Smoked Salmon

[gijsveltman]

So last night I decided to prepare some smoked salmon on my recently-bought Weber Kettle, which has been fantastic. I followed Meathead's Schmancy Smoked Salmon Recipe, and it was fantastic. The conditions were pretty difficult last night since there's a cold front coming in down here (El Salvador) and I cook on a 6th floor terrace of a building going up a hill, so the wind was gusting pretty hard for most of the cook (although I get to cook with this view!). It took longer than I thought to get to 225f, and it was much more challenging maintaining the temp. I wound up using a lot more charcoal than I would have thought for such a short cook (about 1 hour).



I brined 3 pounds of salmon per the recipe for about 1.5 hours, and then proceeded to cook it for about 1 hour around 225f, using coffee tree wood and charcoal as fuel. The coffee wood gives it a very interesting taste. Temp fluctuated because of the wind but stayed mostly in 215-240 range. I also followed the recommendation to crumble 2tbsp per salmon piece so it would glaze, and it was a great move. The salmon came out extremely flavorful and my guests loved it. They wrote this morning asking me when we are making this again and saying it was the best salmon they've ever tasted! Sorry for the picture quality, it was nighttime by the time it was done, but the flavor was fantastic.



Great recipe and great flavor. Moving on to baby back ribs this weekend, as soon as I can get my hands on some, since it's not so easy to get them down here.

Cheers,
Gijs

[Spinaker]

Looks Gorgeous. Great picture. And what a view. Most people don't realize how mountainus central America is! So awesome.

I really love this recipe. I always overload the brown sugar to make it extra sweet. I also use agave nectar as well to add complexity to the sweetness.

Thanks for posting.

[gijsveltman]

Thanks! Will definitely try the agave nectar. Down here they sell honey from beehives placed in the middle of coffee plantations, so the honey gets a slight coffee taste, which I also think will go extremely well with this recipe. But I haven't been able to get any yet, will post when I do.

[Spinaker]

Yeah, that would be tasty as well. I use honey from our hives near our pumpkin patches and it amazing. The Bees love it and the pumpkins get pollinated extremely well. gijsveltman

[DWCowles]

Beautiful!

[Thunder77]

Excellent looking salmon! I just did a batch of Huskee's smoked salmon. I have not tried Meathead's so I can't compare the two. But Huskee's is pretty darn good!

[Huskee]

Wooo hoooo! (I tried to all caps that, but for some reason it wont. Just know that my excitement is all caps worthy!)

[gijsveltman]

Where can I find Huskee's recipe?

[fuzzydaddy]

gijsveltman here it is! https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...-smoked-salmon

[RonB]

Congrats on a successful cook.

[bbqoaf]

That view is amazing, I'd Q every night with a balcony like that!

[Skip]

Looking good! Nice view too.