Benzeenees Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I've tried smoking kingfish before using a recipe for smoked salmon. The result looked OK but seemed a bit dry. So today I'm trying a different approach. Firstly I got the smoker really smoking without any water in the water tray. Then I turned the heat right down and put the water tray in. Waited another 10 minutes for the water to come up to temperature, then put in the fillets. These had been brined overnight, dried and coated with brown suger and chili powder. I'm giving them 40 minutes in the smoke. They should be finished in about 10 minutes! It's smoking like a steam engine at 200F which is about 90C. The fillets will be hot smoked at this temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked-Up Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 sounds good mate, any chance of a pic when its done? thinking about getting a smoker myself i want to try tailor and kingfish, what other fish have you smoked that youve enjoyed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzeenees Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) Years ago I did a lot of trout fishing and regularly caught some large browns up to 3.5kg. Tried hot smoking which was good. But at the time I was working as a TAFE teacher and one of my fishing mates was a plumbing teacher. He made me a cold smoker out of 2 x 14 gallon drums. We used to cold smoke the browns for up to 24 hours. Beautiful! I've also hot smoked tailor and Aussie salmon. Smoked tailor is wonderful and the salmon isn't bad either. I've also done bonito which is good. Edited March 24, 2012 by Benzeenees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hooked-Up Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 now they look the goods, cheers mate enjoy buddy yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzeenees Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 probably could have been left in for another 10 minutes, but they are cooked and ready to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) All i do to my kings is knock the fillets off Make a 70/30 mix of brown sugar and salt Rub the mix over the fillets and leave in fhe fridge for 3hrs Then take them out of fridge and smoke thrm for 10-15min Edited March 25, 2012 by Framedtrash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzeenees Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 The fish I did today turned out fine, but I would have liked a bit more salt. I think I'll try a dry rub next time. Interested to see that you cut the filleys up into smaller pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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