Hello everyone,
After much reading from all of you "seasoned" (:biggrin:) experts and finally taking the plunge on an MES 40, I've been playing around with different recipes and different meats, all while learning how to properly use the MES. Although I am only in my infancy when it comes to smoking, I prepared some bacon-wrapped scallops this weekend that were praised by all who took a bite. Since I happened to have my camera out this time, I took some pics to share with all of you.
Please enjoy the visuals!
This is 2.5 pounds of U-15 scallops that my wife and I purchased at Costco. They looked so good in the package that we had to take them home and whip something up with them. I threw them in a bath of olive oil and added a touch of the dry rub that I usually keep around for my ribs. They stayed in a zip-loc bag in the refrigerator overnight.
These are the scallops after they've been wrapped in thick bacon strips. Each bacon strip was cut in half, so each strip wrapped two scallops. Each bamboo skewer held five of these beauties.
These are the skewers placed onto the second shelf of the MES, which was already preheated to a temperature of 275-degrees. The wood chips I selected for the smoke was hickory.
These are the finished bacon-wrapped scallops! The total smoke time in the MES was one hour. At 55 minutes, though, I quickly brushed a mix of melted (unsalted) margarine and a touch of Sweet Baby Rays onto each wrapped scallop. That gave each piece an extremely flavorful and glossy look that ensured their rapid disappearance from the serving tray.
Again, a big thanks to all of you who regularly contribute to SMF! It is you who are responsible for turning me into a smoking junkie!!! :grilling_smilie:
After much reading from all of you "seasoned" (:biggrin:) experts and finally taking the plunge on an MES 40, I've been playing around with different recipes and different meats, all while learning how to properly use the MES. Although I am only in my infancy when it comes to smoking, I prepared some bacon-wrapped scallops this weekend that were praised by all who took a bite. Since I happened to have my camera out this time, I took some pics to share with all of you.
Please enjoy the visuals!
This is 2.5 pounds of U-15 scallops that my wife and I purchased at Costco. They looked so good in the package that we had to take them home and whip something up with them. I threw them in a bath of olive oil and added a touch of the dry rub that I usually keep around for my ribs. They stayed in a zip-loc bag in the refrigerator overnight.
These are the scallops after they've been wrapped in thick bacon strips. Each bacon strip was cut in half, so each strip wrapped two scallops. Each bamboo skewer held five of these beauties.
These are the skewers placed onto the second shelf of the MES, which was already preheated to a temperature of 275-degrees. The wood chips I selected for the smoke was hickory.
These are the finished bacon-wrapped scallops! The total smoke time in the MES was one hour. At 55 minutes, though, I quickly brushed a mix of melted (unsalted) margarine and a touch of Sweet Baby Rays onto each wrapped scallop. That gave each piece an extremely flavorful and glossy look that ensured their rapid disappearance from the serving tray.
Again, a big thanks to all of you who regularly contribute to SMF! It is you who are responsible for turning me into a smoking junkie!!! :grilling_smilie: