I got 13 fillets over 2 foot long left, so I should be able to perfect my process.


Thanks again for all the nice comments--you guys are great!

Bearcarver
 
On this batch I started at 100. An hour & a half later 110, and every half hour after that I bumped it up 10 degrees until I hit 190. Then I kept it at 190 until they were all above 140 degrees internal. Total time 7 1/2 hours.
I do the 10 degree bumps during the low temps to keep it smoking good the whole time.

Bear
 
ANOTHER batch!?
I never got any of the first batch..
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Great looking turn out you got there BC.

That last picture is a money shot!
 
Thanks Walle,
I wish they wouldn't shrink so much. I start out with small spaces between the pieces, and end up with bigger spaces than pieces. Gut Fadumpt !
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Bearcarver
 
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