Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: shrek on September 12, 2005, 05:47:51 PM
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Well my dear wife has decided to let me get a smoker. I am leaning to a Bradley. As she has a thing for lox's. Does anyone have any other recommendations
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If you are spending that kind of money stick with the Bradley. I have a Big Chief but next year I am going to buy a Bradley. The pucks are pretty expensive but its a beautiful thing.
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The Bradley is probably the creme de la creme of smokers right now. I have a Big Chief. Serves my needs nicely.
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You can get what looks to be a decent insulated smoker at Princess Auto right now for $149 ish I believe.
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Bradleys are great but don't make the mistake of believing that it can do cold smoked lox on its own. The smoker gets a bit too warm inside (even during the winter) to make lox properly. What I do is pipe the smoke into another box or chamber giving time for the smoke to cool before it hits your salmon. The temperature should be preferably at or below room temperature for lox. Any temp greater than 100 F will start the cooking process. The great thing about the bradley is that you can increase the temperature even more as you smoke which will allow you to smoke other things like chicken and turkeys or have your smoke salmon cook quicker.
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That looks interesting. Do you know if they carry that model in Canada?
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yes, i saw it in north van walmart's bbq area last week...it was on sale for 189...that's $189 canadian...
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$189 CDN that's good deal. Is the sale still on?
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It was also in their flyer from last week...check out walmart.ca and look up a phone number of a local store...they had one left in the box in the seasonal bbq section of the store...in north van...
925 MARINE DRIVE
City: NORTH VANCOUVER
Province: BC
Postal Code: V7P 1S2
Phone: 604-984-6830
Fax: 604-984-4165
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Hey thank you. I'm going to check with them in the morning.
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noneat wally world as I looked. I called andwas told they had them showed up and got the I don't know not in this department line. Its my break. etc. If any one sees one I want it.
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hey shreck youll get way more satisfaction
smoking fish that you caught,in a smoker
that you built ;)
its only the proper fridge away
cnm
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are there ways to cold smoke salmon at home?
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Are you referring in the house ? Not recommended under any circumstances.
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here is a pic of my smoker in action as i type this
thats 6 pinks on the go, some 1/2 fillets, some as candy
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/canoeman/fwr%20stuff/gerrard008.jpg)[/img]
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Be aware that propane fired smokers aren't nearly as good for smoking fish as electric/wood fired ones.
The reason is that propane puts out a damper heat than wood and that moisture makes a difference in the final product.
I'm not saying that they're 'no good' but a piece of fish that's been sitting in brine for hours does better in a electric/wood fired unit.
Ever dried out in front of a wood fire when you were cold and damp?
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Well I went out and bought the one Princess Auto had on sale. Welltoday I smoked some chedder cheese :-[ I will have to build a cold smoke box for it. Otherwise looks like a good unit has a adjustable burnerso can turn down the heat. Has chimney so easy to pipe smoke into a cold chamber. Now just need to catch some salmon to smoke
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bought an okay smoker in 2003 during the last pink run at a garage sale it's been great same size a the big chief don't know the brand it is but for 10 bucks I'm not complaining
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The reason is that propane puts out a damper heat than wood and that moisture makes a difference in the final product.
LOL.
You should head over to the BBQ Smoker site where they live and breath smokers and try to explain that statement. You'll get a few laughs ;D
http://www.homebbq.com/duportal/forums/
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Hey canoe man, how does that hot plate set up at the bottom work? Do you have a pan on top,
like cast iron or something?