Smoking an Octopus - Challenge Reluctantly Accepted

[texastweeter]

Man that sounds great. I bet adding in some course diced onions and jalapenos to the black iron pan while finishing would be great add ins!

[RonB]

Two thoughts:

Tell them it got away,

And - oh wait that's all I got...

[Planner47]

got one last year free from great-alaska-seafood.ccsend.com with directions and it turned out as octopus blubber gum. the tastes was pretty good but the chew went on and on and on and on and on please help me stop! goo d luck.

[gijsveltman]

HackingBBQ I've done it a several times (just did one last night!), but it wasn't smoking all the way through. I normally clean the octopus and place it in a large pot, cover with water, a cup of white wine, lemon, peppercorns and some garlic, and boil it for about 45-60 minutes, until the thickest part of the tentacle is easily pierced with a knife. Then let it come down to room temperature completely (this is important to keep the skin on!). Afterward, I place it on the Kettle with a lot of smoke for about 20-30 minutes. Then I cut up the individual tentacles, sprinkle with olive oil, coarse black pepper, salt, paprika, and finish it off in a cast iron pan at medium-high temp with some vegetable oil, about 2-3 minutes per side until golden brown and a little charred. It is pretty good!

[Hi, my name is Joe]

I can confirm this.

[T-bone]

This is on my list of things to try. I think my plan will be to spritz the octopus and put it in the pellet pooper on smoke setting (165-180*) for about 30 min. The spritz should help the smoke to adhere. If I didn't have a pellet smoker, I probably would use a smoke tube inside my Weber kettle. After getting some smoke on, I'd SV the octopus and then grill it to get some char.

[Mudkat]

Sorry can't help but I am interested in hearing/seeing how it goes.

[Mr. Bones]

Better success than my feeble attempts, then...
My screen kept cloggin', an' I gave up, after a time...

[kmhfive]

Had to be dried first.

[kmhfive]

Had to be dried first.

[texastweeter]

how did you keep it lit?

[Steve B]

I smoked one a bunch of years ago. coughed my brains out. Oh sorry not that kind of smoking. 😳

[BourBonQ]

My initial thought is that octopus wouldn't be conducive to smoking... BUT, I've never tried smoking one, might be pleasantly surprised! Seasoned octopus tentacle grilled hot and fast after a quick citrus marinade is probably one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten.

[texastweeter]

That's that Jack Daniels time warp thinking.... better than those LSD think tanks the CIA had.

[scottranda]

Deep thought. 😂